Over the past two and a half years, James Webb’s life has taken an unexpected turn beyond his imagination. “After earning a business economics degree and working in sales, marketing, and corporate jobs, I decided to switch gears,” Webb shared. “Now, I trade in suits for stretchy pants and baggy t-shirts.” Webb’s new career path? Competitive eating. “Twice a day, …

Dallas police identified a suspect in custody after a shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Saturday morning left two hospital employees dead. About 11 a.m., Methodist Health System police, Dallas police and Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the shooting in the 1400 block of North Beckley Avenue, the hospital said in a news release Saturday afternoon. The two hospital employees …

Dallas County underwent a dramatic shift from red to blue in 2006, when Democrats won every contested countywide race. But the success of local candidates hasn’t translated into Democratic wins at the statewide level. More than 470,000 eligible Dallas County voters didn’t participate in the 2020 election, according to the county, a fact Beto O’Rourke is focused on in his race …

AUSTIN — Ken Paxton settled in across from two Austin police officers and asked them not to turn on their recorder. The attorney general didn’t want the public to hear what he was about to say. Over the next hour, Paxton fretted that a campaign donor was threatening to kill him. That this person had tried to hack his car’s GPS system. That …

Officials are investigating the death of a person whose body was found Saturday inside a burning vehicle in east Oak Cliff. Dallas Fire-Rescue “found a small SUV engulfed in flames” in a wooded area off the 4600 block of Burma Road before 8 p.m., Dallas police said in a news release Police responded after firefighters extinguished the fire and discovered a …

A man facing a capital murder charge in the shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center that left two dead over the weekend was a parolee at the hospital because his girlfriend gave birth to their child, according to court records and a prison official. Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez was released from prison last October after serving time for aggravated robbery, a Texas Department …

MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Roslyn slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan Sunday morning, then declined to tropical storm force and quickly moved inland. By Sunday afternoon, Roslyn had winds of 45 mph (75 kph), down from its peak of 130 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn …

It’s been an eventful two years. The U.S. Capitol riots, Russia’s war against Ukraine, supply chain problems, inflation and high gas prices, the end of national abortion rights, the 2021 winter storm, the Uvalde mass shooting, the redrawing of legislative boundaries, and so much more. Now it’s time for voters to have their say on elections that will choose leaders …

After a significant dry spell, showers and thunderstorms will return to North Texas. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has our area split between a marginal and slight risk for severe weather. The highest likelihood for severe weather will be for areas east of Interstate 35(E)(W). Thus, the severe weather threat will be isolated to scattered. The primary threats are heavy …

The lingering impact of the pandemic’s disruptions on Texas students’ academic achievement was laid bare Monday with the release of new test results revealing steep declines in math. Scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress — more commonly called the nation’s report card — found Texas’ fourth graders scored, on average, lower in math than they have since 2003. …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre and becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to the May attack. The department served Sgt. Juan Maldonado with termination papers, spokeswoman Ericka Miller said. …