Carroll High School and Carroll Senior High School will remain closed on Wednesday due to a reported threat. Carroll ISD officials stated that the school district received an anonymous report of a potential threat on Tuesday evening. According to Southlake police, the report referenced a message found on a bathroom stall door, mentioning the STARR test and a possible school …

WASHINGTON — Secret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the U.S. Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved, the agency confirmed Tuesday in response to a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Democratic member of the Jan 6. panel, said the Secret Service …

AUSTIN – Democratic mega donor George Soros and an Austin-area couple each gave $1 million to Beto O’Rourke’s campaign to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott. While Texans gave $14.5 million to the Democrat’s campaign, nearly half of O’Rourke’s record-breaking $27.6 million fundraising haul came from out-of-state donors. The details come from an O’Rourke campaign finance report so huge it took several days to upload to …

Billy Ray parks in his wheelchair on the street corner most days, asking for help as people drive by. Lately, the city has been coming by offering him more than money. “They say you can go to the shelter and they’re giving out apartments and all kinds of stuff,” he said. “They’re just trying to get us out of here. …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago. The video, compiled from 13 security cameras inside the building, was not shown to the gallery, where …

WASHINGTON (AP) — For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, President Joe Biden has learned that the hard way. Among the 10 biggest carbon emitters, only the European Union has enacted polices close to or consistent with international goals of limiting warming to …

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday voted to take up a measure providing significant incentives for domestic semiconductor chip production, viewed as key to luring major manufacturing facilities to Texas and other states. The bipartisan 64-34 tally reflects a level of support that makes final passage of the bill likely before lawmakers leave for their August recess. Backers say that, …

Most Texans are used to hot summers, but this year has been particularly scorching. The Dallas-Fort Worth area has already had more than 20 days reach 100 degrees — and with several more weeks of blistering heat expected, experts predict the region is well on its way to setting summer records. This year’s brutal heat wave has had many quick to …

DEL RIO–U.S. Border Patrol officials say there was a 14% decline in June in the number of times they stopped migrants trying to enter the U.S., possibly reflecting that a Mexican crackdown may be working within Mexico. The decrease comes as Republican politicians, led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, ramp up rhetoric and spending at the border as rising numbers …

UVALDE — Two months after the Uvalde school massacre, Texas state police on Monday announced an internal review into the actions of dozens of troopers who were at Robb Elementary during 73 minutes of bewildering inaction by law enforcement as a gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers. The announcement appeared to widen the fallout of a damning 80-page report …

In case you’re wondering what happened to Brandy Bottone’s scheduled July 20 traffic court hearing in which she vows to fight an HOV lane violation ticket, it’s postponed. The reason is because she has hired a lawyer, and that puts the traffic court on a different schedule, she told The Dallas Morning News. No new court date has been set. But …