GENEVA: The dramatic measures taken by China to rein in the deadly new coronavirus outbreak have prevented significant spread abroad, providing a “window of opportunity” to halt transmission, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. But the UN health agency´s chief also called for greater solidarity, accusing some governments of wealthy countries of being “well behind” in sharing data on virus …

WASHINGTON – Tasked with giving Democrats’ Spanish-language response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, El Paso Rep. Veronica Escobar didn’t avoid the elephant in the room: impeachment. “Nadie está por encima de la ley,” she said, which translates to “No one is above the law.” While the freshman Democrat didn’t dwell on impeachment in her 10-minute rebuttal …

WASHINGTON – His impeachment ordeal nearly but not quite over, President Donald Trump appeared before Congress on Tuesday night for one of the signature rites of American civic life. This one was unlike any before it. The speaker offered a handshake. The president snubbed her. When he was done speaking, she pointedly ripped her copy of his speech. Those theatrics …

AUSTIN — Staunchly conservative mega donors Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks have begun bankrolling favored candidates in contested House GOP primaries in Tarrant County and the exurbs to the southeast of Dallas, according to newly filed campaign finance reports. Dunn, the Midland oilman who has used his checkbook and the insurgent group Empower Texans to roil state Republican politics for …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico police said Tuesday that an autopsy report will help determine who killed an American Airlines pilot over the weekend in front of a strip club in the U.S. territory’s capital. Police Lt. Angel Martinez told The Associated Press that a shootout early Sunday between a customer and four bouncers at District nightclub led to the …

Two days before she died in March 2018, Miriam Nelson told staff at her Plano senior living complex that an intruder had been in her apartment. Now, after police and prosecutors say she was smothered by serial murder suspect Billy Chemirmir, her family says that the complex where Nelson lived — Preston Place Retirement Community — should have done more …

This story has been reconstructed based on documents of Dallas County Courts, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the U.S Supreme Court, as well as news stories from The Dallas Morning News, The Austin Chronicle, The Houston Chronicle and The Courthouse News Service published between August 2002 and May …

Dallas police are investigating a shooting that left a man injured Tuesday night at an apartment complex in Far East Dallas. The victim was found around 11 p.m. in the 2700 block of North Buckner Boulevard. He was taken to an area hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, police said. According to police, the suspect fired shots from a …

A cold front moved through North Texas during the day Tuesday ushering in much colder air. Temperatures will continue to fall into the 30s for Tuesday night and Wednesday. DFW temperatures will likely remain just above freezing, but to the west, sub-freezing weather is expected with a winter mix and the potential for slick roads. The most likely location for …

We are off to a cold start this morning in North Texas with temperatures below freezing in spots. Be sure to stay weather aware if your travel plans take you west of the DFW area this morning, as accumulating snow and sleet could lead to travel problems. DFW temperatures will likely remain just above freezing, but to the west where …