The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has booked estranged PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and his son, Ali Tareen, for fraud and money laundering, it emerged on Wednesday. According to the FIRs dated March 22, copies of which are available with, two separate cases were registered under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating of public shareholders) and 109 of the …

A cold front will move across North Texas tonight. Thunderstorm chances will return this evening when a brief line of storms develops along the front. These storms are generally not expected to be severe but a few along I-35E and east could produce some brief hail and high winds. The chance of rain will go down early Wednesday. Temperatures will …

Dallas County reported 12 more COVID-19 deaths and 281 new coronavirus cases Tuesday. The latest victims were all in their 50s or older. Six were men and six were women, and all but one had underlying high-risk health conditions. Four of the victims were Dallas residents, three lived in Irving, two were from Carrollton and one each lived in Duncanville, …

North Texas schools are slowly returning to normal as COVID-19 case numbers drop and the vaccine rollout progresses. Last spring, high school seniors were forced to miss out on many monumental moments, including traditional prom and graduation ceremonies. Here are the questions — and answers — about how those senior events will look at Garland ISD this year. Will Garland …

AUSTIN — The House on Tuesday tentatively approved its first responses to last month’s crippling blackouts, a half-dozen bills that would require Texas electricity generators to weatherproof power plants and revamp the board of the nonprofit that manages most of the state’s electric grid. Marching roughly in step with senators, House members also sought to protect consumers in the future …

Two new apartment communities now call Keller home. Elan Keller Ranch and Album Keller Ranch, adjacent properties in the northeast Tarrant County city, are now leasing. The properties are located off Golden Triangle Boulevard and Main Street, with walking trails and “more than 12,000 square feet of retail shops” within walking distance, according to a release from developer Greystar Real …

The Crayola Store in Plano is part of a national, one million crayon giveaway in honor of National Crayon Day on March 31. The giveaway includes Plano and four other Crayola Store locations in other parts of the country. To meet the one million crayon mark, each store will be giving away 6,250 crayon boxes that can be filled with 32 crayons …

Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler is not off the hook on a $5,000 fine for bypassing metal detectors at the U.S. House, after the House Ethics Committee decided to uphold the fine, it announced in a news release Tuesday. Gohmert appealed the fine in late February, arguing that the requirements were unclear and that the fine was too great a sum for …

The suspect in a shooting at a crowded northwest Dallas nightclub that left a woman dead and seven people injured is now in custody. Dallas police Chief Eddie García announced the arrest of 21-year-old Jonathan La’Cory Terrell Rogers on Monday afternoon. “Proud of our men and women,” García posted on Twitter. “This is what relentless follow up looks like!” According …

More than a dozen North Texans have been arrested on charges in connection with the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol. They are among more the scores of people across the country who have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the mob assault on the building, and the FBI has said more arrests are expected. In a briefing …