Shortly after he was born at 37 weeks, Nico Stevens struggled to breathe. The newborn was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, where he received oxygen and another critical lifeline: donor breast milk. Nico is one of a growing number of newborns in North Texas who has relied on donor milk …

A $750-a-month increase on a house that a single Plano mom rents has left her wondering where she, her son and her dog are going to live. “My rent was $1950 and in less than 45 days, will be $2,700,” Courtney Humphries wrote in a message to The Dallas Morning News. Her message also displayed what appears to be a notice …

More than a dozen lawsuits have already been filed across the state and federal court system to challenge Texas’ “heartbeat bill.” Still more are expected to be filed as pro-abortion rights groups work to throw out a law designed to be difficult to fight. Because of Senate Bill 8′s unusual enforcement mechanism, which relies on private citizens to file lawsuits …

Daily coronavirus hospitalizations in North Texas remain high but are stabilizing, according to health experts. In Dallas County, the number of hospitalized patients is already on the downswing, according to the latest forecast from UT Southwestern Medical Center, and is expected to fall to about 800 by Oct. 7. During the current surge in cases, the county had peaked at 1,040 hospitalizations …

The city’s top police watchdog is calling for Dallas police to disclose more information about the handling of misconduct cases against officers after a investigation revealed the secret dismissal of a criminal case against one officer. Tonya McClary, head of the Office of Community Police Oversight, said Monday that police officials had not informed her that they had cleared Sgt. Roger Rudloff in …

The instructor injured in a military plane crash Sunday in Lake Worth was released from a hospital Monday. The Chief of Naval Air Training, which announced the pilot’s release on Facebook, did not identify the instructor, who ejected from a T-45C Goshawk about 10:50 a.m. as the jet went down in the 4000 blocks of Tejas and Dakota trails during a routine …

Dallas police Chief Eddie García vowed Monday to “take Deep Ellum back” for residents and patrons after an early Sunday shooting that killed a teenager and injured five others, including a 15-year-old girl. The mass shooting, which happened about 12:40 a.m. near the intersection of North Malcolm X Boulevard and Main Street, was just one of several recent violent crimes in the …

AUSTIN — A bill adding more restrictions and raising criminal penalties for the use of abortion-inducing medication in Texas goes into effect in December after being signed with no fanfare by Gov. Greg Abbott. Senate Bill 4, which passed during the second special session that adjourned Sept. 2, has been decried as a “back-door ban on abortion” by Planned Parenthood …

In a vote Monday night, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD trustees set into motion a two-step process that could lead to the non-renewal of Principal James Whitfield’s contract. In the nearly five-hour-long meeting, the seven-member board voted unanimously in a procedural move to “hear Dr. Whitfield’s side,” board president Jorge Rodríguez said. Whitfield, the first Black principal at Colleyville Heritage High School, has …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — We’re learning that the man who authorities say shot two Houston police officers, one of them fatally, as they served a felony warrant is no stranger to the law. Deon Ledet, 30, died when police fired back at him Monday morning. Ledet was being served a narcotics arrest warrant at his apartment complex in northeast Harris …