Netflix said Tuesday it has acquired the whole works of acclaimed children’s author Roald Dahl, creator of such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. The streaming giant said it had bought The Roald Dahl Story Company — the family firm which owns the late British author’s copyright. Netflix in 2018 signed a deal with the company to …

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is poised to vote on a bill that would put Roe vs. Wade protections into federal law and cement women’s legal right to an abortion — an effort that would nullify a Texas ban on the procedure as early as six weeks that Gov. Greg Abbott signed this month. “It is important to give women …

Richardson will spray two areas on both Tuesday and Wednesday night after mosquito samples found in traps tested positive for the West Nile virus, the city said in a news release. The first spraying location in Richardson is an area bordered to the north by Arapaho Road and running south to Spring Valley Road and to the west by Coit …

Dallas County on Tuesday reported 17 more COVID-19 deaths and 3,320 new coronavirus cases in totals that included counts from the weekend. Of the new cases, 2,820 were confirmed and 500 were probable. The numbers bring the county’s overall case total to 380,124, including 323,850 confirmed and 56,274 probable. The death toll is 4,543. All 17 of the latest victims …

AUSTIN — The first legal actions filed under Texas’ new abortion law weren’t from anti-abortion rights groups seeking to enforce the new restrictions. Rather, they came from two out-of-state former attorneys who said Tuesday that they support abortion rights but wanted to see a case get to the courts quickly so the inevitable judicial review of the recently enacted law …

Frisco ISD announced Tuesday that students and staff members will have access to free priority access to COVID-19 testing after partnering with Nomi Health, a direct health care company coordinating testing and vaccination efforts across the country. A district press release said the partnership emerged to “make sure students and staff have quick and convenient access to free PCR and antigen …

Some Dallas senior-living homes are planning to conduct on-site clinics where their residents can get a COVID-19 booster shot as soon as the federal government gives its green light to the third dose. An FDA advisory panel on Friday endorsed extra Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots for people 65 and older and those at risk of serious disease. Panel members also …

Haitian American organizations in North Texas say they are frustrated over elected officials’ response to the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border near Del Rio, saying that the thousands of Haitian migrants who have arrived there in recent days are receiving inhumane treatment. Migrants, many of them gathered under the international bridge at Del Rio, have been waiting in squalid conditions …

Six Dallas police officers have been placed on administrative leave and are being investigated after a superior raised questions about a December motel search. Police said issues with how the search was conducted surfaced after the department reviewed body camera footage of the incident. A warrant was issued for at least one of the officers, Jacob Hughes, who was wanted …

Tuesday’s cold front is through and we’re certainly feeling the effects of the less humid, cooler and drier air Wednesday morning. Temperatures will be down into the 50s for most. This pleasant air mass will hang around for the next few days. Fall officially arrives this afternoon at 2:21 p.m. and it will feel like it. Expect highs in the …