Amid Spike in Anti-Semitic Incidents, Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Rabbis
The Anti-Defamation League says anti-Semitic incidents hit an all-time high in 2021.
News
Showing 2025 - 2046 of 35753
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tells Texans and Others to Go to the Golden State for Abortions
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says in new, multi-state billboards that people faced with abortion bans can go to his state to get the procedure legally.
Rights Groups Decry Gov. Greg Abbott’s ‘Political Stunts’ as Texas Sends More Migrant Buses to D.C.
Gov. Greg Abbott has sent another busload of migrants north, this time to the Naval Observatory in D.C.
Fox Says Migrants Are ‘Killing’ Pets in South Texas, but Local Law Enforcement Has No Such Reports
On Tuesday, Fox News ran an especially alarming headline about migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Eagle Pass. The way the report put it, locals had started arming themselves, in part, because, according to at least one resident, migrants had “killed pets” in town. The Fox report said that migrants were…
‘Violent Street Crime’ is Decreasing in the City, According to Dallas Police
The Dallas Police Department says it’s violent crime reduction plan has decreased “violent street crime” by 12% in the last year.
Affordable Housing Crisis Takes Center Stage Before Texas Senate Committee
Texans for Reasonable Solutions brought several experts to testify to the Texas senate about badly needed solutions to the continued Texas housing crisis.
advertisement
Texan Tamyra Mensah-Stock Wins Gold Medal at World Wrestling Championships in Serbia
Texan Tamyra Mensah-Stock will again wrestle for gold at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday. Last year, Mensah-Stock, who wrestles in the 68 kg weight division (around 149.9 lbs), became the first African American woman to win a gold medal in wrestling at the Olympics. Not long…
Dallas County Will Consider Replacing Lew Sterrett Justice Center
The Lew Sterrett Justice Center’s time in Dallas may be up as the county’s commissioners consider replacing it.
In Hunt County, Former Police Officer Goes on Trial for Killing Jonathan Price in October 2020
On Oct. 3, 2020, police officer Shaun Lucas shot and killed Jonathan Price in Wolfe City. He’s now on trial for first-degree murder.
advertisement
North Texan Who Wrote ‘Murder the Media’ on U.S. Capitol Door Pleads Guilty over Pro-Trump Riot
Posing for a picture during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, probably wasn’t Nicholas DeCarlo’s best idea, but it likely wasn’t the worst decision he made that day either. Along with Nicholas Ochs, a Honolulu resident and purported leader in the far-right Proud Boys group, North Texas native…
Dallas Tries Improving Trash Pickup and Sanitation Services With New Schedule, Longer Work Week
In June last year, Dallas residents submitted some 27,000 complaints about delayed or missed sanitation services. Residents still complain about the services today, but they may start to change in December.
Scam Calls and Text Messages Target Dallas Water Utilities Customers for Second Time This Year
Like they did back in July, Dallas Water Utilities customers were sent fraudulent notices over the phone claiming they needed to pay their bill or service would be disconnected.
advertisement
In Texas, Judge Sentences Aryan Circle Gang Member Who Burned Off Man’s Tattoo to Life in Prison
The way federal authorities tell it, Jesse Paul Blankenship burned a tattoo off another man’s skin with a metal rod he’d heated with a blowtorch. He also participated in a kidnapping and opened fire on two people in their home. Between 2010 and 2021, federal authorities say, Blankenship had “put…
‘It’s Not Over’: Dallas County Has Received the Updated Omicron Vaccine
Dallas County has now received shipments of the new, updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
Denton’s Cool Beans Cancels Disney Drag Brunch After ‘Threats’ and ‘Aggressive Phone Calls’
It’s the latest drag brunch targeted by conservatives and right-wing groups in Texas.
advertisement
A New Audit Found Flaws in How Dallas Determines Whether a Dog Is ‘Dangerous’
Audit finds shortcomings in how Dallas investigates aggressive and dangerous dogs.
‘Pandemic High’: In Dallas County, COVID-19 Surges Among School-Aged Children
High school-aged young people experienced a 75% week-over-week increase in COVID-19 cases.
With Midterms Coming Up, Texas Democrats and Republicans Ramp Up Media Push and Attack Ads
Texas Democrats announced that they will make a month-long media tour around Texas to explain what they have done so far during Biden Administration and what they can do if they gain seats in midterm.
advertisement
Cards Against Humanity to Give Profits from ‘Dystopian Forced-Birth Hellscape’ Texas to Abortion Fund
Cards Against Humanity is donating 100% of its profits from anti-abortion states to the National Network of Abortion.
In Denton, Beto O’Rourke Blasts Greg Abbott over Border, Abortion and Power Grid
Beto O’Rourke came to Denton again in one of the last stops on the Drive for Texas tour.
FIRE: The Free Speech Group Taking on North Texas Colleges
While watching the vice presidential debate in 2020, history professor Lora Burnett started to tweet from her living room in conservative Collin County. Then-Vice President Mike Pence wouldn’t stop talking when the female moderator had repeatedly and kindly asked. Burnett, who’d been scrolling through her Twitter feed and reading comments…
advertisement
Dallas Prepares for ‘Armed Resistance’ During Local Homeless Encampment Sweeps
Dallas’ encampment sweeps have gotten more tense in recent months, with some activists showing up in protest with rifles. The city has a plan to deal with the armed encounters.