The Latest Breaking News from Fort Worth

Mac Engel: Arrival of NCAA Tournament is start of Fort Worth's bid to be a bigger sports market

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth's attempt to become a "major league" city will be done through events not associated with the conventional major league brands.

Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2022

Biden touts veterans care in Fort Worth, defends ban on Russian oil, calls parents of jailed Marine

FORT WORTH, Texas — President Joe Biden ordered a ban on oil and gas imports from Russia on Tuesday to step up pressure over the Ukraine war, before heading to Fort Worth to meet with veterans and promote health care for those exposed to toxic fumes during overseas deployments.

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2022

Biden visits Fort Worth to promote veterans but avoids parents of ex-Marine jailed in Russia

FORT WORTH, Texas — President Joe Biden arrived in Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon to promote health care for veterans exposed to toxic fumes. But he will snub the parents of one local veteran – former Marine Trevor Reed, who’s languishing in a Russian prison on charges that U.S. officials…

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2022

When should you get a vaccine booster if you had COVID-19? How long does immunity last?

FORT WORTH, Texas — Did you get COVID-19 during the omicron surge? This is when experts say you should get the vaccine booster shot, and how long a booster will continue to provide some immunity from the virus.

Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2022

Paxton legal opinion on transgender youth uses misleading citations, 'shocking' parallels

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas attorney general's recent legal opinion that called transgender health care for minors "child abuse" cited sources in a misleading way and drew parallels that researchers say simply do not exist, according to an analysis by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

No. 6 Kansas starts week of 3 games with 74-64 loss at TCU

FORT WORTH, Texas — No. 6 Kansas, which had hoped to go 3-0 this final week of the Big 12 regular season and claim an outright Big 12 championship, instead has started the pivotal stretch with a loss.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke easily win primaries, setting up race for Texas governor in fall

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke jumped to big early leads and won their respective parties’ nominations for Texas governor without a runoff Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

Vaccine mandate for Navy SEALs to remain blocked, US Court of Appeals rules

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal appeals court denied the Biden administration’s attempt to reinstate the U.S. Navy’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement Monday, more than a month after a federal judge in Fort Worth initially halted the mandate.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

Texas man slashed face of 6-year-old in knife attack on Asian family in 2020 hate crime

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for attacking an Asian family, slashing open the face of a 6-year-old child with a knife during the 2020 assault in a store.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022

COVID subraya la falta de protección de los denunciantes

FORT WORTH, Texas— El verano pasado, en el interior de un almacén de Amazon parcialmente terminado, los trabajadores caminaron sin arneses de seguridad sobre cintas transportadoras a cuatro pisos de altura, los soldadores usaron sopletes de plasma mientras estaban rodeados de cajas de cartón inflamables y los obreros levantaron estanterías…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022