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“Let’s clean house”: Paxton tells supporters to lead charge in removing his Republican rivals who impeached him

Paxton named House Speaker Dade Phelan, a fellow Republican, in his brief remarks Saturday in North Texas. The suspended attorney general faces a trial Tuesday that would remove him from office permanently.

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‘Yellowstone’ actor Mo Brings Plenty finds familiar feeling on horseback in North Texas

DALLAS — On a recent trip to Weatherford, Mo Brings Plenty defied the weather, riding horses in the 100-plus-degree heat and outside of cell service range at TR9 Ranch.

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As the peso gains on the dollar, remittances from North Texas to Mexico don’t go as far

LA SAUCEDA, Mexico — Thanks to the generosity of Guanajuato’s sons and daughters living in the U.S., Adrian Robles Aguillon has added coconuts to the mangoes and watermelons he sells at his fruit stand.

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Road rage shootings: Is North Texas heat causing people to become more violent?

FORT WORTH, Texas — The number of road rage incidents has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say, and we may be seeing even more with the extreme heat in Texas.

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Texas bans homeowners’ associations from discriminating against renters who receive federal housing aid

State lawmakers passed the law after a North Texas homeowners’ association barred landlords from renting to Section 8 tenants. Most of the affected tenants in that neighborhood were Black.

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Slight relief expected in Dallas-Fort Worth after deadly Texas heat wave

DALLAS — As scorching temperatures are expected to shift away from North Texas ahead of Fourth of July weekend, officials warn the heat can still be dangerous — a fact evidenced by more than a dozen weather-related deaths across the state in recent days.

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What is a heat dome and why is it making Texas so unbearably hot?

It’s excruciatingly hot in North Texas, and a weather phenomenon called a “heat dome” is to blame.

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Shaq talks life in North Texas: Why he’s here, what he’s launching, where he eats

DALLAS — Shaquille O’Neal is only 51 years old, but he’s thinking ahead — like where he might settle down in retirement.

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ERCOT is asking Texans to lower electricity use after nearly breaking energy record

FORT WORTH, Texas — With temperatures escalating to more than 100 degrees across North Texas, and Fort Worth under an excessive heat warning until Wednesday, Electric Reliability Council of Texas is asking Texans to reduce energy use Tuesday night.

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State Rep. Julie Johnson launches campaign to replace Colin Allred in Congress

State Rep. Julie Johnson on Tuesday officially launched her campaign to replace Colin Allred in Congress, joining a crowded field in what’s expected to be one of North Texas’ marquee contests.

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Sweltering heat index prompts advisory in North Texas; storms possible Saturday night

DALLAS — Most of North Texas, including Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties, is under a heat advisory Saturday as temperatures soar — and severe storms may also be in the forecast.

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A Guatemalan asylum-seeker is recruiting family and friends to join him in North Texas

DALLAS — Carlos Joaquin Salinas feels desperate, lonely and tempted.

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Texas grid braces for record demand amid a summer ‘weather watch’

AUSTIN – The operator of Texas’ power grid issued a “weather watch” ahead of what the agency projects could be record demand this week as temperatures are forecast to top 100 degrees in North Texas.

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A Watchdog in the Water Wars

Flooding and bureaucracy drove Mary Kelleher to run for a spot on a powerful North Texas river agency board.

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Ken Paxton’s impeachment hints at shaky support in Collin County, his longtime base of power

The suspended attorney general’s political origins and rise to power began in the suburban North Texas county. But every House member from the county voted to impeach him.

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Texas CEO, pastor Ryan Binkley announces 2024 presidential campaign

RICHARDSON, Texas — A North Texas businessman and pastor on Sunday announced his hopes to be on the presidential ticket in 2024 as a Republican.

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Dallas music once rivaled Nashville. North Texas record label wants it back on the map

FORT WORTH, Texas — In the 1950s, Dallas was on its way to becoming a country music hub that could rival Nashville, Tennessee, but the death of recording engineer Jim Beck in 1956 brought that idea to an end. Decades later, State Fair Records — a Dallas-based record label with…

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D-FW builders are putting up an eye-popping number of new apartments

DALLAS — North Texas apartment construction surged to a new high in the early months of 2023.

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Texas is getting the nation’s second Peppa Pig Theme Park

DALLAS — Months after the reveal that Universal Parks & Resorts would open a kids-focused theme park in Frisco, another company has announced a family theme park in North Texas, this one featuring a familiar cartoon pig.

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How North Texans have helped ‘hug Ukraine,’ evacuees in year since war began

THE COLONY, Texas -- On a Saturday afternoon, the parking lot at St. Sophia’s Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was full.

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Author of Texas anti-drag bill says video of him wearing dress was ‘a joke back in school’

AUSTIN, Texas — A North Texas lawmaker who authored a bill to restrict drag shows wore a dress for a school project as a teenager, according to a video that surfaced on social media this week.

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Transgender student ‘violated, dehumanized’ by Frisco trustee Marvin Lowe: complaint

A then 16-year-old transgender student, from a school district outside of North Texas, said Frisco Independent School District Board Trustee Marvin Lowe made him feel “dehumanized, violated and unsafe” after he spoke on a panel last September at a state educational conference in San Antonio.

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When a bald eagle needed fish to fly again, North Texans supplied 50 pounds of food

DALLAS -- A North Texas rehabilitation hospital opened its doors to a rare patient earlier this month: an injured, 7-pound bald eagle in need of fish.

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42,000 fentanyl pills found during vehicle search in North Texas, police say

DALLAS — A man was arrested Friday in Smith County after police found about 42,000 fentanyl pills in his vehicle.

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Dawn of Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving era spoiled by Mavericks overtime loss to Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Even 1,700 miles from home, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd sensed the palpable excitement back in North Texas.

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