An eight-man delegation of Texas Rangers officials and personnel met with superstar Japanese pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to multiple reports from beat writers. The Rangers are one of seven teams remaining in the hunt for Ohtani, along with the Mariners, Angels, Padres,…
The birth of baby in Dallas to a woman with a transplanted uterus is a promising sign that the procedure, first successfully performed in Sweden in 2014, may open avenues for many more women unable to give birth, doctors at Baylor University Medical Center said Monday. The baby boy arrived…
Over the weekend, an unknown group of suspects peppered Southern Methodist University’s Park Cities campus with white nationalist banners and posters opposing the LGBTQ community and urging white men to “reject the opioid beast.” Texas Vanguard, a white supremacist group, claimed responsibility online for putting up the material, posting photos…
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision made earlier this year by the Texas Supreme Court, opening the door for the state of Texas and its municipalities to potentially limit benefits and privileges extended to couple in same-sex marriages in the state. In June, the Texas court ruled…
Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston agreed Friday to pay the just more than $8,000 penalty assessed against him by the city’s chief financial officer in July for missing too many meetings over the previous year. Although he paid, Kingston still disputes the decision and calls it a “witch hunt.”…
Despite the school’s massive size — enrollment approached 38,000 in 2016 — and location in the nation’s biggest recruiting hotbed, the University of North Texas has never made a name for itself on the football field. The Mean Green have never won 10 games in a season and have frequently…
Finally, after years of hard work by advocates and despite a last-minute push by Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, Dallas Police Department officers will begin citing and releasing Dallas residents for marijuana possession Friday, rather than hauling them to jail. The way it works is simple: Get busted with…
Republican U.S. Representative Joe Barton, North Texas’ longest-serving House member, will not seek re-election in 2018. Barton’s decision comes amid pressure from fellow Republicans in North Texas and around the country after an explicit photo and suggestive texts from the congressman became public. “I am very proud of my public…
On Thursday morning, Dallas police Chief U. Renee Hall finalized the leadership reorganization she promised in October. Multiple deputy and assistant chiefs in the Dallas Police Department, including two finalists for DPD’s top job, will be demoted to majors, among other changes. Hall’s plan goes into effect Dec. 13. When…
Despite the silence of Wesley and Sini Mathews, a Wednesday afternoon custody hearing spoke volumes about what their daughter allegedly endured at their hands after her adoption from India in 2016. Prosecutors seeking to terminate Wesley Mathews’ custody of the couple’s other daughter detailed the abuse and inattention they say…
Thousands of American Airlines in December flights face cancellation after a scheduling glitch allowed all pilots to take take vacations over the Christmas holiday, according to the Dallas-based airline’s pilot union. American acknowledged the glitch Wednesday but told the media and potential passengers that it intends to make sure all flights…
Still at the center of a controversy stemming from an apparent conspiracy to plant fake news in The Washington Post, James O’Keefe will speak at an event on Southern Methodist University’s campus Wednesday night. O’Keefe is the head of Project Veritas, a conservative media activist group that specializes in undercover…
Former Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden announced Tuesday afternoon that he’s quitting the NFL instead of finding another team after the Cowboys dropped him Sunday afternoon. The former University of Arkansas star’s decision comes in the midst of his 10th NFL season and marks a stark disappointment for both…
An unidentified man is dead after rolling his car several times at the conclusion of a police chase in Dallas on Tuesday, Garland police announced. Just after 3 a.m., Garland police officers spotted a gray Acura sedan heading south on Shiloh Road near Forest Lane. The car didn’t have a…
A 21-year-old Arlington man’s weekend full of interactions with Arlington police ended with him being shot and taken to the hospital, police said Monday afternoon. An Arlington Police Department officer shot William Hall Dodd at the Parks Mall on Sunday after responding to a shoplifting call from a Sunglass Hut…
A Dallas police officer fired for shooting a mentally ill man during a 2013 call will serve two years probation after reaching a plea agreement. Cardan Spencer shot Bobby Bennett on Oct. 14, 2013, after Bennett’s mother called 911 to ask that police go to her home in Rylie to…
According to the FBI, robbers raid about 300 Texas banks each year. This year’s numbers won’t come out until next summer, but DFW has seen a bumper crop of high-visibility or otherwise unusual bank capers. Let’s take a look at some of the most memorable. January: Serial robbers hit nine…
It’s not hyperbole to say that 2017 has been a defining year for Texas politics. The state’s biggest cities openly warred with the state government in Austin, and many of those who’d built power bases in Austin over the last decade found themselves confused and frustrated by a new environment…
It’s been a banner year for athletes who hail from Dallas. Given their contributions, it seems like a good time for an updated list of the greatest Dallas athletes of all time. A note about how this list was compiled: While athletes from Dallas’ immediate suburbs were fair game for the…
There’s no denying that Sunday night’s tilt between the Cowboys and Eagles is a big one. The Eagles are 8-1, but untested, with their best win coming over the Panthers on Oct. 12. Beating the Cowboys in front of what’s sure to be huge national TV audience in prime time…
On Thursday afternoon, Richardson police arrested the mother of a toddler found dead in a culvert near her family’s home last month. Sini Mathews, the mother of Sherin Mathews, is in Richardson City Jail, charged with abandoning or endangering a child, a state jail felony. Police found Sherin Mathews body…
When the U.S. House version of the GOP’s sweeping tax reform package makes it to the chamber’s floor — something that could come as early as today — legislators will take up a key provision that could end up costing the city of Arlington between $100 million and $200 million…
