This last week has caused me to think about something that really never occurred to me before. Maybe it should have. So now I wonder whether U.S. Reps. Joe Barton and Blake Farenthold are bigger hypocrites than former President Bill Clinton. Are they the same grade of hypocrite? Are they…
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…
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.”…
From gritty bars to the courthouse steps, a great cry of the collective human heart went up in Dallas last week for a dog named Lamb of God, slated to be killed by the city because she bit a child badly. But this really is not open for debate. The…
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…
I more or less pay the rent by telling you what’s wrong with City Hall. So I’m a little worried. Not sure how this is going to work out. It looks as if I may have to tell you what’s right with City Hall. I ask only this: A couple of…
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…
The Dallas Bar Association hosted five Dallas-based faith leaders for its Faith Leaders Forum on Wednesday afternoon and addressed how to improve race relations in Dallas. The Rev. Richie Butler of St. Paul United Methodist Church, the Rev. Bryan Carter of Concord Church, Rabbi David Stern of Temple Emanu-El, Imam Omar…
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…
We all know this. When a poor person disappears, it’s less an event than when a rich person does. The police are less likely to be stirred to action. The media will pay less attention. Black, white or Hispanic, that’s not even what counts. Poor and nobody. That’s the epitaph…
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…
When somebody takes a hard-line position on a City Hall issue and won’t say why, it’s no big surprise to find out later he had something in his pocket that he didn’t want to share. But in East Dallas, I believe I have found a tribe of people who may…
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…
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…
If there is ever to be an autobiography — I, Joe — the moral issue to be addressed in it will be whether Joe Barton, a 32-year member of Congress from Ennis in the 6th Texas Congressional District, was a hypocrite. Somehow, a woman not his wife got her hands on…
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…
