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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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Lower interest rates, prices bring buyers back to the housing market

As mortgage rates rose at a brisk pace last year while prices in North Texas were still at record highs, Harshal Bauskar’s family had to put a pause on their home search last summer.

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North Texas lawmaker files constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — A longtime influential Republican representative from the Dallas-Fort Worth area has filed legislation calling for a constitutional amendment election to legalize casino and sports gambling in Texas, including at Lone Star Park horse race track in Grand Prairie.

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Your next house could be built by a giant robot

Hugo and Erica Briones, like thousands of other homebuyers in North Texas, are waiting patiently for their new home to be built — but their home is different.

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Southwest, American canceling or delaying thousands of flights through noon Tuesday

Dallas’ two major airports and their hometown airlines are pre-emptively canceling or delaying thousands of flights through noon Tuesday as a winter storm brought freezing temperatures and drizzle across North Texas.

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Chinese Americans gather in downtown Dallas to oppose ‘hateful’ state Senate bills

Hundreds of people from North Texas gathered in downtown Dallas Sunday to voice their opposition toward two Texas senate bills that they say are unjustly targeting Chinese Americans.

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Youth pastor, teacher among 46 arrested in North Texas prostitution sting

A youth pastor. A high school teacher and football coach. And an operations director of a large hospital network.

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Amusement park lovers react as Universal Studios announces new theme park in Texas

‘As a resident of North Texas, I’m excited about this!’

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