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Texas early voting down significantly from 2018 midterm election, final numbers show

AUSTIN, Texas — Early voting statewide and in key North Texas counties this year was down significantly from the 2018 midterm election, according to the Texas secretary of state.

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Could Texas politics get in the way of Dallas-Fort Worth’s rapid growth?

North Texas is growing at an unrivaled pace.

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D-FW home sales down for four straight months with 17% decline in September

September marked the fourth consecutive month of declining North Texas home sales as buyers have pulled back due to affordability challenges, and sellers are seeing fewer showings, offers and deals.

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Editorial: Poisonous abandoned oil wells are all over North Texas

Tens of thousands of dangerous and abandoned oil wells pierce the Texas landscape.

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Billy Chemirmir: Convicted killer accused of 22 murders goes on trial in Texas

Labelled North Texas’s worst serial killer, Billy Chemirmir is alleged to have forced his way into the homes of elderly women before smothering them and stealing their jewelry.

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Bisexuals not covered by federal employment protections, Texas plaintiffs argue

AUSTIN, Texas — A hardline Christian activist and an evangelical church in North Texas are arguing that federal employment protections for LGBT workers don’t apply to bisexuals.

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Where is Beto O’Rourke’s best chance to beat Greg Abbott? Not in North Texas, poll says

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has a double-digit lead over Beto O’Rourke in North Texas in the race for governor, according to a breakdown of voters in a new poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas, Tyler.

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Buyers flocked to lake houses during the pandemic. Now that frenzy is over

DALLAS — The pandemic drove many buyers away from cities and toward properties around North Texas lakes. Over the course of this year, that rush has died down.

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Parents demand Fort Worth area districts remove ‘In God We Trust’ signs from schools

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Austin-based Kaplan Law Firm delivered cease and desist notices to four North Texas school districts on Friday morning requesting that they remove all non-compliant “In God We Trust” signs from their schools.

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How a $100 box is changing the way people protect themselves against coronavirus

Life in North Texas has largely returned to a pre-pandemic normal. People are tired of masking and remaining socially distant, even though contagious COVID-19 variants show no signs of going away anytime soon.

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Trinity River in North Texas reaches flood stage in heavy rainfall

DALLAS — As heavy rainfall continues to drench North Texas, the Trinity River in Dallas rose nearly 6 feet over the flood stage Monday, according to data from the National Weather Service.

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Trinity River in North Texas to reach flood stage amid heavy rainfall

DALLAS — As heavy rainfall continues to drench North Texas, the Trinity River in Dallas is projected to rise four feet over the flood stage Monday, according to data from the National Weather Service (NWS).

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Anthropologist explores how heat impacts North Texans’ physical, mental health

DALLAS – When Courtney Cecale moved into her North Texas house in the summer of 2020, she was in for a heat shock.

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Dallas Zoo staff get creative to help animals beat the heat

DALLAS — This summer has been all but unbearable for the people of North Texas — but what about the animals at the Dallas Zoo?

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Yaser Said found guilty of capital murder in 2008 killings of 2 daughters in North Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas — A 65-year-old father was found guilty Tuesday of capital murder in the 2008 shooting deaths of his two daughters in his taxi near an Irving hotel in what some family members called “honor killings.”

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CHIPS Act is ‘just gravy on top’ for Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments said it was investing in more chip production in North Texas with or without the CHIPS Act. But Thursday’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives clears the way for the company to benefit once the act is signed into law.

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Chief: Bottle-magnified sunlight ignited Possum Kingdom fire

A fire chief says sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500-acre North Texas wildfire that destroyed five homes

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All of North Texas under severe to exceptional drought conditions

DALLAS — All of North Texas is experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional drought conditions due to a combination of a mostly rain-free summer and sweltering temperatures, according to a weekly update from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

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A neighborhood’s new anti-Section 8 rules will push many Black residents out of a North Texas suburb

Landlords in Texas don’t have to accept renters who receive federal housing assistance, but a Denton County community is taking it a big step further: making most of the town off limits to Section 8 tenants.

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Evacuation order lifted as Texas wildfires burn amid heat

Officials say a mandatory evacuation order issued because of a wildfire in North Texas has been lifted as the threat of fires remains high in the state due to hot temperatures, winds and drought conditions

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North Texas migrant sees awful irony — his success is why others die to reach US

DALLAS — Carlos Joaquin Salinas is finally becoming the person he dreamt he’d be. Someone respected. Someone his mother is proud of.

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Kyrie Irving? Surely the Mavericks aren’t that desperate, nor should they be

Turns out the culprit wasn’t the North Texas heat. Or those extra onions in the potato salad. Or the habanero barbecue sauce.

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Dallas-Fort Worth added nearly 295,000 jobs in the past year, triple its typical pace

The U.S. economy may be facing headwinds from inflation and higher interest rates, but the labor market is still on fire in North Texas.

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After a brief increase, Dallas COVID hospitalizations have stabilized

DALLAS — Despite a rising number of COVID-19 cases, North Texas appears to have staved off an accompanying increase in hospitalizations that has plagued the rest of the country.

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Jury sides with American Airlines on sexual assault claim by flight attendant

DALLAS — A North Texas jury determined Wednesday that American Airlines isn’t responsible for an alleged sexual assault of flight attendant Kimberly Goesling by a British celebrity chef working with the carrier during a company trip in 2018.

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