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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texting while driving will soon be illegal in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that he’s signed the ban into law, ending a decade-long effort by safety advoca...

Local organizations are asking the city of Dallas to unite, a year after the Dallas Police ambush. The ‘Weekend of Honor’ is a series of events July 7 through July 9, 2017 to commemorate t...

Country music star Garth Brooks dedicated a new state-of-the-art playroom with a visit to Children’s Medical Center Dallas on Tuesday. “The Big Z” was named because of its location i...

DALLAS (AP) – A Texas-based company has agreed to pay the U.S. government almost $2.5 million to settle allegations that it obtained inside information to gain an advantage in bidding for federa...

All Photos Credit: Parkland Health and Hospital System DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A North Texas man has lost his life after flesh-eating bacteria entered a recently-inked tattoo when he went swim...

DALLAS (AP) – Officials in Dallas say they’ve completed security upgrades to the city’s outdoor sirens that will prevent the kind of “malicious activation” that caused th...

Photo by Amy Chodroff MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – Google is spearheading an educational campaign to teach pre-teen children how to protect themselves from scams, predators and other trouble. Th...

U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn ruled Monday that Shaunkeyia Stephens may join the lawsuit filed by Odell Edwards on behalf of the estate of Jordan Edwards. The lawsuit alleges that the Balch Springs...

CNN photo DALLAS (AP) – A Texas-based company has agreed to pay the U.S. government almost $2.5 million to settle allegations that it obtained inside information to gain an advantage in bidding ...

DALLAS (AP) – At least one fake 911 operator has been calling Dallas residents to ask for their Social Security numbers and immigration status. The Dallas Police Department said in a statement o...