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Top Republican leaders have given preliminary approval to a dramatic overhaul of the Texas welfare system that protects abused and neglected children by hiring more than 800 state workers.
Troubled ex-NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel has reached a deal with the Dallas County DA's office in his misdemeanor domestic violence case.
All of the students at Fort Worth's North Side High School will be on campus today, but some will be in different classrooms after an overnight fires damaged areas in and outside of the school.
The nation's largest shopping mall is hosting its first-ever black Santa Claus. The Mall of America in Minnesota hired Larry Jefferson of Dallas to play Kris Kringle as part of its Santa Experience.
Ford is recalling more than 680,000 midsize sedans mainly in North America because the front seat belts may not hold people in a crash.
There are a lot of places to get photos with Santa Claus this time of year, but JD Ryan found a spot to get a photo with Santa Paws....Around Town!
An accident involving a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) bus and a pickup truck has sent four people to Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
It only takes a minute for a crispy Christmas tree to touch off a raging inferno.
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is recovering Friday in a New Zealand hospital, and was in stable condition after a "grueling" medical evacuation from the South Pole.
President Obama on Thursday marked his final time lighting the National Christmas Tree with a wish that Americans will care for the sick, the hungry and the downtrodden this holiday season.
In a tweet on Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott promised to cut funds to public universities that become what he described as "sanctuary" campuses for immigrant students. He provided no other details.
Pope Francis has put an American priest killed during Guatemala's civil war on the path to possible sainthood by declaring him a martyr.
Family members of a Texas high school student who killed herself are rallying for tighter laws against cyberbullying.
The Republican-led House is pushing ahead with a $611 billion defense policy bill that prohibits closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and forbids the Pentagon from trimming the number of military bases.
SpaceX is shooting for a mid-December launch, its first since a dramatic rocket accident on the pad.
