Dallas News • 09/04/2025

Cedar Hill fired a teacher after an investigation. D-FW schools continued to hire him

In 2020, a North Texas high school teacher and football coach was terminated from Cedar Hill High School for violating the Educator’s Code of Conduct, resulting in a public sanction on his teaching certificate. He has since worked at three different schools.

Dallas News • 08/25/2025

Here are 5 ways renters can protect themselves from disputed fees

As Dallas continues to reckon with an ongoing housing shortage, renters are facing exorbitant and, at times, predatory pricing. Oftentimes, these prices are higher as a result of hidden fees, which are charges that are not immediately disclosed to tenants.

Dallas News • 08/22/2025

They moved out of their apartment. And then came a year-long fight over disputed charges

When Victoria Post first moved into Lakeside Urban Center Apartments in August 2023, she didn’t know what to expect. Neither the 28 year-old nor her roommate had ever lived in an apartment.

Dallas News • 08/11/2025

Find leaves an impression: Dinosaur footprints discovered during Texas flood cleanup

Sifting through debris and wreckage caused by the catastrophic flood that killed more than 100 people in the Texas Hill Country in July, volunteers discovered something unexpected — dinosaur tracks.

Dallas News • 08/08/2025

Texas Department of Public Safety establishes new Homeland Security division

Weeks after state lawmakers paved the way during the Legislature’s last regular session, the Texas Department of Public Safety has announced the creation of a new Homeland Security Division.

Dallas News • 08/08/2025

Texas doctor to pay $1.2 million over false prescription allegations

A Lubbock cardiologist has agreed to pay more than $1 million in a settlement following allegations he used the names of friends and family members to prescribe opioids to himself.

Dallas News • 08/07/2025

Texas city employee who stole $121,000 in HUD funds to get free rent, more is sentenced

A former Amarillo city staffer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $121,000 from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s grant program.

Dallas News • 08/06/2025

Residents of FW apartment complex who lost their homes during 6-alarm fire file lawsuit

Several former tenants of a Forth Worth apartment complex who were forced out of their homes by a massive rooftop fire have filed a lawsuit against the property and its managers, alleging gross negligence by a contract worker whose actions allegedly sparked the blaze and accusing property managers of denying access to residents’ units, according to a news release Wednesday by the law firm representing the residents.

Dallas News • 08/06/2025

Fort Worth council moves to disband DEI programs under Trump pressure

The Fort Worth City Council voted to repeal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies Tuesday night, making Fort Worth the first major city in North Texas to do so.

Dallas News • 07/18/2025

Group gathers in Dallas to honor civil rights leader John Lewis — and protest Trump

Five years after the death of civil rights leader John Lewis, a group of demonstrators gathered Thursday in downtown Dallas to honor his legacy while also protesting the policies of President Donald Trump.

Dallas Morning News • 07/14/2025

Witty, athletic, smart, fearless. Dallas Catholic community honors sisters lost in flood

When the water began to rise July 4 in Hunt, a community in western Kerr County at the heart of the Texas Hill Country, RJ and Annie Harber tried to act fast.

Dallas News • 07/05/2025

Remembering the victims of the Kerr County floods

Shortly before dawn Friday, the Guadalupe River rose more than 20 feet in 45 minutes, uprooting trees, mangling roads and tearing apart the lives of dozens of families.

05/06/2025

A Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Could Impact How Doctors Treat Their Patients – Howard University News Service

WASHINGTON — The ongoing United States v. Skrmetti case is expected to have deep ramifications for families of children who are transgender and their doctors in traditionally conservative states, experts say. 


Lawyers for both parties presented their arguments on gender-affirming care at the U.S. Supreme Court in December. The issue has become decidedly divisive across the country in recent months. The case will determine whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1 — a provision that would eliminate all...

04/22/2025

Immigration Rights Groups Brace for Impact of Trump’s Recent Executive Orders – Howard University News Service

By Lauren Nutall
Howard University News Service
WASHINGTON – Since assuming office, President Donald Trump has passed sweeping legislation targeting immigration policies implemented during the Biden-Harris administration, prompting criticism from immigration rights groups.
Throughout his campaign, Trump pledged to undo many Biden-era policies, including expelling undocumented migrants from the United States and increasing border security.
During his first five days in office, he upheld several o...

04/22/2025

Trump Restores Death Penalty, Concerning Prisoner Advocates as AG Pick Advances – Howard University News Service

By Lauren Nutall
Howard University News Service
Prisoner advocates are alarmed by President Donald Trump’s executive order to restore the death penalty. They fear that the order will be used to target individuals and worsen existing biases within the prosecutorial system.
“People who end up in prison are Black and Brown; people who are given the death penalty are Black and Brown. So it’s disproportionate,” said Pamela Bailey, executive director and co-founder of More Than Our Crimes, a nonprofit...

04/22/2025

Four Debtors Share Their Hopes, Fears During the 2024 Presidential Election – Howard University News Service

By Lauren Nutall
Howard University News Service
In 2023, at 77 years old, Michael Haran suffered a heart attack. It was another blow for the Santa Rosa resident, who was still recovering from aggressive radiation treatment after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2022.
Haran was forced to relocate to an assisted living facility, at his family’s insistence. “As my daughter says, ‘You gotta admit it. You gotta face up to it. You’re not a spring chicken anymore,’” Haran recalled.
“I can live t...

The Hilltop - The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate • 11/12/2024

Did Howard Violate Its Partisan Political Activity Guidelines?

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a campaign election night watch party on Howard’s campus last week, where thousands of people joined to watch live election coverage.


On Nov. 5, students, staff, alumni and D.C. residents celebrated what Howard President Ben Vinson III suggested could’ve been “the place to potentially make history again” for Harris as the first Black female president. But as the night progressed, the atmosphere gradually grew somber, leaving attendees disheartened. 


The...