Last night in Houston two masked men, armed with a revolver and a shotgun, stormed a Denny's and raided the cash register. The same scene has played out on security footage at dozens of Houston-area IHOPs and Denny's, albeit occasionally with bloodsh...
Not a child abuser, says Mac Engel. Some situations are not nuanced. That didn't keep Mac Engel from making excuses for Adrian Peterson in this morning's Star-Telegram. Peterson, he says, may have abused his two sons when he allegedly beat them to...
The Dallas Police Association has a 10-point plan for reforming the department to help fix a problem with low moral among its members. Among other things, the plan calls for changes to policies regarding when police can use force, and new rules for f...
This is state Representative Trey Fischer sitting across the table from you when the detective asks you if Trey Fischer ever put the arm on you. What a smile, eh? You have to take a deep breath first. Anchor yourself. Pinch your nose. Then you mi...
Buck up, P.M. Someday you may be on a mural. A kid who was suspended 10 days from high school is super awesome, according to a federal lawsuit filed by his parents. "He is currently taking honors classes and a higher level math class than most of...
If you're in the back of an ambulance and have control of your hand, you should probably try to call the hospital and find out if the on-call ER staff are in your network. What's that? Your arm just fell off? Naturally your first reaction might ...
Researchers say climate change has a valuable place in social studies classes. But that doesn't mean students should debate the cause or even existence of global warming. As if Texas social studies textbooks haven't been getting enough flack for...
The team that plays here is pretty disciplined. Off the field at least. Since 2000, Dallas Cowboys players have been arrested only 14 times, well below league average, according to a report compiled by The New York Times' The Upshot blog from USA ...
The first paragraph says, "A report on fired Dallas ISD investigator Jeremy Liebbe is critical of various decisions he made, including looking into his boss' criminal history, but it does not state that he violated any laws or policies." But a copy ...
One of two Dallas clinics that will remain open. Listening to the oral arguments before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday confirmed what advocates for reproductive rights feared upon seeing the three-judge panel selected to hear the ...
Trinity Watershed Management Director Liz Fernandez (blue hardhat) and her executive staff survey damage to the pond a contractor drained last month. To understand just how badly City Hall has bungled its stewardship of the section of the Great Tr...
Anti-Domestic Violence advocates say victims often turn to their faith leaders for support, which is why some pastors have formed the Safe on Sunday campaign. It's Monday, which means, according to federal data, that you're more likely to be for...
Highland Park ISD plans to launch an elementary-level Spanish learning program next year. It's a project that most in the district are embracing -- after all, multilingualism is linked to dozens of developmental benefits. Bilingual individuals are o...
News that Ebola virus had escaped Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and invaded the city in the body of an infected nurse was the last straw. It's not the virus that's going to drive us crazy. It's the officials who keep making stupid promises that...
Jerry Jones hugging Roger Goodell Jerry Jones capped off what's been a representative week for him with a vote of confidence for embattled NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on his weekly radio show on 105.3 The Fan. After being asked "What's your fe...
A national organization of black lawyers and judges is still awaiting a response from the Dallas Police Department to the group's recent request for 10 years worth of public information "regarding the number of individuals who have been killed, racia...
Sheriff Lupe Valdez, Chief David Brown, District Attorney Craig Watkins and, in the back, Pastor Frederick Haynes patiently answered questions about police violence Thursday night. District Attorney Craig Watkins' second town hall meeting on polic...
If you're looking for popcorn-worthy fireworks at a public transit-related public meeting, your best bet is to watch the Dallas City Council decide who should represent the city on the DART board, an exercise that invariably descends, as so many othe...
Dallas County jurors last week spent about three hours deliberating before they awarded Martha Salazar $73 million, the largest amount of money any plaintiff has received so far in a vaginal mesh lawsuit. Most of the thousands of lawsuits that women ...
Trinity River guide Charles Allen took one look at the city's so-called "white water feature" and knew what it was right away. Bad. We're busy wrapping up our Best of Dallas 2014 issue, so we're in a stop-and-smell-the-roses state of mind. No wa...