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Astronauts return home

HOUSTON — Artemis II’S astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose...

Council OKS renos at Roseland

Dallas City Council on Wednesday gave a unanimous, key stamp of approval needed to renovate Roseland Townhomes and Roseland Estates, the neighboring public housing complexes featured in a 2025 Dallas Morning News investigation into failed efforts to...

Ceasefire threatened

TEHRAN, Iran — A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be...

Driver pleads guilty in girl’s murder

FORT WORTH — Prosecutors laid out what they called a brutal killing while defense attorneys urged jurors to choose life without parole Tuesday, after Tanner Horner pleaded guilty in the death of 7-year-old Athena Strand. Horner’s surprise plea to...

Another leap for mankind

HOUSTON — With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts kicked off their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting a new distance record for humanity. The six-hour flyby...

Joy, praise and worship

With joy, praise and worship, Christians in North Texas celebrated Easter Sunday morning. At Friendship-west Baptist Church in Dallas, hundreds of members gathered with family and friends to mark the holiday, also called Resurrection Sunday, which...

TV king of North Texas

If you live in North Texas, you may have recently stumbled across a peculiar road closure. Perhaps you saw a clue in the form of a sign that read “SET.” The commotion most likely traced back to Taylor Sheridan, the Fort Worth-raised show creator who...

Let’s play ball

Home away from home

When 28-year-old Rebecca Pels called her mother Wednesday morning, her mom said she couldn’t wait to see her extended family from the New York City area at Passover Seder that night. “I had that pang in my heart,” said Pels, who moved to Dallas about...

Trump: U.S. forces will press on

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” offering a full-throated defense of the war Wednesday night in his first national address since the conflict...

A peek inside Dallas’ $5B project

Dallas’ new children’s hospital is still five years away from opening, but hospital leaders this week offered a peek at what the inside of the building will look like. Moody Children’s Hospital is a project of UT Southwestern Medical Center and...

Last curtain call for hall

Dallas officials have begun taking apart the gargantuan Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. On Monday, cranes and demolition excavators tore down the exhibition hall closest to the Omni Hotel, dismembering parts of the building that will...

Groundbreaking announced

Questions surround the future of downtown Dallas, as posed by First Baptist Dallas executive pastor Ben Lovvorn. But for his church, the future clear. The church in the heart of downtown Dallas announced on Sunday – Palm Sunday – that construction...

Slipping through the cracks

The sonogram operator at the crisis pregnancy center recorded the details of Kaylee Hall’s pregnancy. Likely due in the middle of June. Fetal heart rate measured at 156 beats per minute. The box for intrauterine pregnancy marked as “yes.” An OB-GYN...

Resurrection plan

students hover over Dallas City Hall’s miniature. They are just minutes away from unveiling a plan they say could resurrect downtown. In a landscape of miniature models, the I.M Pei-designed buildment ing’s replica is lonely in its habitat, except for...

GOP rallies for unity

GRAPEVINE — Republican leaders sought to rally their ranks and squash infighting at an influential conservative gathering Thursday as they aim to fend off Democratic wins in the midterm election. Framing the election as a spiritual battle,...

ICE ordered to aid TSA

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers frustrated over...

Living through a nightmare

If you didn’t know what happened to Jordan, you might think he still lives in this house. In Jordan’s bedroom, vines of plastic ivy hang like a curtain in front of the window. A stuffed Simba, the cub from The Lion King, sits on his bed. In the...

Reunion Tower upgrade

High above downtown Dallas, workers in harnesses moved carefully along the steel framework of Reunion Tower this week, swapping out aging light fixtures one by one as traffic moved below. The work marks the first major upgrade to the tower’s lighting...

Chavez statue removed

Workers removed a statue of labor leader Cesar Chavez at the Dallas Farmers Market on Thursday, raising questions from vendors about the speed of the decision and whether the public had any input. Sana Syed, president of the Dallas Farmers Market...

Increasing shelf life

On a typical day at the Lochwood Branch Library near White Rock Lake, the doors open to a steady stream of neighbors: seniors looking for help with a password, job seekers filling out applications, parents bringing their children to story time and...

Real estate broker baffled by snub

As Dallas officials prepared to debate City Hall’s future, a commercial real estate broker helping analyze relocation options grew frustrated when his firm was not allowed to compete for the work. City Hall emails reviewed by The Dallas Morning News...

Growing pains in Texas

Texas consistently grows faster than the rest of the nation. What will it take to keep that growth going? Pia Orrenius, a vice president and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, has spent years studying how Texas outperforms the...

Horseshoe view

ace fans watch as Indycar drivers pass through the Horseshoe portion of the Grand Prix Arlington near AT&T Stadirum on Sunday. The street race takes place in the Entertainment District and replaces an event at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Driver...

Behind the plan to save funding

Randall Bryant had been chair of Dallas Area Rapid Transit for less than a day when suburban cities started calling. They wanted out. The night before, Walt Humann, widely regarded as the father of DART, had sworn in the 38-year-old, who wore his...

Kings of the court

Kimball head basketball coach Nicke Smith (above, center left) hugged his brother, Madison head coach Gerald Smith, as their mother, Louise Smith, looked on after Madison’s victory over Orangefield in the Class 3A Division I boys basketball state...

Attacks will continue

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s secretive new supreme leader vowed Thursday to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel. It was his...

Getting ready for race day

The inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington takes place Friday through Sunday in the Entertainment District. The Arlington Police Department announced road closures and traffic changes occurring on city streets to accommodate. Road closures...

Urban League returns

A decade after shutting down, the Urban League is back in the Dallas area with a new name, stronger alliances and renewed fight for economic and social justice. More than 500 organizers, politicians and business leaders gathered at Gilley’s Dallas to...

Party plans unveiled

For more than a month, Fair Park in South Dallas will welcome thousands of soccer fans for the official FIFA Fan Festival Dallas. On Monday, the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee revealed plans for Dallas’ Fan Festival, a daily party where soccer...

Company aims to help agriculture tap water

FORT WORTH — While more industries incorporate artificial intelligence and new technologies into their daily tasks, a local company is trying to get agriculture producers on board. Ranchbot, an Australian company that expanded to the U.S. a handful of...

Kickoff time for Dallas, MLS

FRISCO — By the time DJ “G” cued up Lionel Richie’s All Night Long on a recent Friday night, the 24-hour party next to Toyota Stadium was already in full throttle: Dozens of fans feasted on 100 pizzas that FC Dallas supplied; two brave souls planned...

A struggle to survive

For more than half a century, the Stoneleigh P has been a watering hole for anyone in Dallas looking for a beer, a burger or a good time. It survived economic downturns, a devastating fire, the COVID-19 pandemic and an involuntary relocation, but the...

Council strikes compromise

A deeply divided Dallas City Council is hedging its bets on City Hall, exploring relocation while also ordering plans to repair the aging building. After hours of scrutiny, debate and amendments, the council voted 9-6 to approve a compromise...

‘Mass confusion’ for primaries

It’s Tuesday — election day in Dallas County — and an hour has passed since polls opened for a pivotal set of primaries. At Fretz Park Library on the north side of the city, roughly 90 voters have come and gone. Yet, if the poll workers had to guess,...

Candidates await results

Parties watch closely ahead of midterms WASHINGTON — Texas’ bitter, big-money Senate primary left Republicans fractured Tuesday night as Democrats fought for an edge, all in a showdown that could help decide control of Congress. Sen. John Cornyn was...

Conflict in the Mideast widens

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in a campaign that President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back against Israel, Gulf states and targets critical to the...

Five candidates, one seat

Why me? Five candidates. Millions in TV ads. Months of rallies, block-walking and selfies across a sprawling state. On the eve of Texas’ primary Tuesday, the U.S. Senate contenders are making their final appeals to voters after a bruising campaign...

Trump: Supreme leader dead

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, confirming an assassination that he said gave Iranians their “greatest...

‘This Is For’ Dallas

Decked out in hot pink sweats and a fluffy gray jacket, Preston Salomon hopped, stomped and twirled in near lockstep with 40 other dancers as “This Is For” by K-pop girl group Twice burst from a nearby loudspeaker. Outside American Airlines Center on...

Honoring a voice for justice

CHICAGO — A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as crosscountry memorial services began in the city the late civil rights leader called home. The protégé of the Rev....

To sell or to stay?

It was a customer who suggested Richardson restaurateur Ararin “Irean” Wongchingchai go to the hospital last fall. Wongchingchai was unable to walk. She felt dizzy. Maybe something was wrong with her eyes or her ears, she told doctors. Over three...

Fresh start for green sanctuary

Amaris Alanis Ribeiro, recently named the new director of the Trinity River Audubon Center, describes herself as an environmental changemaker. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, she said her upbringing, experience running a nature center in...

Chaos in Mexico

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — At least 73 people died in Mexico’s attempt to capture the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the violent aftermath of his death, authorities said Monday as much of the country feared another wave of...

How did Texans fare?

STAFF REPORTS The 2026 Winter Olympics are over. Below you’ll find competition results for every athlete from Texas or with notable Texas connections: Amber Glenn Hometown: Plano Event: Figure skating (women’s singles, team event) Nation: United...

Battleground Frisco

FRISCO — For months, the attacks seeped onto social media, often framed as questions. Why do they not assimilate? Where do they work to afford their luxury homes? Is our town becoming an ethnic enclave? The tensions festering on platforms like Reddit...

‘Expand it, not abandon it’

The bustle on a Monday morning at a downtown Dallas Area Rapid Transit station is full of screeching trains, long stares from windows and corporate suits in headphones, scrolling their phones as they wait for their line. The train seats both young and...

Banned interview goes viral

AUSTIN – What didn’t air on CBS may be doing more for James Talarico than if it had. Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with the Texan in the Democrat primary for U.S. Senate was blocked Monday, and Talarico turned the dustup into a...

Paxton investigates three districts

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Dallas ISD and two other school districts where students walked out of class this month to protest federal immigration policy. In a news release issued Monday, Paxton alleges that officials in Dallas,...

New life for Mill City church

Lotis Charles Qualls, 63, looked upon the remodeled brick building that used to be a church in southeast Dallas’ Mill City neighborhood with a smile of nostalgia. Fresh white paint coated the bricks of what was once a small red-brick church where...

Unifying through art

On a bitter cold morning, Theo Ponchaveli outlines lettering on the side of a building with a positive message: “Sunny South Dallas.” Not far from the wall, a brass band starts to play. The esteemed artist maps out his design with black, white, yellow...

Love is in the air

Justice of the Peace Paul Raleeh is bracing for a Valentine’s Day surge, lining up back-to-back ceremonies as couples across Collin County skip the frills and seal the deal. He has 14 weddings booked between Friday and Saturday alone, more than he...

Final steps of a long journey

Agroup of Buddhist monks, a day after completing a 108-day Walk for Peace from Fort Worth to Washington, walked to Capitol Hill on Wednesday before heading to the Lincoln Memorial to conclude their journey. A bus will bring the group back to Texas...

Surprise! Spring training is upon us

Texas Rangers pitchers stretched during a spring training workout at the team’s training facility on Tuesday, in Surprise, Ariz. Rangers’ manager Skip Schumaker built rapport among the team by taking a step back allowing new pitching coach Jordan Tiegs...

What we dug out from the winter storm

The 2026 winter storm kept North Texans stuck at home for days, but it also provided the annual dose of snow fun. Even with a broken record or two, some elements weren’t as severe as originally forecast. Other parts of the country, including...

Seahawks supreme at Super Bowl LX

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold (from left), running back Kenneth Walker III and head coach Mike Macdonald hold the Lombardi Trophy after the Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX on Sunday. Walker earned MVP honors...

A big deal for small, nontraditional schools

Between chuckles and jokes, two middle schoolers hovered over a pan heating on an electric stove. An egg, dropped in a slop of melting butter, was crisping up from a cloudy white into a golden brown. “Why is the yolk not holding? It’s a puddle,” Suraj...

Winter Games kick off in Milan

UAlexander Nemenov/agence France-presse SA’S flag bearer Erin Jackson, a speed skater, (right) and fellow athletes paraded in during the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the San Siro stadium in Milan, northern Italy,...

‘This is my comeback story’

Brand-new Dallas restaurant Night Rooster is a sexy place where friends can dine on dumplings and fried rice made by two-time Top Chef finalist Shirley Chung. What this pretty room doesn’t divulge is how hard it was for Chung to get here. A prolific...

‘A betrayal’

Heather Fletes first met Rafael Alambarrio salsa dancing in Klyde Warren Park. It was March 2024, and Heather’s love of dancing and time practicing salsa on a study abroad trip to Mexico brought the bilingual Mckinney elementary schoolteacher to the...

Dozens zip-tied in police sweep

Under an overpass near where Interstate 30 and Central Expressway knit into a gray ceiling, Julie Hand had carved out what felt like a home. Until last month’s icy weather, the former caregiver and housekeeper had more than most: a mattress with fresh...

Kicking calories is goooooal

Inside the TOCA Soccer Center at The Colony, men in blue, green and black jerseys are lining up for a pregame weigh-in. “You gained two pounds,” coach Anthony Williams, 49, tells the first man who steps on the digital scale. Williams, a nutritionist...

Senior pastor delivers final sermon

HIGHLAND PARK — The Rev. Paul Rasmussen approached the pulpit Sunday morning and gazed across the packed pews of his congregation. How many times had he stood here before, in the same spot, Sunday after Sunday, presiding over weddings, funerals? It...

Storm wallops workers unable to earn during trying week

Over the next two weeks, Andrea Paz will have to use her imagination to make the most of the food she has in her pantry so she doesn’t have to buy anything at the supermarket. It’s not because she doesn’t want to, but she lost four days of work due to...

Church searches for solace

CEDAR HILL — Tyshawn Miles trudged across the ice-slicked parking lot of Kingdom Culture Worship Centre to push open the heavy front door. Glancing around the lobby, Miles felt relieved. The church sounded quiet, no pipes had burst. It was Tuesday,...

Budget bill close, but DHS a thorn

President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats said Thursday that they struck an agreement to fund most of the federal government less than 30 hours before spending is set to lapse. Senate Democrats said Republicans had agreed to their demand to break...

Teen’s spirit remembered

Dallas-fort Worth is on the other side of the winter storm, but for many North Texans, it didn’t feel like it on Wednesday with schools closed again and icy roads keeping residents stuck at home. Road conditions were still far from ideal for commutes...

‘You may like it. You may love it.’

Staff Writers As planes deboarded at Dallas Love Field on Tuesday, people streamed into the baggage claim area as some of the first to have flown Southwest Airlines in an assigned seat. Dallas resident Kay Youngblood left for a business trip to...

Region left frozen in place

Wakeland High School officials have confirmed that a sophomore killed Sunday during a sledding accident in Frisco was 16-yearold Elizabeth Angle. Elizabeth died after the sled she and another 16-year-old girl were on collided with a tree shortly...

City navigates winter storm

It was lunchtime when the phone rang again at Life’s Good Bar & Grill in East Dallas. “Yes, we’re open, come in,” owner Calvin Collins told the caller. On Sunday, the winter storm brought a hush to this pocket of the city, with few cars heading up...