Tag: Dallas
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in...
US to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas site
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up...
San Juan man arrested in pair of cold-case sexual assaults in Fort Worth
A South Texas man is in custody in connection with two cold-case sexual assaults in Fort Worth, and authorities say he may be linked...
J&J COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Texas on Tuesday
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The first doses of the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Texas this week, state health officials said...
Bats, birds, turtles among wildlife pummeled during Southern freeze
By JOHN FLESHER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press
(AP) — As many people in the southern U.S. hosted neighbors who had no heat or water...
At least 6 homeless people died during storm, number could rise
By Juan Pablo Garnham, Texas Tribune
As temperatures reached 20 degrees Feb. 15, Harris County sheriff deputies found a 60-year-old man dead in a van...
Prices for lodging, necessities skyrocket amid storm
By SEAN MURPHY | Associated Press
AUSTIN — Hotel rooms for $1,000 a night. Gasoline prices spiking. Even bottled water prices doubling or tripling overnight.
Officials...
Massive storms, outages force tough decisions amid pandemic
DALLAS — Ashley Archer, a pregnant, 33-year-old Texas financial adviser, and her husband have been cautious about the coronavirus. They work from home, go...
‘A complete bungle:’ Texas’ energy pride goes out with cold
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Anger over Texas' power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze mounted...
2 million without power in Texas as snow storm slams US
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into...