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• Two dead after bus crash near Dallas

  April 12, 2013 3:47 AM

  At least two people are dead and more than a dozen others are injured after a charter bus crashed near Dallas, Texas. The accident happened yesterday as a private charter bus was traveling on the President George Bush Turnpike. It took emergency crews about an hour to remove more than... more »

• RFK children speak about JFK assassination in Dallas

  January 12, 2013 1:34 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - Two children of the late Robert F. Kennedy spoke in Dallas as a year of observances begins for the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his sister, Rory, were interviewed Friday night in front of an audience in downtown Dallas.... more »

• AA pilots expect contract talks to resume

  October 2, 2012 9:18 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - The pilots' union at American Airlines is moving to resume stalled contract negotiations with the carrier. The union also said Tuesday that it will delay releasing results of a strike-authorization vote scheduled to end Wednesday. The developments could lead to a breakthrough in a bitter standoff between... more »

• New optimism about stemming spread of AIDS virus

  July 7, 2012 11:03 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - An AIDS-free generation: It seems an audacious goal, considering how the HIV epidemic still is raging around the world. Yet more than 20,000 international HIV researchers and activists will gather in the nation's capital later this month with a sense of optimism not seen in many years... more »

• Soldier collapses while Skyping with wife, she sees possible bullet hole

  May 6, 2012 1:15 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - The family of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan said Sunday his wife saw a bullet hole in the closet behind him after he collapsed during a Skype video chat. Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's brother-in-law Bradley Taber-Thomas released a statement saying Clark's wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, was talking... more »

• Colo. school incentive program awaits more funds

  November 27, 2011 10:47 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A pilot program to improve college readiness among Colorado teens produced more high scores on students' Advanced Placement tests - and paid $69,500 to teachers as a reward. Now the National Math and Science Initiative is trying to expand the program to more Colorado schools. ... more »

• Ex-Fox personality Glenn Beck is moving to Dallas

  July 11, 2011 6:06 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Former Fox News Channel personality Glenn Beck is bound for Texas. Beck said Monday that he's relocating his family to Dallas, where his media company is building a new television and radio studio. Beck is starting a new online network, GBTV, on which he... more »

• More suspicious letters mailed to D.C. schools

  May 6, 2011 2:00 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI says additional suspicious letters found at four District of Columbia schools are similar to those delivered to 28 schools a day before. The FBI's Washington field office says in a news release Friday that no hazardous substances have been found in any of the... more »

• Texas firefighter grants missed fire-prone areas

  April 24, 2011 4:19 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - A state review has found that some Texas counties scorched by this month's out-of-control wildfires got only a small portion of the more than $128 million the state doled out to volunteer fire departments for training and equipment in the past decade. The Texas Sunset Advisory... more »

• Larry Hagman returning to 'Dallas' for its update

  February 1, 2011 8:13 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) TNT says Larry Hagman is returning to Southfork Ranch for the pilot of an updated "Dallas." Also signed for the series pilot are two fellow "Dallas" veterans, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy, TNT announced Tuesday. Hagman will reprise his role as villainous oil baron J.R.... more »

• Dallas bomb plot suspect may take stand at hearing

  October 19, 2010 8:41 AM

  A 20-year-old Jordanian man who tried to bomb a downtown Dallas skyscraper could take the stand as a federal judge considers his sentence. Attorneys for Hosam Smadi say he may testify Tuesday during the second day of his sentencing hearing. A day earlier, his father testified that Smadi... more »

• Bush Institute launches initiative focusing on principals

  September 29, 2010 8:25 AM

  For its first initiative, the George W. Bush Institute will focus on school principals. Former first lady Laura Bush is set to announce on Wednesday the institute's formation of the Alliance to Reform Education Leadership, or AREL. The alliance aims to improve the performance of school principals. It will... more »

• Texas congresswoman admits she violated rules

  August 31, 2010 8:53 AM

  A Texas congresswoman is admitting that she wrongly steered thousands of dollars in college scholarships to her own relatives and the children of a staff member. Dallas-area Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson said in a statement that she was unaware she was in violation of any rules governing the Congressional... more »

• Jet makes emergency landing in Aleutians

  July 13, 2010 8:58 AM

  American Airlines says one of its jets made an emergency landing on an island in Alaska's Aleutians after a fire warning light went off. Company spokesman Tim Smith says Flight 175, en route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tokyo, landed safely on Shemya Island shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday. It... more »

• Gov. Ritter in Texas for wind energy conference

  May 24, 2010 10:24 AM

  Gov. Bill Ritter is in Dallas attending the 2010 American Wind Energy Association's Windpower Conference. The governor is promoting Colorado's New Energy Economy. The conference is expected to attract more than 23,000 attendees and 1,500 exhibitors over four days. Wind industry leaders from around the world are showcasing energy,... more »

• Shooting reported at Dallas bank

  March 8, 2010 12:42 PM

  Shots were fired inside a Dallas bank and several people might have been wounded, local media reported Monday as police and ambulances raced to the scene. KTVT said Dallas Fire-Rescue reported that at least three individuals were shot. One of them, the alleged gunman, was hospitalized "with a gunshot... more »

• Schools close as South braces for rare snow storm

  February 12, 2010 9:27 AM

  Predictions of an inch of snow are enough to shut down schools in the Florida Panhandle. A storm system that left more than a foot of snow in the Dallas area will brush by the Sunshine State as it brings snow to the South. Winter storm warnings span the... more »

• PAC to run ad promoting college football playoff

  January 4, 2010 2:13 PM

  A new political action committee plans to run ads this week pushing for a playoff system for college football. Playoff PAC says it will run the ads in Dallas, Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho ahead of Thursday's national championship game between Texas and Alabama. The ad highlights the fact... more »

• Home prices rise in October

  December 29, 2009 10:06 AM

  Home prices rise for the fifth month in a row in October, but the recovery continues to be uneven with only 11 of the 20 metros tracked showing gains. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index released Tuesday edged up 0.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted reading of 145.36 in... more »

• WWII veteran had Hitler's art book on shelf

  December 9, 2009 2:40 PM

  After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the U.S. soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler's home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close. Making his way through the Berghof, Hitler's home near Berchtesgaden, Germany, Pistone noticed a table... more »

• Dinosaur bones unearthed in Texas

  November 4, 2009 12:08 PM

  A museum exhibit is giving Texans a glimpse of what the Dallas area looked like 100 million years ago. Many of the fossils discovered at the Arlington Archosaur Site are on display at the River Legacy Living Science Center exhibit hall in North Arlington through December 19. According... more »

• Store clerk steals 67-year-old man's $1M lottery ticket

  October 22, 2009 11:26 AM

  A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said. Pankaj Joshi took 67-year-old Willis Willis' winning Mega Millions megaplier ticket after Willis asked Joshi in May to check whether any of... more »

• Storms help, but don't end Texas drought

  September 18, 2009 12:29 PM

  Recent storms in Texas brought some long-awaited relief to the nation's most drought-stricken state, but the brutal dry spell is far from over as it drags into its third year. About 16 percent of the state - all in the southern and central parts of Texas - is classified... more »