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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84

DALLAS – Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove” and returned them to modern-day landscap...

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Books

Exhibit will feature Georgia O’Keeffe’s sister

DALLAS – The abstract painting of a lighthouse caught the eye of Dallas Museum of Art curator Sue Canterbury as she visited a private collector about five years ago. Struggling to identify t...

DATE: May 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Dockless commuter bikes bring convenience, chaos

New companies bring bicycles to big cities

DATE: Mar 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Family: Woman died shielding grandson during church massacre

DALLAS – Sunday school teacher Peggy Warden threw herself in front of her grandson when a gunman opened fire onto the congregation at First Baptist Church, getting fatally shot as she protec...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Texas town looks to tell story of Mexican guest workers

DALLAS – A Texas border town is working to restore what is believed to be the only remaining site that once helped process the millions of Mexicans who came to the U.S. as temporary guest wo...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tapestry returning to Germany

DALLAS – Growing up, Cathy Hinz and her five siblings would run up and down the stairs at their Minneapolis home, one hand on the banister, the other skimming a memento hanging on the wall t...

DATE: Dec 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

San Antonio police officer fatally shot

Detective Benjamin Marconi was writing a ticket

DATE: Nov 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hot-car deaths on the rise again

Parents need to be vigilant about checking for kids in cars

DATE: Jul 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Storms pound Texas as state prepares for Hurricane Patricia to arrive

DALLAS – A powerful storm system rumbled through Texas on Saturday, flooding roads and causing a freight train to derail as parts of the state braced for the remnants of Hurricane Patricia. ...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World