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James Talarico back on the trail after an absence with the flu drew scrutiny

After drawing scrutiny for his absence from the campaign trail, Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, who had been sick with the flu, returned to the stump on Friday. “James Talarico is back on the campaign trail talking to voters at Austin City Limits,” Talarico camp...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 9, 2026

Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program and later in life was celebrated as a powerful symbol of women in technology, has died. She was 90. Hamilton died Sept. 30 at a ho...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 9, 2026

Collin County training 1,100 poll workers ahead of November election

With Election Day less than a month away, election workers across Collin County are spending their mornings preparing for what happens once voters begin showing up at polling places. County officials estimate roughly 1,100 poll workers will be trained ahead of the Nov. 3 election...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalOct 8, 2026

Why fun-size candy can pose a bigger concern for kids with food allergies

For trick-or-treaters, fun-size candy bars are part of the appeal of Halloween . For kids with food allergies, however, those miniature treats can come with risks that aren’t always obvious. Dr. Jaspreet Dhami , a board-certified allergist and immunologist with Latitude Food Alle...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 8, 2026

Granbury leaders file lawsuit against city over recall

Some of the Granbury officials who are subject to a recall election have filed a lawsuit against their own city in an attempt to throw out the election. FOX 4's David Sentendrey has more....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsOct 8, 2026

Voters to consider property tax increase to address Dallas County homelessness

Dallas County leaders are asking homeowners to raise their taxes next month. It’s called Proposition A on your ballot and redirects more money to address homelessness. For the last five years, the focus on addressing homelessness has largely centered on downtown Dallas. Streets l...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalOct 7, 2026

Talarico vs. Paxton: Who has the better approach to healthcare affordability?

With a little under a month before election day, polls still have Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton in a close race to become the next senator from Texas. Among the top issues on voters' minds is healthcare affordability....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsOct 7, 2026

Recall vote in Granbury postponed by lawsuit

City leaders in Granbury were forced to put plans for a recall election on hold after a lawyer working for an unknown party filed a lawsuit against the city. FOX 4's David Sentendrey has more....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsOct 7, 2026

Plano group holds meeting opposing Prop A, proposed Dallas Stars arena

A group opposing Plano Proposition A held a community meeting Tuesday night to make its case against public funding for a proposed new Dallas Stars arena. STOP the Stars Arena PAC hosted the event for Plano residents ahead of the Nov. 3 election, focusing on the proposed financin...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 6, 2026

Coco Gauff says ‘insane' wave of racist abuse followed a disputed point at China Open

Coco Gauff said she received an “insane” amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in her China Open match against home player Sun Xinran. Gauff stopped a rally after electronic advertising boards lining the court flickered during a point late in t...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 6, 2026

Texas voters get ‘Are you white?' political texts targeting James Talarico

Several viewers reached out to NBC 5 after receiving text messages asking them, “Are you white?” The messages then claim James Talarico called white men “America’s top terror threat” and direct recipients to a political attack website paid for by the American Political Action Com...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 5, 2026

Search suspended for 6 people on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston

Authorities have identified the six people aboard an air ambulance that disappeared off the Massachusetts coast during a flight from Bermuda to Boston early Saturday. The U.S. Coast Guard said authorities searched more than 4,400 miles over a span of 66 hours for the four Canadia...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 5, 2026

Trump announces members of ‘Super Intelligence Force' to coordinate AI policy

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the formation of an artificial intelligence task force, naming Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to spearhead the group. The other members of the group include Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and Undersecretary...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 4, 2026

Trump, campaigning in Ohio, says the midterms will bring a ‘big surprise'

VANDALIA, Ohio — President Donald Trump rallied Saturday for Republicans in Ohio’s competitive races for Senate and governor, predicting that the party will defy expectations in a choppy midterm election climate. “I think we’re going to have a big surprise, because they don’t kno...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 4, 2026

Trump pledges to send $90 checks to millions of seniors on Medicare

President Donald Trump promised on Friday to give $90 rebate checks to offset premiums for millions of U.S. seniors on Medicare, his latest pledge to send money to Americans ahead of the midterm elections. “I am pleased to announce that my Administration will, immediately, begin ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 4, 2026

Search suspended for those aboard medical flight headed to Boston

The search has been suspended for six people aboard a plane that went missing off Nantucket over the weekend, the Coast Guard announced Sunday night. “We express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones,” the Coast Guard said in a social media post. The update came ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 4, 2026

Ken Paxton's estranged wife urges voters to back him in new ad

The estranged wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged voters to stand behind the entire Republican midterm ticket in an ad released Saturday, though she neglected to name Paxton directly. Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, who filed for divorce from Paxton last year citing “...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 3, 2026

Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike

The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday, the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike landed her on a ventilator at a hospital. Frank Strada, commissioner of the Department of Correction, will step down ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 3, 2026

Arlington city council approves downtown home for SiNaCa Studios

The Arlington City Council voted Tuesday evening to approve a resolution authorizing an agreement with SiNaCa Studios that advances the nonprofit glass arts organization’s planned relocation to 300 W. Front Street in downtown Arlington. The partnership will turn a city-owned buil...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalOct 3, 2026

Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane amid search off Nantucket

10/4/26 UPDATE: The search has been suspended for six people aboard a plane that went missing off Nantucket over the weekend, the Coast Guard announced Sunday night. The U.S. Coast Guard says crews have found a debris field confirmed to be from the missing medical transport aircr...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesOct 3, 2026

Dallas County to hold drive-through voter registration

Voters in Dallas County will be able to drive through the local elections department and check if they are registered to vote or need to update their registration ahead of this year's elections. FOX 4's Shaun Rabb has more....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsOct 2, 2026

Dallas County raising voter registration awareness ahead of Monday deadline

The deadline to register to vote in November's elections is Monday, October 5, and the Dallas County Elections Department wants you to know if you're registered to vote or need to update your registration ahead of the deadline....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsOct 2, 2026

FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal' and ‘don't raise any red flags'

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Wednesday that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.” “It doesn’t strike me as anything at all out of the ordinary,” Carr said of the ads, which have aired across the coun...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 30, 2026

Infantino loses support of home nation Switzerland for FIFA presidential campaign

Gianni Infantino formally lost support from his home nation Switzerland on Wednesday for the FIFA presidential election next year over concerns for the integrity of the world soccer body. European soccer body UEFA has led calls to remove its long-time former employee Infantino ei...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 30, 2026

Chairman of scandal-hit Man City has worked with Trump as part of UAE elite

Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chairman of the scandal-plagued Manchester City soccer club, sat with Donald Trump in Davos this year, signing on to the U.S. president’s Board of Peace on behalf of the United Arab Emirates government. He was with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Pala...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 30, 2026

Potential sanctions for Man City could include fine or removal from Premier League

Manchester City faces an uncertain future after the decorated English soccer club was found guilty of systematically breaking the Premier League’s financial rules for nearly a decade. The verdict — delivered by an independent disciplinary commission — leaves open an array of sanc...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 30, 2026

Ted Cruz scores Senate win on college sports bill

Sen. Ted Cruz took a big step forward Monday in his effort to impose order on what he describes as college sports chaos, as the Senate approved his proposal to impose new rules on player eligibility, transfers and compensation deals. Cruz said before the vote the bill is necessar...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 29, 2026

Granbury leaders, residents spar over data center concept

Concept plans for a data center in Granbury have residents signing petitions to recall their mayor and city council. FOX 4's David Sentendrey was on hand when residents walked out of a city council meeting on Monday night....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsSep 29, 2026

Senate passes sweeping college sports bill to regulate athlete pay and transfers

The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools. The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legi...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 29, 2026

Women at the center of illegal voting case speaks out

Crystal Mason is the woman who had become synonymous with voter fraud in North Texas. But now, the state's highest criminal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that she did not intentionally try to cast an improper ballot in an election a decade ago....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsSep 28, 2026

‘Victory is the outcome,' Crystal Mason speaks after acquittal

Crystal Mason said Monday she is still “trying to process” the end of a years-long legal fight that began with a provisional ballot cast in the 2016 election. Mason, civil rights advocates, and attorneys spoke Monday outside the Old Tarrant County Courthouse, four days after the ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 28, 2026

Talarico's lead narrows over Paxton in Texas US Senate race

Democrat James Talarico is continuing to attract the support of independent voters in the race for U.S. Senate over his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton....

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsSep 25, 2026

Supreme Court lets Trump admin use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections , granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. The court’s three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissen...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 25, 2026

Dallas Stars' proposed Plano arena divides residents ahead of November vote

Plano voters will decide in November whether to approve a proposition that would pave the way for a new Dallas Stars arena at The Shops at Willow Bend, as organized campaigns on both sides intensify their efforts over the proposed $3 billion development. The arena would be part o...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 24, 2026

Dallas, Collin counties work to process 100,000 backlogged DPS voter files

Less than a month before early voting begins, Dallas County elections officials are sorting through 68,104 voter registrations that were filed through Texas’ online drivers license portal since October 2025 but never transmitted to the county, a spokesperson confirmed. In Collin ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 24, 2026

Campaign starts to have voters settle Dallas City Hall future

Liane Pei said she has only set foot inside the seven-story city hall building in downtown Dallas a few times in her life. “When I see the interior of this building, my first reaction is ‘that’s Dad,” Pei said. “My father had this amazing, unique ability to channel light and how ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 24, 2026

Texas Senate race puts North Texas suburbs in focus ahead of early voting

The North Texas suburbs are emerging as a crucial battleground in the Texas Senate race, with early voting for the midterm elections less than 30 days away and signs of cracks among some traditionally Republican voters. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest media market ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 24, 2026

Talarico vs. Paxton: Who has the better plan to lower costs?

In a Texas Senate race defined by the rising cost of everyday life, Ken Paxton and James Talarico are offering voters different approaches to affordability. Paxton is proposing new tax deductions, an expanded Child Tax Credit and permanent "Trump Accounts," while Talarico is call...

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) - NewsSep 23, 2026

City Council approves $28 million for massive Dallas Zoo Safari Trails project

The Dallas City Council approved the first $28 million Wednesday for a $100 million renovation at the Dallas Zoo, clearing the way for the largest capital project in the zoo’s history. Dallas Zoo CEO Lisa New said the investment will transform the zoo’s African wildlife habitat a...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 23, 2026

‘Ozempic face' becomes a real concern for plastic surgeons

Millions of Americans are losing significant weight on GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, but for a growing number of patients, that weight loss is coming with a side effect they never anticipated: a face that suddenly looks years older. Dr. Pamela Brownlee, a double boar...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 23, 2026

Texas counties face voter registration backlog after DPS issue

Less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 deadline to register to vote in Texas , county elections statewide are dealing with an unexpected backlog of registrations. Election officials said it’s due to an issue with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the online process many Te...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - LocalSep 23, 2026

Talarico works to reach Black voters in bid to win US Senate seat as TX Democrat

Juli McShay had a few pointed questions for James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Texas, when she stood up during a town hall in Houston. Black audiences like this one are key to Talarico’s effort to defeat Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton and ...

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS) - Top StoriesSep 23, 2026