Trailblazing Fort Worth mayor Kay Granger dies at 83
North Texans are remembering Kay Granger, the first female mayor of Fort Worth who died on Sunday at the age of 83. FOX 4's Dionne Anglin has more on Granger's impact and legacy....
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Westlake residents push back against proposed data center near Buddhist monastery
A proposed data center in Westlake is drawing opposition from nearby residents, including members of a Buddhist monastery who say the development could disrupt a place devoted to peace and reflection. The Town of Westlake has announced plans for a data center spanning more than 1...
Political group bets $6 million on Texas Latino voters coming back to Democrats
A left-leaning group is planning to spend $6 million organizing Latino voters in Texas, a group that has trended away from Democrats but is pivotal to their hopes of picking up seats in Congress. Somos Votantes has started a $2 million statewide voter education push centered on d...
McKinney mosque faces continued opposition to expansion ahead of council vote
Two years after the McKinney Islamic Association halted plans for a larger mosque in response to opposition from neighbors and city officials, the organization is once again seeking approval for an expansion in Collin County. But again, the group is facing opposition, this time o...
Dallas City Council holds special meeting as City Hall fate looms
Dallas City Council members are set to discuss a proposed policy change Monday morning that could lower the voting threshold required to approve new city facilities, a move that could have implications for the ongoing debate over the future of Dallas City Hall. The item is schedu...
Zac Brown Band surprises all 37,000 concertgoers in Boston with free cruises
Fans attending the Zac Brown Band’s concert at Boston’s Fenway Park on Sunday took home more than just memories. The band’s frontman surprised more than 37,000 concertgoers with a free cruise trip for two aboard the Margaritaville at Sea. The giveaway is valued at more than $40 m...
Former Texas Rep. Kay Granger, trailblazing Fort Worth mayor, dies at 83
Former U.S. Representative Kay Granger, Fort Worth's first woman mayor, has passed away at 83-years-old, House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed on Sunday evening....
Senate unveils spending bill that avoids shutdown before election
A new short-term federal spending bill was unveiled Sunday that would fund federal agencies into early December and prevent lawmakers up for reelection from facing voters in the midst of another government shutdown battle....
Republican Speaker of the House: fmr. Rep. Kay Granger has died
Former Republican Rep. Kay Granger has died, according to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Johnson called Granger a “devoted” servant of her community, who served as chair of the House Appropriations Committee during her nearly three decades in Congress. “Throughout her career,...
Unsung suffragists take center stage in musical debuting at Bass Hall
A Tony Award-winning musical will make its Texas debut at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth as the 2026 Broadway at the Bass season comes to an end. Suffs tells the story of brilliant, passionate, and funny American women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote. It focuses ...
Top dogs ride waves at annual World Dog Surfing Championships
Top dogs were riding waves Saturday at the annual World Dog Surfing Championships as hundreds of spectators cheered — and barked — from the Northern California beach. From small spaniels to large labs, the canines were judged on factors including how long they could stay on their...
Texas issues cease-and-desist over border wall work near Big Bend
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham issued cease-and-desist letters to federal entities after a contractor cleared more than a mile of state-owned land near Big Bend for border wall construction without written permission....
Denton City Councilman resigns two months after taking office
Just more than two months after taking office, Denton City Councilman Jordan Villarreal shared that he will resign from his seat due to health issues. Villarreal did not go into detail about his medical condition when he shared the news on Thursday in a post on his Facebook page ...
Hackers targeted municipal water systems in 7 states this week, FBI says
Cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems have been reported in at least seven states this week, prompting the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency to warn utilities nationwide that hackers are trying to disrupt critical water infrastructure. In a public service annou...
John Cornyn delays Trump attorney general nominee over agreement concerns
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is at the center of negotiations that delayed a key committee vote on President Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general. On Thursday afternoon, Trump wrote online that he may change course by delaying the nomination of his personal attorney, Todd Blanche...
Justice Department uses rare 1996 law to deport Fort Worth woman in Election Day terror plot case
The Justice Department has invoked the long-dormant 1996 Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time to seek the deportation of Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old Afghan matriarch living in Fort Worth....
States push DHS to explain its noncitizen voter claims
State officials are pushing back on the Department of Homeland Security’s claims that it found tens of thousands of noncitizens on their voter rolls, asking the department to explain how it arrived at its conclusion. Ahead of President Donald Trump ’s primetime speech from the Wh...
Senate panel delays vote on Blanche AG nomination as key GOPers withhold support
Todd Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general stalled Wednesday as lawmakers scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the settlement of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. The Senate Judiciary...
Senate committee postpones vote on Todd Blanche's nomination over disagreements with GOP senators
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote on whether to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general after two Republican senators said they did not receive written assurances they were seeking from the Justice Department surrounding a settlement between Presi...
Wilmer City Councilman, attorney dispute terroristic threat charge after gas station confrontation
The Wilmer City Councilman charged with making a terroristic threat in a gas station confrontation last week disputes those claims in an interview with FOX 4....
French man discovers 5 dead babies hidden in boxes in his home after argument with wife: prosecutors
The man discovered remains believed to belong to five newborns hidden inside cardboard boxes in his home after his partner gave birth at home and was taken to a hospital, according to prosecutors....
70 former students allege abuse by nearly 50 adults at prestigious Midwest school, camp
Dozens of students at a prestigious Midwest boarding school and summer camp have alleged they were sexually abused by nearly 50 adults, which included staff members and notable names like Jeffrey Epstein, the school announced this week. The Interlochen Center for the Arts release...
Video shows Wilmer official's gas station confrontation
FOX 4 obtained surveillance footage of Wilmer City Councilman Moses Garcia's confrontation with a man at a Shell gas station where he claimed responsibility for firings across the city. FOX 4's Peyton Yager has more....
Surveillance video shows confrontation between Wilmer City Councilman, Black man at gas station
Surveillance footage obtained by FOX 4 from a Shell gas station in Wilmer shows the confrontation between Wilmer City Council Member Moses Garcia and Rickey Jackson, a Black man....
U.S. bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security
The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. said it would ban the import of foreign-made humanoid robots in a move that targets China , arguing they pose a national security risk. The decision could strain bilateral relations as the technology race between the two world lea...
Audio tapes appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with biographer
Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the presidency in 2020. About three hours ...
CatVideoFest coming to North Texas theaters in August
The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen next week. CatVideoFest is a 70-minute selection of all things feline —silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic—that’s playing in independent theaters in the U.S. and Canada. A portion of ticket proceeds benefit cat...
Small plane veers off runway at Arlington Municipal Airport
A small plane with two people on board veered off the runway after landing at Arlington Municipal Airport on Monday morning.
Pilot OK after plane veers off Arlington runway
The pilot of a single-engine plane is OK after veering off the runway after landing at Arlington Municipal Airport on Monday morning. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot of a 2024 Aviat Husky A-1C-200 left the runway after landing at about 10:35 a.m. Texas...
Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics
The Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state” — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in th...
North Texas company helps fuel Texas' growing private space industry
Texas continues to grow as a major hub for space travel, with the launch of the Texas Space Commission and a growing private space industry helping companies expand their reach. On the outskirts of Greenville, Exos Aerospace is preparing for a spring launch of its Block 3 rocket....
DNC committee sets up South Carolina to vote first in Democrats' 2028 presidential primaries
South Carolina is poised to hold the first Democratic presidential nominating contest in 2028, after the Democratic National Committee’s powerful rules committee moved to keep the state at the front of the line. The move, set to be recommended by the rules committee Friday and pr...
House again passes a resolution seeking to halt military action in Iran as the conflict escalates
The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain. The 214-208 vote requiring congressional app...
Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers
President Donald Trump on Thursday had governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills from data centers — a sign of how the artificial intelligence build-out has become a lightning rod of controversy before the midte...
Dallas City Hall neglect accusation could trigger legal battle
A coalition of attorneys alleges the city of Dallas is violating its own demolition by neglect ordinance by allowing the historic, I.M. Pei-designed Dallas City Hall to fall into disrepair to justify abandoning the building....
Dallas County DA-elect speaks after being cleared of judicial misconduct allegations
Incoming Dallas County District Attorney Amber Givens spoke to the media after a special panel ruled in her favor, clearing her of all State Commission on Judicial Conduct allegations as she prepares to take office as DA following the November election....
FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr.
A panel of federal health advisers on Thursday narrowly recommended easing access to several peptides popular with wellness influencers and celebrities, despite warnings from government scientists that the chemicals haven’t been shown safe or effective. In a series of votes, outs...
Norway considers complaint over Trump's role in FIFA clearing Balogun's red card
U.S. President Donald Trump’s role in clearing Folarin Balogun from a mandatory one-game ban at the World Cup is set to provoke a formal complaint to FIFA ethics investigators. The Norway soccer federation said Thursday its board of directors will consider filing the complaint at...
DART makes new CEO hire official
Nathaniel Ford has been named the new CEO of DART, though the vote to confirm him came with notable controversy. FOX 4's Amelia Jones has more.
Carrollton honors local soldier killed in Jordan
The Carrollton City Council honored Isabella Gonzales, the 19-year-old soldier who was killed in Jordan last weekend during a U.S. mission separate from the War in Iran. FOX 4's Peyton Yager has more....
House passes temporary government funding bill months early to avoid election season shutdown
The House moved Tuesday to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall’s critical midterm elections by passing a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4. The deadline for action is more than two months away, but House GOP leaders are not leaving to chance...
Talarico endures tense exchange over Black voter support during Houston town hall
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico faced intense pressure from at least one attendee of his town hall in Houston on Sunday.
DART names Nathaniel Ford Sr. as its next president and CEO
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has chosen a veteran public transportation executive with decades of experience to lead the North Texas agency into its next chapter. The DART Board of Directors announced Tuesday that Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. has been selected as the agency’s next presiden...
$2 million identified for home repair program in Oak Cliff
Homeowners in Oak Cliff may be eligible for repairs under a program designed to fix up homes and allow older residents to age in place. A Dallas city council member says $2 million available will help make up for where previous city home repair programs fell short. District 4 cou...
San Antonio ISD selects new superintendent amid concerns of state takeover
San Antonio ISD on Monday night finalized its selection of Dr. Adrian Bustillos as its next superintendent of schools.
Ken Paxton, James Talarico visit Fort Worth as campaigns ramp up
Texas U.S. Senate candidates Ken Paxton and James Talarico are both visiting Fort Worth on Tuesday to appeal to North Texas voters. Newly released data reveals vast differences in their campaign fundraising efforts....
Error led to 6600 non-U.S. citizens being registered to vote in NJ, governor says
A software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to around 6,600 non-U.S. citizens being registered to vote, according to Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Sherrill made the announcement during a press conference in Trenton on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Sherrill said the errors happened...
Amazon Prime settlement deadline approaching: Here's how to file a claim
Some Amazon Prime customers are eligible to receive compensation as part of a $2.5 billion antitrust settlement, but the deadline is quickly approaching. Last September, Amazon settled with the Federal Trade Commission to pay customers after allegedly coercing them into enrolling...
Democrats could take preliminary vote on presidential primary calendar later this week
Democrats could vote as early as this week on the order of their primary calendar for the 2028 presidential election, although the decision wouldn’t be final until the full Democratic National Committee agrees. The panel that sets the party’s voting order could make that determin...
Abbott appoints advisor as Secretary of State ahead of midterm elections
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has made his pick for Secretary of State after the current officeholder announced she is stepping down.
Target recalls popular Cat & Jack shoes due to ‘risk of serious injury or death'
Target is recalling more than 200,000 pairs of a popular Cat & Jack children’s sandal, with the Consumer Product Safety Commission saying the shoe’s decorative pearls could fall off and lead to “serious injury or death” from choking. The recall, issued Thursday, impacts Cat & ...
Here's why American elections are so complicated — and secure
In a speech to the nation Thursday evening, President Donald Trump said Americans deserve secure elections, and he claimed to be using federal authority to prevent them from being “stolen.” In fact, one of the strongest security features of U.S. elections is the fact that they...
Trump uses primetime address to raise doubts about U.S. elections ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to elevate his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of U.S. elections and dispute his 2020 loss in an appeal for more restrictive voting laws ahead of the midterms. Trump’s amplification of d...
DART moves forward with CEO pick despite objections
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is moving forward with a new CEO candidate. Five members voted to delay the vote for a month while they vet out the candidate who most recently joined the conversation....
Joe Biden will publish ‘Promise Me, America' memoir after November elections
Former President Joe Biden will publish a memoir this fall, publisher Little, Brown and Company told The Associated Press. “Promise Me, America,” which Biden says will touch upon everything from the economy to his decision to drop his bid for reelection, is scheduled to come o...
Dallas council members drop lawsuit over City Hall vote
Two Dallas City Council members have dropped their lawsuit over a potential City Hall vote, saying the court order blocking it gave them the relief they sought. The dismissal ends a legal fight over one of Dallas’ biggest civic questions: whether to spend hundreds of millions ...
DART selects, doesn't publicly reveal CEO finalist
DART board members have selected a finalist to be their next CEO, but won't reveal who exactly it is until next week.