Dallas news

• Researchers Testing Vaccine for Zika Virus

  04-05-2018 23:59
  
  Researchers are now testing a vaccine that will protect people against one of those mosquito-borne diseases, the Zika virus.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Protect Your Belongings Before Hiring Movers

  04-05-2018 23:57
  
  Tips you should follow if you're planning a movePhoto Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Man Threatens Dallas Cowboys, SWAT Team Called

  04-05-2018 23:46
  
  A Florida man called and threatened the offices of the Dallas Cowboys because he was upset the team did not sign him after the 2018 NFL draft, according to a police report.
  
  Read more

• Sutherland Springs Hero Honored At NRA Convention: ‘He Had An AR-15 And So Did I’

  04-05-2018 23:45
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) –  The Texas man who grabbed his rifle and ran barefoot across the street to open fire on a gunman who slaughtered 26 people in a church in the small town of Sutherland Springs was honored at the annual National Rifle Association meeting.
  Stephen Willeford told those gathered for the group’s leadership forum in Dallas on Friday, “I took care of my community on that day and I’d do it again.”
  Stephen Willeford speaks at NRA Convention in Da
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• DFW Housing Market Shows Signs Leveling Off

  04-05-2018 23:45
  
  While they aren’t saying Dallas-Fort Worth’s red hot housing market has slowed, real estate experts say home prices that have grown by leaps and bounds for several years have finally leveled off.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Kentucky Derby Saddle Towels Made in Oak Cliff

  04-05-2018 23:36
  
  An Oak Cliff hat shop is working at top speed to get local clients ready for this weekend’s Kentucky Derby.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• See Marcia Gay Harden Discuss Her New Book “The Seasons Of My Mother”

  04-05-2018 22:44
  Marcia Gay Harden’s new book, The Seasons of My Mother, is out now on Simon & Schuster.
  Cover of “The Seasons of My Mother” (Courtesy of Simon & Schuster)
  Marcia is doing a tour throughout the country in promotion of the new book. Find the dates below.
  DALLAS, TEXAS – MAY 4
  May 4th – 7:30PM – Dallas Museum of Arthttps://www.dma.org
  CINCINNATI, OHIO – MAY 5
  May 5th – 7:00PM – Joseph-Beth Booksellershttp://www.josephbeth.com
  SEATTLE, WA
  
  Read more

• Two Children Ejected in Car Accident: Police

  04-05-2018 22:39
  
  Two juvenile passengers were ejected from a vehicle during a car accident in Fort Worth late Friday morning, police say.Photo Credit: Fort Worth Fire Department
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Good Samaritan Trips Up Armed Suspect

  04-05-2018 22:19
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBSDFW.COM) – A good Samaritan’s fancy footwork helped police in Columbus, Ohio nab a dangerous suspect.
  It happened in April but police are just now sharing the story.
  They aren’t revealing their hero’s identity for his own protection.
  The man stepped out of a library, heard sirens and saw a man running his way.  So he stuck one of his legs out and tripped the guy.The suspect went flying and police caught up to him.
  Officers said the good Samaritan m
  
  Read more

• Mike Pence's NRA Speech in Full

  04-05-2018 22:15
  
  Vice President Mike Pence joined President Donald Trump and other speakers at the National Rifle Association's annual convention, hosted this year at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center in Dallas.
  
  Read more

• Trump at NRA Thanks Kanye, Says Mueller Probe a "Witch Hunt"

  04-05-2018 22:13 via nbcdfw.com
  
  President Donald Trump spoke at the annual NRA convention in Dallas, Texas, and addressed the latest developments in the special counsel's investigation, Kanye West's support and North Korea.
  
  Read more

• Take a look at the highest-rated Mexican restaurants, bars in DFW

  04-05-2018 21:53
  To help you make that all-important decision the next time someone asks you where you'd like to dine, click through the accompanying slideshow of the highest-rated Mexican restaurants in North Texas.Scores were taken from Fodor's Travel Guide, TripAdvisor, OpenTable, Yelp and Zagat. Any restaurant appearing on Fodor's Choice list of Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants received 25 points. Any restaurant that was Zagat-rated received 20 points. The top 100 restaurants on TripAdvisor, Yelp and
  
  Read more

• Dallas economist: Seattle’s proposal to tax Amazon jobs ‘economically illiterate’

  04-05-2018 21:53
  Amazon.com Inc.’s threat to move jobs out of Seattle rather than pay more taxes in its hometown adds a new wrinkle to the e-commerce juggernaut’s search for its second headquarters.The consensus among people involved in luring HQ2 to North Texas — and economists monitoring Amazon’s search — is that the latest squabble in Seattle will highlight tax advantages in Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin at both the state and local level.
  But the disagreement probably won’t
  
  Read more

• Number of Texas deals kept steady last year, but investors now brace for uncertainty

  04-05-2018 21:40
  There were 218 mergers and acquisitions in Texas last year, about even from the year before. But the market has already felt the tremors from this year’s wobbles on Wall Street and a return of volatility in stocks.
  
  Read more

• Trump Talks Guns; Russia ‘Witch Hunt’ In Speech At NRA Convention In Dallas

  04-05-2018 21:36
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — President Trump was in Dallas to address — what he claimed — was a record crowd in attendance for an NRA (National Riffle Association) convention.  He began by thanking NRA Head Wayne LaPierre and Vice President Mike Pence and proclaiming his love of Texas and endorsement of Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
  #NEW @POTUS: “We love #Texas.” He tells @GovAbbott “I fully endorse you – you are endorsed.” He also endorsed @KenPa
  
  Read more

• Will California see ‘Southwest Effect’ with airline’s new service to Hawaii?

  04-05-2018 21:35
  Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) had good news for California travelers Thursday when the carrier said it plans to start flying to Hawaii from four airports in the state, pending regulatory approvals.There’s nothing like healthy competition — and hopefully falling fares — to get state residents saying, “Aloha.”“It would not be unusual in a market like Hawaii for us to sell those flights out,” Southwest President Tom Nealon told the Pacific Business News, w
  
  Read more

• Dallas Gang Member Sentenced To 40 Years For Attempted Capital Murder

  04-05-2018 21:30
  McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 19-year-old Dallas man was sent to prison for 40 years for attempted capital murder.
  On March 20, 2016, Quinton Gold Hodge and one other person lured a victim to a home in Plano through social media.
  Quinton Gold Hodge
  Hodge and his accomplice robbed the victim at gunpoint.
  As the robbery victim walked away with his hands in the air, Hodge shot him through the torso. As a result of the gunshot wound, the victim spent three weeks in the hospital and underwen
  
  Read more

• Barrier-Breaking Sheriff Lupe Valdez Stumbles In Run For Governor

  04-05-2018 21:12
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat governor in 28 years but has never seen a candidate like Lupe Valdez: a trailblazing Hispanic female sheriff who is gay and grew up picking green beans as the daughter of migrant farmworkers.
  But ahead of a May 22 runoff, an unsteady performance by Valdez has some Democrats convinced they’ve seen enough, including an LGBT rights group and young Latino activists. Both have bucked her barrier-breaking run and instead endorsed A
  
  Read more

• Car Owner Shoots at Suspected Car Thief: Dallas Police

  04-05-2018 20:55
  
  Dallas police are investigating after a minor was shot while trying to steal a car, officers say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Dallas Zoo Names Baby Giraffe After Retired Cowboys Star Witten

  04-05-2018 20:36
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Jason Witten officially announced his retirement on Thursday after 15 seasons in the NFL, all spent with the Dallas Cowboys. In honor of his legendary career, the Dallas Zoo on Friday announced that it was naming their new baby giraffe after the football star.
  Witten was born late last month. The male calf is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds.
  In a statement, Dallas Zoo president Gregg Hudson said, “We’re shifting from our typical tradition o
  
  Read more

• Form D Friday: Dallas pot investor raises second fund targeting $50M

  04-05-2018 20:30
  A Dallas cannabis investment firm is raising a second targeting $50 million and has pulled in interest from local wealthy family investment offices.
  
  Read more

• Study: Job, wage growth keeping Dallas home prices low

  04-05-2018 20:22
  A study by Trulia found that across the country, residential real estate inventory has slumped, prices are increasing, and the quality of starter homes is declining.But the real estate website’s report also discovered Dallas is defying those trends, with the local median listing price of $356,999 rising just 0.5 percent year over year. Comparatively, the national average home price rose 4.6 percent percent between March 2017 and March 2018.Dallas’ low price increase is thanks la
  
  Read more

• Dallas Zoo Names Baby Giraffe After Jason Witten

  04-05-2018 19:43
  
  A newborn male giraffe born at the Dallas Zoo is being named after legendary Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten.
  
  Read more

• Car Accident Ejects Two Passengers: Police

  04-05-2018 19:24
  
  Two juvenile passengers were ejected from a vehicle during a car accident in Fort Worth late Friday morning, police say.Photo Credit: Fort Worth Fire Department
  
  Read more

• More Protests As Crowds Head To NRA National Meeting

  04-05-2018 19:22
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Both the President and Vice President of the United States will arrive in Dallas and be gone before rush hour. Donald Trump and Mike Pence are both guest speakers at the National Rifle Association’s national meeting happening in downtown Dallas.
  In addition to hosting an expected 80,000 gun enthusiasts, the NRA convention is the setting for a number of protests, marches and prayer vigils denouncing gun violence and promoting gun control.
  Friday morning stud
  
  Read more

• Bigfoot In New Jersey? Couple Joins Dozens To Report Seeing Creature

  04-05-2018 19:01
  PINE BARRENS, NJ (CBS Local) – A couple in New Jersey have become the latest to say they’ve seen the mythical creature known as Bigfoot. While New Jersey may not sound like a place you’d expect to spot a Sasquatch, the Garden State has reportedly become a hot spot for Bigfoot sightings.
  A couple in the Pine Barrens claims to have spotted the tall, ape-like creature while driving past a heavily wooded area. The woman, who said her name was Tricia, claims the massive creatur
  
  Read more

• One Dead After Being Struck by Vehicle

  04-05-2018 18:49
  
  A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle in southeast Dallas Thursday night, police say. At 10:13 p.m. Thursday an 18-year-old male driver struck a pedestrian who walked across the street in the 4500 block of...Photo Credit: Metro Video
  
  Read more

• Dallas Car Thief Shooting

  04-05-2018 18:28
  
  Officials respond to a shooting call in the 2500 block of Frankford Road early Friday morning.Photo Credit: Shutterstock
  
  Read more

• AT&T: Divesting assets would 'destroy' value of Time Warner deal

  04-05-2018 18:26
  Forcing AT&T to sell DIRECTV or Turner Networks as part of its $85 billion merger with Time Warner would “destroy the very consumer value” of the deal, according to the Dallas-based telecom.As reported by Reuters, AT&T (NYSE: T) is fighting against a proposal by the Justice Department that a “partial divesture” of the combined company’s assets would be beneficial to consumers. The DOJ has said AT&T could utilize Time Warner content as a “weapon&rdq
  
  Read more

• Amtrak partners with Texas Bullet Train for ticketing, access to national routes

  04-05-2018 18:13
  Passengers aboard the proposed Texas Bullet Train will have access Amtrak’s national routes thanks to a partnership between the bullet train’s developers and the Washington D.C.-based rail line.Texas Central Partners and Amtrak have teamed up to offer bullet train tickets through Amtrak’s reservation system. The partnership also will allow Texas Central to access other Amtrak services, including training and marketing and sales offerings, and the two organizations could collabo
  
  Read more

• Man Dies Attempting Selfie With Bear, Stray Dog Tried To Save Him

  04-05-2018 18:10
  INDIA (CBSDFW.COM) – A man was mauled to death by a bear after he reportedly tried to take a selfie with the animal, according to The Independent.
  It happened in the Nabarangpur district of Odisha in India.
  Prabhu Bhatara spotted the injured animal on his way home from a wedding. He ignored advice from friends who told him it wasn’t a good idea to take a selfie with the bear.
  It didn’t take long, according to The Independent, for the bear to strike once Bhatara was close. The i
  
  Read more

• Dallas Stars Name Jim Montgomery New Coach

  04-05-2018 18:06
  
  The Dallas Stars announced Jim Montgomery as the team’s new head coach at a press conference Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
  Read more

• JJT: Jason Witten Represents Everything You Want

  04-05-2018 17:22
  
  I’ve covered thousands of players, including five Hall of Farmers and owner Jerry Jones, but I have just one photo of a player in my home - and it’s a picture of Jason Witten.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• R. Kelly Says Media Using Sex Allegations To “Destroy” His Legacy

  04-05-2018 17:11
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – R. Kelly claimed Friday that the media is attempting to distort and destroy his legacy by reporting allegations that he sexually mistreats women. The R&B artist released a statement saying that he’s “heartbroken” by the accusations.
  Calling himself “a God-fearing man, a son, a brother, and most importantly a father,” Kelly said that the media “has dissected and manipulated these false allegations” and “perp
  
  Read more

• New Details About Southwest Captain’s Actions After Engine Blew

  04-05-2018 17:01
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – The pilots of a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines jet struggled to handle the plane after an engine blew apart at 32,000 feet over Pennsylvania last month.
  Investigators say the captain, Tammie Jo Shults, took over control from the co-pilot. She first asked air traffic controllers for permission to land at the nearest airport, but then aimed for Philadelphia, where the crippled plane made an emergency landing.
  A jagged chunk of an engine part called the inboard
  
  Read more

• “Survivor” Castoff Michael “Proud To Be A Part Of This Season”

  04-05-2018 16:25
  This week’s episode of “Survivor: Ghost Island” put a twist in the game that none of the castaways saw coming. The remaining 10 players were split into two temporary tribes with five players each, and both groups attended separate Tribal Councils. Two players left the game in one shocking night.
  The second victim of the twist was 18-year-old Michael Yerger, who lied about his young age to his fellow castmates. Keeping with the theme of the season, Michael became a fan favo
  
  Read more

• Jenna’s Unique “Survivor” Elimination “Really Was” A Blindside

  04-05-2018 16:24
  This week’s episode of “Survivor: Ghost Island” put a twist in the game that none of the castaways saw coming. The remaining 10 players were split into two temporary tribes with five players each, and both groups attended separate Tribal Councils. Two players left the game in one shocking night.
  The first victim of the twist was Jenna Bowman, a former Malolo tribe member who could never get herself on the right side of the numbers. She entered Tribal Council feigning weakness.
  
  Read more

• Utah Defendant Runs From Court, Flips Over 2nd Story Railing

  04-05-2018 16:03
  SPANISH FORK, Utah (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Security camera footage from Utah shows a defendant in handcuffs running out of a courtroom, flipping over a second-floor railing and falling to the ground below.
  Multiple courthouse security cameras captured video of Christopher Clay Rudd as he bolted from the courtroom, went over the railing and hit the floor below.
  Rudd appeared to be dazed or unconscious after he landed on the tile floor. His face was bloody as two bailiffs, one of wh
  
  Read more

• Expect Road Closures Ahead of NRA Convention

  04-05-2018 15:09
  
  About 80,000 people are expected to attend the NRA's convention. Meanwhile, thousands are planning to protest through out the weekend.
  
  Read more

• President & Vice President To Speak Today At NRA Forum In Dallas

  04-05-2018 14:58
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are making their way to North Texas today. Both men will be in downtown Dallas addressing members of the National Rifle Association at the group’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) leadership forum.
  Going to Dallas (the GREAT State of Texas) today. Leaving soon!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2018Security is tight in and around the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, where some
  
  Read more

• President & Vice President Speaking Today At NRA Forum In Dallas

  04-05-2018 14:58
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are in North Texas today. Both men are in downtown Dallas addressing members of the National Rifle Association at the group’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) leadership forum.
  VP arrives pic.twitter.com/lFX9aw8xb1
  — STEVE PICKETT (@STEVEPICK11) May 4, 2018Security is tight in and around the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, where some 80,000 people are expected to walk the halls before t
  
  Read more

• “33 Acres Of Fun” At Mayfest In Fort Worth’s Trinity Park

  04-05-2018 13:47
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Despite some rain on Friday morning, this should be a great weekend to get outdoors and check out Mayfest at Trinity Park in Fort Worth. There will be plenty of art, live music, rides, food and fun for the whole family, all spread across 33 acres.
  An estimated 200,000 people are expected to take part in the festivities.
  “We’re expecting three more days of great weather and 33 acres of fun,” said Mayfest spokeswoman Carrie Cappel early Friday morn
  
  Read more

• New Documents Shed Light on Plano Student's Terror Plot: PD

  04-05-2018 13:40
  
  Less than two weeks before he was arrested for planning an Islamic State-inspired mass shooting at a Frisco shopping mall, a 17-year-old Plano West High School student referred to his classmates as “sitting...Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Deals Day: Hines expands North Texas portfolio with industrial purchase

  04-05-2018 13:23
  Hines, a Houston-based international real estate firm, has expanded its footprint in North Texas with the acquisition of a property near DFW International Airport.The company announced this week its purchase of the DFW East Logistics Center for an undisclosed amount. The 259,555-square-foot property encompasses three buildings on an 18-acre site adjacent to the airport, between Highways 114 and 183.Currently, the property is just 15-percent leased to two tenants, Universal Health Services and&he
  
  Read more

• Events and Deals in DFW on 'Star Wars' Day, May 4

  04-05-2018 13:07
  
  You don't have to travel to a galaxy far, far away, either. Here are some of the best ways to celebrate Star Wars Day here in Dallas-Fort Worth.Photo Credit: Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News
  
  Read more

• Hawaii Volcano Eruption & Lava Flow Forces 1,500 From Homes

  04-05-2018 12:57
  HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly 1,500 residents were ordered to evacuate from their volcano-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted, sending molten lava to chew its way through forest land and bubble up on paved streets.
  Volcano officials couldn’t predict how long Thursday’s eruption may last, prompting Hawaii’s governor to activate the National Guard to help with evacuations and provide security to about 770 structures left empty when residents sought shelter.
  The
  
  Read more

Follow @DallasNews4u on Twitter!