DALLAS (AP) — Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman and philanthropist who owned two Dallas-area professional sports franchises and an English Premier League soccer team, died Saturday. He was 79. Spokesperson Lisa LeMaster said in statement that Hicks died peacefully in Dallas surrounded by family. Hicks owned the NHL’s Dallas Stars from 1995–2011, winning the Stanley…… MORE
Police responded to shooting at Hulen Mall
Fort Worth police confirmed they responded to a shooting in the 4700 block of Hulen Street FORT WORTH, Texas — Police responding to a shooting at Hulen Mall in Fort Worth Saturday afternoon, officials say. Fort Worth police confirmed in a post on social media that they’re responding to a shooting that happened in the…… MORE
The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship. The Republican president’s order says children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren’t American citizens. The justices said Friday they’ll hear Trump’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that…… MORE
US Vaccine Advisers Say Not All Babies Need a Hepatitis B Shot at Birth
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be…… MORE
Grand Jury Transcripts From Abandoned Epstein Investigation in Florida Can Be Released, Judge Rules
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has given the Justice Department permission to release transcripts of a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of underage girls in Florida. The case ultimately ended without any federal charges being filed against the millionaire sex offender. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said Friday that a recently…… MORE