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Longtime CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour, who began as an entry-level assistant and rose to become one of the most visible correspondents and anchors on TV , reporting from war zones and hot spots for decades, will be leaving the network after 43 years.
Voters in Canada ’s oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national unity amid U.S. President Donald Trump ’s trade war and annexation threats.
Joy is a powerful and complex emotion . We can experience it without even realizing, especially if it’s bookended by stress and sadness — but that’s what makes it even more important to seek out.
At least two pallets full of trading cards worth nearly $1 million collectively were stolen from a FedEx truck in Santa Ana, California, police announced Monday.
A Tarrant County woman hoping to avoid long lines on the first day of early voting was surprised to learn that mailing her ballot would cost more than the price of one Forever stamp.
A Canadian man was convicted of animal cruelty charges Monday for snatching a flamingo named Peachy from its enclosure at an iconic Las Vegas hotel. Prosecutors said it was a malicious prank while a lawyer for the tourist insisted it was drunken foolishness not meant to harm the bird.
Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight due to her involvement in the documentary “You Can See Everything.”
The city of Dallas is making changes to its AI camera code enforcement program in the wake of an NBC 5 investigation that raised questions about privacy, how enforcement might impact the poorest residents and why some homeowners found the city’s violation notices frightening.
From accessing their money to ordering a taxi or takeout — millions of Russians were feeling the impact of Ukrainian strikes on the data centers of the country’s internet giant Yandex in their daily life.
A husband and wife in their 70s narrowly escaped their longtime North Texas home Monday afternoon before flames engulfed the property, leaving behind extensive damage and a family grateful their loved ones made it out alive.
The city of Lavon is asking voters to consider a .5% (one-half of one percent) sales tax to create the Lavon Municipal Development District.
The 2026 State Fair of Texas welcomed an estimated 2.1 million people during its 24-day run as it celebrated its 140th anniversary. That’s about 100,000 visitors more than last year, according to the numbers released by fair leaders.
The city of Garland is asking voters to consider a tax rate of $.6799 per $100 valuation. The money is for hiring in the police, fire, 9-1-1 dispatch, and parks departments. It would also increase funding for road construction and maintenance and maintain city services.
Bland ISD is asking voters to consider a tax increase that will increase maintenance and operations tax revenue by 8.49% for the District, an additional $268,919.
President Donald Trump on Monday directed the federal government to bolster federal research into women’s health, a move pushed by his wife, first lady Melania Trump.
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.
Early voting is underway in Texas, but some printer issues caused some delays in parts of Collin County on Monday morning, with some voters saying they had to leave because of the problems.
Days before early voting is set to begin, Texas’ voter suspense list climbed to nearly 1.8 million, state figures released Friday show.
More than 1.5 million pounds of hot dogs, sausages, bacon and other ready-to-eat deli and poultry meat products distributed nationwide were recalled because they may not have been kept at the appropriate temperature and could be spoiled.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a new challenge to school admissions policies aimed at fostering diversity, taking up a case targeting a lottery-based process for magnet programs in a Maryland county .
A New Mexico judge has dismissed an indictment against “West Wing” and “Field of Dreams” actor Timothy Busfield that accused him of criminal sexual contact with a child, citing prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury process.
The Dallas Mavericks are waiving veteran big man Dwight Powell, who was entering his 13th season with the team, according to the Dallas Morning News’ Mike Curtis. The Mavericks later confirmed the news.
Early voting begins Monday in Texas, and Dallas County election officials are clearing up misinformation on social media about ballot signatures.
Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year.
Witnesses of Saturday’s deadly collision in which a pickup truck barreled through a youth soccer game in Kansas, killing two people and injuring nearly a dozen, said they are haunted by what they saw and heard.
Highway I-20 at Spur 408 was shut down on Monday morning after a deadly crash, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. The highway has reopened as of 9:15 a.m.
Police have found the body of an infant next to a dumpster near a motel in far west Fort Worth.
Dusty May is new to the NBA. He’s not new to the NBA stage. Thanks in large part to a Final Four run at Florida Atlantic in 2023 and leading Michigan to the NCAA title last season, May has coached plenty of big games in plenty of NBA arenas and knows what it’s like when those buildings are filled to the rafters.
Boston Bruins (7-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Dallas Stars (4-3-1, in the Central Division); Tuesday, 7 p.m. CST
A walking soccer group in Denton is hoping to score with the community. “It’s been exciting to see Walking Soccer in the Denton area bring so many ladies together on the soccer pitch especially those that haven’t been able to play the game in sometime,’ organizer Von Hundley said. “Our goal is to see this program grow…
Matt Robb wanted to sell his computer keyboard. So he made a listing on Facebook Marketplace — and, as an experiment late last month, he put Meta’s new artificial intelligence agent Muse in the driver’s seat.
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, so it’s important to keep it in check.
Tampa Bay’s Jonny DeLuca figured it was going to be a quiet day for the outfielders with Drew Rasmussen on the mound for Game 5 of the AL Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardians
Jordan Love threw a touchdown pass and also scored on a 1-yard keeper and the Green Bay Packers held Dallas’ high-powered offense in check and beat the Cowboys 23-13 in a penalty-filled game Sunday night.
Every time someone pays a code citation in Dallas, $36 goes into a fund intended to help low-income homeowners make costly repairs to bring their properties into compliance. But NBC 5 Investigates discovered the city stopped awarding grants from that fund about two years ago, even as money continued flowing into it…
A new clue has emerged in the search for a 42-year-old Denton woman who disappeared nearly three weeks ago, after volunteers discovered her wallet along a rural road in Decatur on Sunday morning.
There are several bonds and propositions on the ballot for Nov. 3. We’ve got them listed alphabetically below for DFW-area schools, municipalities, and counties. Click on each entry to read more. Check back on election night for results.
A California woman who prosecutors allege was spying on a son of Taiwan’s president was indicted earlier this month on charges of conspiracy and being an unregistered foreign agent for China.
A man is dead after being shot and dropped off at a location in Dallas on Sunday morning.
Three people were involved in an altercation in Irving on Sunday morning that left two people injured.
A priest in Ecuador died Saturday after a crucifix fell on him during a livestreamed Mass, according to church officials and video of the incident.
Two men turned themselves in for a Corsicana shooting that killed a man on Sunday.
An American Airlines flight from St. Louis to Philadelphia turned into a terrifying ordeal for passengers on Saturday morning, with oxygen masks dropping down mid-air and passengers told to run away from the plane after an emergency landing.
A suspected burglar is in custody after being shot by a resident of the Mesquite home being burgled.
Voters across Texas are heading back to the polls to finalize their choices in this year’s midterm election. Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19 and runs for 12 days until Friday, Oct. 30.
A woman who drove a pickup truck onto a soccer field during a weekend youth game in Kansas , killing two people and injuring 10 others, has been released without charges as the investigation continues, police said Sunday.
A juvenile was taken to the hospital in an unknown condition after being shot in Dallas on Sunday morning.
A service member fell during a pregame aerial demonstration in San Antonio on Saturday night and later died at a hospital, according to military officials and video verified by NBC News.
A 61-year-old grandmother from Canada has wowed the internet by breaking her own Guinness World Record for longest time planking after holding the position for five hours.
President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late in his reelection campaign, a coveted boost because of Trump’s popularity but one that the American had withheld for months as the vote neared and the leaders’ strategies in the Middle East diverged.
U.S. consumers aren’t just frustrated with high prices. They’re angry and confused about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting those prices.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday voiced the public’s “anger” and “shame” over rioting and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. At least 2,400 people were arrested.
Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized for an operation to remove a malignant tumor, and said he plans to gradually return to his usual duties.
College football has never experienced a Saturday like this. Five of the top seven teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same day in the regular season for the first time in history. The last time anything even remotely close happened was on Jan. 2, 1989, according to Sportradar, when five of the top eight teams lost.
As we get older, the world gradually starts looking and sounding a little different. Our vision may not be as sharp as it once was, and we may need to hit the “increase volume” button on the remote a few extra times to hear the television.
Jonathan Aranda single led to two runs in the seventh inning when the ball got by right fielder Chase DeLauter, Nick Martinez pitched 5 1/3 innings for his first postseason win and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 Saturday night to even the AL Championship Series at 2-2.
Canada’s defense minister said Saturday that people were killed and injured in an incident at a military base in Alberta that caused a major fire.
Val Chmerkovskiy will not be participating in the upcoming episode of “Dancing With The Stars.”
A 6-year-old boy and 35-year-old man were killed, and 10 others were injured, when a woman drove a truck through a youth soccer game at a city sports complex in Wichita, Kansas , Saturday afternoon, police said.
From firearms to garden tools, art, and jewelry…that’s the goal of Guns to Gardens DFW, a movement that’s holding events in North Texas.
A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a man shot dead in Garland Saturday morning.
Gabby Williams converted two free throws with 1:18 left to put Golden State ahead, two more with 4.1 seconds to go and finished with 26 points facing constant pressure from Atlanta’s stingy defense, and the Valkyries held off the Dream 68-64 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday.
Two people are dead and a Grand Prairie firefighter was injured after a house fire trapped two people inside early Saturday morning.
Rallies organized by the No Kings network opposed to President Donald Trump were being held Saturday in cities and communities across the U.S., with an aim of getting people out to vote early in the midterm elections.
A man has died after being shot on a midtown Manhattan subway platform Saturday afternoon, the NYPD confirmed. Detectives released photos that they believe show the person wanted in the killing, who remains on the loose.
Will you get the job? What will the medical test results show? And what’s with that ominously vague email your boss sent?
It’s an icon, that small white receptacle made from a single piece of cardboard folded into a trapezoid-shaped box. Sometimes there’s a wire handle, sometimes a bright red graphic of a Chinese-style pagoda on the side. And inside, deliciousness.
More than seven months into the U.S. war with Iran, sharply higher fuel prices are making it more expensive to drive and fly and adding to the cost of some goods, prolonging the strain on American households as the midterm elections approach.
A tearful Miley Cyrus paid tribute to her late godmother, Dolly Parton, during her Hollywood Bowl concert Friday night.
Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary school : with an armed civilian opening fire on the gunman.
Monsters aren’t just for Halloween. Dallas Theater Center’s regional premiere of Ngozi Anyanwu’s The Monsters combines mixed martial arts (MMA) and family drama. The play is now running at the Wyly Studio Theatre in the Dallas Arts District through Nov. 1.
A South Florida art dealer has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for a scheme that involved selling fake Andy Warhol artworks.
Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from the hospital on Saturday after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous nodule from his right lung, the Vatican said, and will make an appearance to lead prayer on Sunday.
President Donald Trump waived sweeping new sanctions against Russia passed by Congress, arguing in an executive order Friday that the move “is in the national interests of the United States.”
A Halloween display outside a home in Pennsylvania is drawing backlash from some residents and the local NAACP, which says the decorations evoke America’s painful history of racial violence.
Engine fires. Melting power-seat motors. Overheating electrical connections. Batteries that can ignite.
There won’t be any playoff baseball Friday night. Game 4 of the 2026 American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to rain, MLB announced .
The man who shot another while on duty as a security guard at a Fort Worth shopping center has been arrested for murder, police said.
A representative for Selma Blair came to her defense on Friday, just days after the actress pleaded not guilty after being arrested on two counts of second-degree assault in connection to a physical incident on a plane .
One person was found dead inside a charred mobile home following a late-night fire on Coxville Lane in far southeast Dallas.
A federal investigation of letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to elected officials’ offices has expanded as some Republicans have been identified as targets of the mailings, a person with direct knowledge of the investigation told NBC News on Friday.
For some North Texas families, a trip to DFW International Airport marked the end of a decades-long wait.
Democrat Vikki Goodwin is taking on Republican incumbent Dan Patrick in the 2026 race for Texas Lieutenant Governor.
Aside from the high-profile races for governor and lieutenant governor , five other state executive offices are also up for reelection on Tuesday, Nov. 3: Texas Attorney General, Texas Comptroller, Agriculture Commissioner, GLO Commissioner and Railroad Commissioner.
Six Flags Over Georgia opened its gates Friday evening for the first time since a man fell to his death from one of the amusement park’s towering roller coasters.
Editor’s note: At least four people are dead after a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Shootings have become all too common in the United States. This story was first published in 2015. We have updated this story and republished it, far too many times.
The Piano Man still wants to play, but it’s not clear when or if he’ll be able to sing again for, as the song goes , “the regular crowd.”
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will face off with Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa in a tight race for governor in the November midterm elections.
In the Nov. 3 midterm election, Texas voters statewide will decide between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and State Rep. James Talarico in the U.S. Senate race.
Dallas voters are being asked to approve a $443 million bond package to pay for five public safety projects. The city’s estimate puts the total repayment at about $629.6 million, including principal and interest, based on market conditions.
Plano voters will decide Nov. 3 whether the city can impose several new taxes to help finance a proposed city-owned arena at the Shops at Willow Bend.
Dallas police gave an update and released body camera footage from the officer-involved shooting on Friday.
Hyundai is recalling more than 94,000 Genesis vehicles because of a potential fire risk.
Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after just five days on the job, two senior administration officials, an administration official and a source familiar with the decision said.
Voters in the Irving Independent School District will decide on a nearly $1 billion bond package in the November 2026 midterm election, with proposals that would fund the construction of several new schools, technology improvements and new multipurpose facilities.
Voters in the Keller Independent School District will decide whether to approve more than $828 million in school bonds during the November 2026 midterm election.
The Vatican on Friday released the first images of Pope Leo XIV since his lung cancer surgery , showing him celebrating Mass, as doctors said that tests confirmed the “continued improvement” in his recovery.
This live blog’s coverage of the Bend, Oregon, school shooting has ended. See more coverage here .
Haltom City announced the death of Mayor An Truong on Friday afternoon. Truong, who became the first Vietnamese American mayor in Tarrant County when he was elected in 2019, was 78.
Tesla’s long-awaited Roadster made a high-flying entrance. Nearly a decade after unveiling the next-generation Roadster as a prototype in 2017, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company showcased a new version that Tesla says can go from 0 to 60 mph in less than a second and even leave the ground. The demonstration marked…