North Texas

People magazine’s pet vet Dr. Evan Antin provides tips for adopting shelter animals ahead of the fourth annual Clear the Shelters event on Aug. 18.

Two-hundred head of Longhorn cattle are now ready for adoption from the Humane Society of North Texas.

Rob Johnson said he dropped his best friend Grover off to be boarded at The Doggie Oasis in late August. Six days later, he was at the vet getting him euthanized.

Clear the Shelters is Saturday, and if you’re planning on taking a pet home, you may want to consider a safe way to get them home.

Traci Strahan sits down with NPR’s Jami Floyd to discuss an Apollo Theater panel examining Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work, and how to adapt his 1967 manuscript in the current political climate on its 50th anniversary.

We’re taking a trip down memory lane and checking in on some of the pets adopted during the 2016 Clear the Shelters event.

The support our local stations received from participating animal shelters and rescues, who gave families the opportunity to adopt an animal in need by offering no-cost or waive fee adoptions, or waiving pet spaying and neutering fees, helped make Clear the Shelters overwhelmingly successful. More than 150,000 pets have found their fur-ever homes since 2015.

Jose and Tammy Vega arrived at the Camden County Animal Shelter in New Jersey early Saturday morning in search of a four-legged companion. The couple, who was first in line at the facility for its Clear the Shelters event, fell in love with a 7-year-old stray Chihuahua named Pot Pie. “He was just really calm tempered, my wife looked over...

Clear the Shelters, the third annual pet adoption drive sponsored by the NBC- and Telemundo-owned television stations, culminated Saturday with more than 900 shelters participating in 76 communities across the country. More than 60,000 animals have found homes since this year’s event was launched in the last month. More than 20,000 adoptions were made on Saturday alone. To encourage families...

The fifth annual Clear the Shelters event, a nationwide pet adoption initiative, will be held Aug. 17, 2019.

A North Texas wedding photographer has been awarded a $1.08 million defamation verdict against a married couple whom the jury found posted false statements in a social media campaign after being unhappy about a surprise fee.

Police officers slapped handcuffs on 71-year-old Lena Bartula at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after they found CBD oil in her travel bag. Now she’s talking about her two nights in jail.

The man suspected of opening fire into a crowd of hundreds overnight Saturday outside Greenville is behind bars, arrested Monday morning, according to Sheriff Randy Meeks.

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Dallas on Sunday night, causing structural damage and knocking out electricity to thousands.

A North Texas high school is mourning the sudden death of a 16-year-old football player who reportedly collapsed and died in his twin brother’s arms.

Researchers in Denton say they’ve discovered a plant, native to Texas, that has the same pain relieving properties as some of the most powerful pills on the market but without the harmful side effects.

Fay Hargrove celebrated her 100th birthday in style at her Mesquite senior living facility. She even received a surprise from the Governor of Texas.

Just a few days after the CDC announced it would investigate nearly 100 cases of severe lung illness linked with vaping, a Weatherford, Texas, teen has come forward with his story of surviving a vaping-related brush with death.

More than five decades after he disappeared in a war zone, the remains of a North Texas fighter pilot have finally come home.

A McKinney man says he’s mastered the art of turning robocalls into thousands of dollars — legally. Now, he wants to show you how to cash in on illegal calls.