County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level.

The U.S. Supreme Court won't intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple’s wishes to have an abortion.

Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff says the team has been trying to trade star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck since he requested a move.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress would have to approve President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to each American adult if the Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election.

President Donald Trump repeatedly mocked Ken Paxton at the Republicans’ midterm convention.

President Donald Trump says he plans to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

Democrats are descending on Donald Trump’s midterm convention in Texas and urging voters to consider the reality of his presidency rather than the spectacle of his made-for-TV event.

President Donald Trump may try to channel the role of cowboy as he heads to the first-ever off-year Republican convention in Dallas beginning Wednesday.

Three-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has publicly confirmed he asked the Winnipeg Jets to trade him.

A Dallas judge has delayed a custody decision, extending a temporary restraining order another two weeks as the legal fight over custody of a baby with a rare heart defect born to a surrogate continues.

A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect have testified in a Texas court.

A Texas judge has denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony in the stabbing death of an athlete at a high school track meet.

A Texas prosecutor who oversaw the conviction of Karmelo Anthony in the deadly stabbing of a track athlete during a high school meet says he and defense attorneys had agreed to hold back character evidence during the trial.

Peyton Watson is heading from Denver to Cleveland as part of a four-team trade that will also have the Cavaliers sending Max Strus to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Von Miller is set to sign with his hometown Dallas Cowboys and doesn’t even want to wait a week for the team to get back from training camp in California before joining the club.

CBS Sports president David Berson says he does not have a timeline for a decision about the future of Tony Romo.

Azzi Fudd of the Dallas Wings became the first rookie to win the WNBA All-Star 3-point contest, scoring 30 points in the championship round.

CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.

Cristian Volpato, who represented Australia at the World Cup, has allegedly tested positive for cocaine and also for speeding, New South Wales state police said.

The WNBA is going with a shooting stars competition instead of its skills challenge, pairing one former great with a current player in the league on Friday night as part of All-Star weekend.

With the sun obstructed by haze, Spain’s players practiced ahead of the World Cup final outside in northern New Jersey while air conditions are hazardous because of smoke from Canadian wildfires.

Four-time MVP A’ja Wilson was selected first in the WNBA All-Star draft for the exhibition game that will be played on July 25 in Chicago.

Kylian Mbappé had France poised for another run to the World Cup final with a team that seemingly had the offensive firepower to solve Spain’s stout defense.

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the WNBA with injuries.

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has waved a Palestinian flag on the pitch after his team's victory over Australia in the World Cup.

International soccer fans came to cheer the competing World Cup teams.

Seven more people have been sentenced to prison over a shooting during a protest outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer.

Drop thousands of Argentina fans into Texas for the World Cup and the debate is inevitable.

Daizen Maeda gave Japan the lead and Anthony Elanga took it away six minutes later, giving Sweden a 1-1 draw that sent both teams to the knockout round of the World Cup.

The U.S. drug czar portrayed a menu of changes to anti-doping protocols being proposed by a World Anti-Doping Agency panel in advance of the LA Olympics as moves that would “undermine the trustworthiness of the performances of competitors” at those games in two years.

The biggest World Cup ever has brought some logistics challenges to the 48 teams in a tournament being played across three countries and four time zones.

Fabio Luisi wanted his Ring Cycle to be heard, not seen.

The World Cup is offering the 16 host cities a chance to take action against one of the biggest problems they face — homelessness.

FIFA has canceled World Cup tickets issued to about 60 fans who mistakenly got them for free because of a website error.

Lawyers have delivered opening statements in the trial of a former Texas high school athlete who is accused of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old competitor from a rival team at a track meet.

The Dallas Stars are planning to move north, out of downtown and to the suburb of Plano in five years.

An artist has filed a federal lawsuit against soccer's international governing body over the destruction of his giant mural of swimming whales on a building in Dallas as it prepares to host World Cup matches.

The deal to send two-time AP Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett from Cleveland to the Los Angeles Rams puts him in company with several other great players who have been traded away in the NFL.

Ricardo Pepi hung up the phone when then-U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter called him in November 2022 with the decision to leave him off the World Cup roster.

Offensive mastermind Mike Leach is among the nominees for the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame class.

The Dallas fire chief says firefighters were preparing to evacuate residents due to a reported gas leak when an apartment building exploded, killing at least three people and injuring five more.

A fire official says a huge fire has destroyed a two-story apartment building in Dallas and killed a child and at least two other people.

Top draft pick Azzi Fudd scored a season-high 12 points off the bench and Paige Bueckers added 18 points and seven assists as the Dallas Wings beat the Washington Mystics 92-69 on Monday night.

Small cities in big Texas metro areas are the fastest-growing in the U.S. The Census Bureau reported Thursday that Celina, Princeton, Melissa and Anna were at the top of the list from mid-2024 to mid-2025.

Rappers 50 Cent and Nelly, along with The Chainsmokers, headline a new World Cup concert series by Sports Illustrated.

The Buffalo Bills' first regular-season game in their new stadium will be against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 17 and will kick off Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” schedule.

The New York Knicks set an NBA playoff record Thursday night by taking a 47-point halftime lead over the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

People who are wrongfully incarcerated then exonerated, sometimes after spending decades behind bars, face yet more challenges finding jobs and rebuilding their lives after their release.

The 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar was moved from summer to winter because of the threat of extreme heat.

Matt Boldy had two goals with an assist, Joel Ericksson Ek scored two power-play goals and rookie goalie Jesper Wallstedt stopped 27 shots in his postseason debut to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 6-1 in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series.

The Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild are getting ready to start a first-round playoff series that has been expected for months.

Cooper Flagg has been ruled out due to a sprained left ankle after the rookie No. 1 pick of the Dallas Mavericks limped to the locker room in the second quarter of the season finale.

A federal judge ordered rapper Pooh Shiesty to remain in custody after he and eight others were accused of kidnapping three music industry professionals and robbing them at gunpoint in Texas during a contract dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane’s record label.

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick says he just wants to move on after the Dallas Mavericks contradicted his contention that their medical staff incorrectly conducted an MRI on Austin Reaves last weekend.

Cooper Flagg scored 45 points and the Dallas Mavericks ended their longest home losing streak in 32 years at 14 games with a 134-128 victory over the depleted Los Angeles Lakers.

The home arena of the Dallas Stars has launched an investigation into a video that apparently shows four fans celebrating a goal with a Nazi salute.

Anthony Edwards is ineligible for NBA postseason awards because he can’t reach the 65-game minimum after the Minnesota Timberwolves ruled out him out against the Detroit Pistons.

Golden State coach Steve Kerr says Stephen Curry will be available for the play-in tournament if his ailing right knee allows.

Thousands of flights are canceled or delayed one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and disrupted thousands of others.

Officials say an Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities.

The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers, including airport security officers, during a partial government shutdown.

FIFA’s World Cup chief operating officer says the tournament is “too big” to be postponed because of global turmoil caused by the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.

Two-time Stanley Cup champion Florida, Toronto, St. Louis and so many perennial contenders were sellers at the NHL trade deadline.

With less than 24 hours left before the NHL trade deadline, a few Stanley Cup contenders in the Western Conference are not waiting until the last minute to get deals done.

A rule change for primary voting in two Texas counties led to mass voter confusion that eventually led to a state supreme court ruling, threats of more legal action and the potential that an untold number of voters could find themselves disenfranchised.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ Democratic Senate primary, giving Crockett a big boost as she faces concerns about electability.

A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court.

Waymo’s self-driving vehicles launched in four more cities on Tuesday, including here in Orlando.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels.

Kyrie Irving won’t play this season as the star guard for the Dallas Mavericks continues his recovery from a knee injury sustained almost a year ago.

Mark Cuban says the NBA should embrace tanking and is criticizing the league for punishing teams that lose on purpose to improve draft outlooks.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining within the historically healthy range of the past few years.

Dallas Mavericks rookie teenage standout Cooper Flagg will miss their final game before the All-Star break and not play in the NBA’s Rising Stars game this weekend because of a left midfoot sprain.

The Trump administration is eliminating four out of six planned locations for a 2030 census practice test.

The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on Friday as scheduled.

As Dallas rookie Cooper Flagg set the NBA record for points by a teenager with 49 on Thursday night in a 123-121 loss to Charlotte, he broke the franchise rookie scoring record he shared with Mark Aguirre — whose jersey was retired at halftime.

Kon Knueppel made two free throws with 4.1 seconds left for a career-high 34 points and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-121 on Thursday night, spoiling Duke roommate Cooper Flagg’s 49-point game.

Luka Doncic walked toward the wrong locker room at halftime before a quick U-turn by the Los Angeles Lakers star in his second trip to Dallas.

Luka Doncic had 33 points and 11 assists, and the Lakers erased a 15-point deficit in the final seven minutes of a 116-110 victory over the Mavericks in the star guard’s second visit to Dallas since his shocking trade to Los Angeles almost a year ago.

Forecasters say over half the U.S. population could be affected by snow, ice or bitter cold as a winter storm sweeps across the county.

Jason Kidd had to choose basketball over baseball 30-plus years ago when it became clear the whiz kid of a point guard would be one of the top picks in the NBA draft.

The San Jose Sharks have acquired goaltender Laurent Brossoit in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.

The NBA is heading back to China next season.

The Cowboys have waived cornerback Trevon Diggs.

A person with knowledge of the medical tests tells The Associated Press that the Denver Nuggets have received positive news about forward Cameron Johnson.

Trevon Diggs faces an uncertain future with the Dallas Cowboys after a two-month absence that started when he got a concussion in an accident at home.

Trevon Brazile scored 18 of his 24 points after halftime as No. 17 Arkansas beat No. 16 Texas Tech 93-86.

There’s a youth movement at USA Basketball camp this weekend with young WNBA players Paige Bueckers, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese making their debuts with the senior national team.

Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman and philanthropist who owned two Dallas-area professional sports franchises and an English Premier League soccer team, died Saturday.

From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.

Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns, Malik Davis sprinted 43 yards for a score and the Dallas Cowboys overcame two fourth down TD throws from Patrick Mahomes in a 31-28 Thanksgiving victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Black Friday may no longer be the retail bacchanalia of years past, but the event still has enough enthusiasts to make it the biggest single shopping day in the U.S.

Best Buy is raising its profit and sales expectations ahead of the holiday shopping season after a strong third quarter.

The Dallas Wings won the WNBA draft lottery for the second consecutive season on Sunday night.

The NHL has issued an automatic one-game suspension to Mikko Rantanen after the Dallas Stars forward’s second major penalty and ejection for boarding in a span of three games.

Eight of the top 10 teams in the AP Top 25 poll either had the day off or faced easy opponents on Saturday.

New York Knicks All-Star Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 28 points in a 113-111 win over the Dallas Mavericks after sitting out two games with a grade 1 ankle sprain.

Waymo is coming to the City Beautiful — and soon.

Tennessee Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed has been indicted in Texas on a misdemeanor charge for failing to report an aggravated assault.

Travelers can expect to see fewer flights to many major U.S. cities starting Friday morning.