Poorer school districts still shortchanged in Texas, expert says
AUSTIN (TIP): The state only slightly reduced big funding gaps between richer and poorer school districts last year, a representative…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)AT&T creating new jobs in Dallas and around Texas
DALLAS (TIP): Dallas-based AT&T Inc. said it was hanging out a help wanted sign. The company wanted to fill more…
Read MoreTexas ranks No. 2 for human trafficking crime
DALLAS (TIP): The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has released its 2013 data and it may or may not come…
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Texas woman charged with murdering 10-year-old son
FRISCO, TX (TIP): A North Texas woman was charged with murder Thursday, January 30, in the death of her 10-year-old…
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Mexican beauty queen arrested in South Texas for allegedly interfering with an officer
LAREDO, TX (TIP): Police say the reigning beauty queen from a Mexican state bordering South Texas could have avoided her…
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Texas Democrats back Obama’s call for wage increase
WASHINGTON (TIP): For the second straight year, President Obama called for an increase in the national minimum wage during January…
Read MoreDoomsdayers’ underground survival shelters spread across Texas
HOUSTON (TIP): Texas is a home for survivalists. Underground bunkers are being built faster here than in any other state.…
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Obama calls for action, with or without Congress
WASHINGTON (TIP): He talked a good game of acting on his own if necessary, calling for 2014 to be a…
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Dallas Indian American Community Celebrates Republic Day
DALLAS (TIP): Dallas Indian community celebrated 26th January, the 65th Indian Republic Day at the Jefferson Park, Irving. A lot…
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Hillary Clinton has a Massive Lead in Early Primary Polling
NEW YORK (TIP): The Washington Post and ABC News, January 30 morning, bring an early look at the leader board…
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SIT TO PROBE ANTI-SIKH RIOTS: DELHI GOVT
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi Government on January 29 decided on a probe by a Special Investigation Team into the…
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Supreme Court of India stays Bhullar’s execution
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, January 31, stayed the execution of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar and…
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Queens Borough President Katz receives spiffing welcome from ICCD
NEW YORK (TIP): Interfaith Council for Community Development hosted a welcome party for Melinda Katz, the new Queens Borough President.…
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Indian-American professor Rakesh Khurana named dean of prestigious Harvard College
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American professor Rakesh Khurana has been appointed dean of the prestigious Harvard College, becoming the latest addition…
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Indian Consulate to Screen Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, A Torch for Peace
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): As part of the Republic Day 2014 celebrations, the Consulate General of India in association with…
Read MoreNeel Kashkari, Indian-American of Kashmiri origin, to run for California governor’s post
WASHINGTON (TIP): When Neel Kashkari was drafted by the Bush administration in 2008 to oversee the massive bailout program following…
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Council Member Daniel Dromm elected Education Committee Chair
Award-winning Educator Brings Classroom Experience to City Hall NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Council Member Daniel Dromm was elected as the…
Read MoreTwo men were shot and killed on Staten Island on Monday, police said
NEW YORK (TIP): Cops raced to a stretch of road along Park Hill Ave. in Clifton around 6:15 p.m. and…
Read MoreNYC Mayor Bill de Blasio admits snow removal mistakes in Upper Manhattan
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio, facing one of the first flashpoints of his weeks-old tenure, initially defended…
Read MoreU.S. Attorney Issues Subpoena to Christie’s Reelection Campaign
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): Federal prosecutors in New Jersey conducting a preliminary inquiry into accusations that aides to Gov. Chris Christie…
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Mayor de Blasio Picks Indian American Ram Raju as Commissioner of Health & Hospitals
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio named January 21, the new heads of the Department of Small Business…
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6.3 million eligible for Medicaid since Obamacare launch: US agency
NEW YORK (TIP): More than 6.3 million Americans were deemed eligible for government healthcare plans for the poor since the…
Read MoreObama fails to persuade Americans on NSA reform: poll
WASHINGTON (TIOP: Reforms to US surveillance announced by President Barack Obama have failed to reassure most Americans, with three-quarters saying…
Read More‘Russian spy’ tag absurd, I acted alone, Snowden says
WASHINGTON (TIP): Edward Snowden has rejected suggestions he was a Russian spy, saying in remarks published on January 22 that…
Read MorePutin, Obama discuss Syria conference over telephone: Kremlin
MOSCOW (TIP): US President Barack Obama spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by telephone on Tuesday, and the leaders…
Read MoreThe end of poverty? There will be ‘almost no poor countries by 2035,’ Bill Gates says
LONDON (TIP): Bill Gates has said there will be "almost no poor countries by 2035", and that child mortality rates…
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Major snowstorm slams northeastern US, 3,000 flights cancelled
WASHINGTON (TIP): The northeastern US shivered amid heavy snowfall and far below average temperatures on January 23 in a storm…
Read MoreUS vows stepped up support to oust Assad
MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): The United States on January 22 led a fierce denunciation of the Syrian regime and vowed it…
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Texas executes Mexican man despite his nation’s objections
HUNTSVILLE (TIP) A Mexican national was executed January 22 night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas…
Read MoreFlu Battle, Vaccinations Continue Across North Texas
As the flu epidemic continues to hit North Texas, health leaders are hammering the message: It's still not too late…
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