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Published 11:43 am CDT, Sunday, April 21, 2019 DALLAS (AP) — New U.S. Census Bureau population estimates show the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area led American cities in new residents from 2017 to 2018, adding nearly 131,700 people. Since 2010, the North Texas Metroplex and the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area gained more than 1 million people each, placing them as the fourth and fifth most populous metropolitan areas behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The bureau's estimates show two Texas oil centers, Midland and Odessa, were also among the fastest growing American metro areas for the 12-month period ending in July 2018, with populations swelling by 4.3 and 3.2% respectively. Births and migration to the Lone Star State, which overall added more than 3.5 million people since 2010, were important parts of the population growth in the American south and west. … [Read more...] about Dallas area leads American cities in 2018 population growth

Updated 8:30 am CDT, Sunday, April 21, 2019 HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston public library that was already closed for renovations when it was damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 will reopen next year as the city's first full TECHLink center. TECHLink is a digital creative space that offers access to numerous state-of-the-art technologies. A $1.6 million gift for the Amanda E. Dixon Neighborhood Library means the site will have the latest interactive technology, including a professional music and video-recording studio, the Houston Chronicle reported. The reconstructed library will help expand the minds and imagination of the next generation of Houstonians, Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a written statement. The new center is scheduled to open by mid-2020. Huey German-Wilson, president of the Trinity Houston Gardens Super Neighborhood, said residents had been asking for the building to be repaired for years. "That was my childhood library," she said. "It means a lot to … [Read more...] about Harvey-damaged library to be transformed into a tech center

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Updated 8:32 am CDT, Sunday, April 21, 2019 In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019, photo Mylinda Byrd Washington, 66, right, and Louvon Byrd Harris, 61, hold up photographs of their brother James Byrd Jr. in Houston. James Byrd Jr. was the victim of what is considered to be one of the most gruesome hate crime murders in recent Texas history. less In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019, photo Mylinda Byrd Washington, 66, right, and Louvon Byrd Harris, 61, hold up photographs of their brother James Byrd Jr. in Houston. James Byrd Jr. was the victim of what is ... more Photo: Juan Lozano, AP Photo: Juan Lozano, AP Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Image 1 of 12 In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019, photo Mylinda Byrd Washington, 66, right, and Louvon Byrd Harris, … [Read more...] about Texas town reflects on dragging death ahead of execution

Updated 11:26 am CDT, Saturday, April 20, 2019 HOUSTON (AP) — A prominent cancer center in Houston says it has ousted three scientists whom federal authorities suggested are involved in Chinese efforts to steal American research. Peter Pisters, the president of MD Anderson Cancer Center, told the Houston Chronicle that the National Institutes of Health could withhold funding if the center didn't act. MD Anderson received $148 million in NIH grants last year. The three scientists haven't been identified. The newspaper reports they're Chinese. The agency wrote to the cancer center last year detailing conflicts of interest and unreported foreign income by five faculty members, and gave it 30 days to respond. The dismissals come amid heightened concern in Washington, D.C., that foreign governments including China have been using students and visiting scholars to pilfer intellectual property from confidential grant applications. … [Read more...] about Texas cancer center ousts 3 over Chinese data theft concerns

Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Updated 7:52 pm CDT, Friday, April 19, 2019 FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a detention center for immigrant families, in Karnes City, Texas. The Trump administration stopped using the center to hold parents and children in March 2019. It’s cut back on family detention even as it complains it has to “catch and release” migrant families, many of them Central American parents and children who seek asylum. less FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a detention center for immigrant families, in Karnes City, Texas. The ... more Photo: Eric Gay, AP … [Read more...] about Family detention space goes unused as Trump warns of crisis