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Breanna Pierce, a 26-year-old respiratory therapist at Texas Health Dallas, poses for a photo outside of the hospital in Dallas. Pierce, who has cystic fibrosis, has continued to work during the pandemic despite the risks.

Dallas respiratory therapist commits to helping patients, even as cystic fibrosis puts her at risk

January 8, 2021 at 3:01 p.m.

When the coronavirus pandemic began, everyone told Breanna Pierce what she should do. Her doctors suggested and her family urged: Take a break from working as a respiratory therapist. The...

Los listados de ventas de viviendas a nivel nacional han bajado casi 40% desde los niveles de diciembre de 2019.

Listados de venta de casas en EEUU, en mínimos históricos

January 8, 2021 at 12:29 p.m.

El número de viviendas a la venta en todo el país ha caído al nivel más bajo registrado. Menos de 700,000 viviendas se pusieron a la venta con agentes inmobiliarios...

An American Airlines flight attendant hands out snack bags Dec. 2, 2020, aboard a Boeing 737 Max jet before taking off from Dallas Fort Worth airport in Grapevine, Texas.

American Airlines sending recall letters to furloughed workers, even though stimulus not signed yet

December 24, 2020 at 8:44 a.m.

American Airlines has sent recall letters to all 17,500 union employees who were furloughed in October even as congressional and White House leaders negotiate over the $900 billion pandemic relief...

Spouses Aaron Jones and Trinh Nguyen are seen Dec. 18, 2020, at their apartment complex in Dallas. Both of them were disqualified from getting stimulus checks in the first round of federal aid because she is Vietnamese immigrant without a Social Security number. In the new COVID-19 relief bill, Jones would still be eligible.

Second stimulus checks would be first for some: New bill says families with mixed immigration status eligible for payments

December 23, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

Aaron Jones lost his Dallas hotel analyst job as the coronavirus pandemic picked up speed. Jones was grateful when Congress passed a measure for $1,200 stimulus checks to taxpayers as...

An American Airlines ticket agent works behind a plastic shield Nov. 12, 2020, as he checks in travelers at Terminal 3 of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Second stimulus bill: For furloughed airline workers, paychecks by Christmas Eve?

December 22, 2020 at 8:48 a.m.

U.S. airlines plan to start bringing back furloughed workers once the new $900 billion economic relief package is signed into law, with American Airlines planning to get checks to workers...

A traveler makes his way through security Nov. 29, 2020, at Terminal 3 of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Passenger levels are far below normal levels.

Second stimulus bill would give airlines $15 billion more, bring back 32,000 furloughed airline workers

December 21, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

Airlines will bring back more than 32,000 furloughed workers as part of the sweeping $900 billion economic stimulus bill that congressional leaders agreed to Sunday. After wrangling over a stimulus...

The check-in counter is seen Nov. 23, 2020, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors allege six men took partin a scheme to steal millions of frequent flyer miles and then sell tickets to unsuspecting customers.

For eight years, crooks stole millions of frequent flyer miles, then booked flights, prosecutors say

December 15, 2020 at 3:24 p.m.

Six men have been arrested and charged in a federal court as part of an international conspiracy to steal millions of airline frequent flyer miles and sell ill-gotten plane tickets...

Viajeros en la Terminal D el día antes de Thanksgiving en el Aeropuerto Internacional DFW.

Acusan a seis de robar ‘millones’ de millas de viajero frecuente

December 15, 2020 at 12:45 p.m.

Seis hombres fueron arrestados y acusados en un tribunal federal como parte de una conspiración internacional para robar millones de millas de viajero frecuente de aerolíneas y vender boletos de...

Oracle Corp. headquarters is seen in 2007 in Redwood City, California. Tech giant Oracle said Dec. 11, 2020, that it will move its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, and let many employees choose their office locations and decide whether to work from home.

Oracle moving its HQ from California to Texas, like HP Enterprise, Tesla CEO

December 14, 2020 at 1:34 p.m.

Oracle Corp. is the latest Silicon Valley-based company to exit California amid the pandemic with plans to shift its headquarters to Austin. The $39 billion-a-year tech giant announced the headquarters...

Advocates for immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program rally June 15, 2020, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The court ruled against a plan by President Donald Trump to end the program, but a federal judge in Texas could rule DACA unconstitutional.

Though DACA survived Supreme Court ruling, Texas court case could end immigration program

December 14, 2020 at 12:58 p.m.

Greisa Martínez Rosas was still a teen when she led a 2006 walkout at her Dallas high school over proposals that threatened deportation for her undocumented family. Today, at 32,...

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