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American Airlines said it is expanding the two routes from Dublin due to high demand from passengers

American Airlines to expand Dublin to US routes

American Airlines is to upgrade its current summer-only daily service between Dublin and Dallas Fort Worth to a year-round service from this October.

Business • 25 Apr 23

Dallas, Long Island City in New York and Arlington are among the finalists with which Amazon is holding advanced talks for its second headquarters

Amazon plans to split second headquarters in two cities

Amazon.com is planning to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities, people familiar with the matter have said.

Business • 06 Nov 18

The shooting occurred at an apartment building in Dallas (Pic: Google Maps)

Dallas officer kills man after entering wrong apartment

A Dallas police officer is being questioned after she shot dead a man when she entered an apartment that she thought was hers.

US • 08 Sep 18

US president John F Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963

US set to release files on Kennedy assassination

More than half a century after US President John F Kennedy was struck down by an assassin's bullet in Dallas, Texas, the United States is due to release the final files on the investigation into the killing that rattled a nation.

John F Kennedy • 26 Oct 17

David Brown said: 'This wasn't an ethical dilemma for me'

Dallas police chief defends use of bomb robot

The police chief in Dallas has defended the use of a bomb-carrying robot to kill the gunman who went on a shooting rampage last week targeting police and killing five officers.

News • 11 Jul 16

Micah Johnson opened fire with a powerful rifle during a peaceful protest on Thursday evening in Dallas

Dallas shooter planned other attacks, say police

The shooter in the Dallas ambush had been practising detonating bombs and planned some kind of major attack even before the sniper assault in which he killed five police officers, the city's police chief said today.

News • 10 Jul 16

Brent Thompson was the first DART officer killed in the line of duty

Iraq veteran, newlywed among the dead in Dallas

Three of the five Dallas police officers killed in a sniper ambush on last night were publicly identified by officials or relatives and included a newlywed and a navy veteran of three tours in Iraq.

News • 08 Jul 16

Officers took cover as shots rang out in downtown Dallas

Dallas shooter 'wanted to kill white people'

A black US army reservist who served in the Afghan war and said he wanted to "kill white people" took part in an attack in which five police officers were shot dead, officials said.

News • 09 Jul 16

A heavily damaged residence is seen in the aftermath of a tornado in Rowlett, Texas

At least 43 dead after US storms and tornadoes

Storms hit the US south, southwest and midwest over the Christmas weekend, unleashing floods and tornadoes that killed at least 43 people, flattened buildings and snarled transportation for millions during a busy travel time.

News • 28 Dec 15

Debris and a road sign sit on the bank of the Blanco River in Wimberley, Texas

US, Latin America hit by extreme weather

At least 25 people have died in tornados and severe flooding in the southern United States with more severe weather expected across the central US.

News • 28 Dec 15

Garland police blocked a street following the gun attack

Muhammad cartoon event gunmen were roommates

The two gunmen shot dead when they attempted to attack an anti-Muslim cartoon exhibition have been identified as roommates from Arizona, one of them a suspected jihadist.

News • 29 May 15

People visit the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in Dallas, Texas

50th anniversary of JFK's assassination remembered

US President John F Kennedy has been remembered as a transcendent leader of a rising nation at a ceremony in Dallas on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.

News • 22 Nov 13