Top stories of 2024 in North Texas

On December 20, 2023, in New York City, a sign bearing the numbers 2024 is illuminated in Times Square. (Image via Getty Images/David Dee Delgado))

DallasHere is a look back at the top viewed news items in North Texas in 2024, based on data from FOX 4 News, as another year draws to a close.

2024 Presidential Election

In front of an audience of supporters in Florida, Donald Trump gives his victory speech. This is his entire speech.

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  It shouldn’t be a surprise to know that this year’s Presidential Election had everyone’s attention. And it was no different for people in the Dallas area. In the

  race for the White House

  , it comes down to electoral votes. Many of you wanted to know

  how many electoral votes each state has

  . This was the top story of the year.
  

Associated

How many electoral votes does each state have?

In order to win the 2024 presidential election, a contender must receive 270 of the 538 electoral votes available.

Wild Weather

People were interested in a lot of weather-related stories.

January

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  It started with an

  arctic plunge

  at the beginning of 2024, with snow, sleet and freezing rain in January. Temperatures fell below freezing for 86 straight hours.

  This happened

  after some areas of North Texas saw 2 inches of snow.
  

April

FILE: On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse was photographed near Plano, Texas, in the United States.

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  The path of totality of the

  2024 total solar eclipse

  , where the moon completely covered the sun, moved from Texas to Maine throughout the day on Monday, April 8, 2024. 12 million people in Texas lived in the path of totality, the most of any state. The

  total solar eclipse

  began at the Texas-Mexico border at 1:27 p.m. and totality ended in the Lone Star State at 1:49 p.m.
  

May

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  2024 was the year of the celestial phenomena in North Texas. We saw a

  total solar eclipse

  in April, now on May 10, we saw the

  aurora borealis

  !
  

Feliu Korynne in Sadler

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  At least

  7 people were killed and 100 were injured

  in a tornado outbreak in North Texas on May 25, 2024. There were at least three tornadoes in Cooke, Collin and Denton Counties. More than 200 homes were destroyed and 120 were damaged.
  

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  Three days after the tornado outbreak, another round of

  severe weather hit North Texas

  on May 28, 2024, that left a trail of damage across the area and knocked out power for thousands.
  

The newsroom is receiving footage of the impact of the strong storms that occurred Tuesday morning. Shannon Murray of FOX 4 examines a few of them.

July

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  At least seven people died after

  Hurricane Beryl roared onto the Southeast Texas

  coast in July and wreaked havoc in the greater Houston area. Millions of Texans were without power.
  

(Source: Constable’s Office for Harris County Precinct 4)

Sports

• Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

  was a professional boxing match between YouTuber-turned-professional boxer Jake Paul and former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson. The bout took place on November 15, 2024, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, and was streamed globally on Netflix, with 65 million people watching the event. There were some disappointed watchers that night, as Netflix had trouble livestreaming the event to so many people at once.Paul defeated Tyson via unanimous decision.
  

At a weigh-in prior to Friday night’s bout, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson gave YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul a slap. Netflix will stream the game, which will take place at AT&T Stadium on Friday night.

Courts and Crime

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  A Dallas man received

  10 years in federal prison

  for running a healthcare scam. Prosecutors say he used the millions he made in stolen cash to fund a lavish lifestyle and Hollywood career. Federal plea papers say 37-year-old Ivor Jallah and co-conspirator Shannon Turley submitted at least $46 million in bogus claims to insurance companies. Jallah and Turley operated at least nine Texas pharmacies and would pay “marketers” for insured patients personal info. The duo also paid doctors to fraudulently stamp prescription forms. Ten additional defendants have pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme.
  

• Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks

  was “executed” in an ambush shooting outside an

  Oak Cliff

  community center on Aug. 29, 2024. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia called suspect Corey Cobb-Bey a “coward” who targeted officers only because of the uniform they proudly wear. Cobb-Bey was killed in a shootout after leading police on a high-speed chase into Lewisville.
  

Corey Cobb-Bey “executed” Darron Burks, a 46-year-old Dallas police officer. This is the chronology of events.

Money

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  The #2 story of the year has to do with money. With the rising cost of nearly everything, many people wanted to know what the

  minimum annual income

  was to be considered middle class in Texas.
  

Associated

Here’s the minimum annual income required to be middle class in Texas

The minimal yearly income needed for a family of four to be classified as middle class in each state was determined by a recent study. Check out Texas’s ranking.

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• The data used in this story comes from FOX 4 News.

The data used in this story comes from FOX 4 News.

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