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• Houston Police: Medication Caused Confusion For Journalist

  08-01-2018 23:55
  HOUSTON (AP) — A sports journalist who was found after she went missing over the weekend told police officers that she had a severe reaction to medication that led her to become confused and disoriented, police said Monday.
  The disappearance of Courtney Roland, 29, caused alarm after she sent nonsensical texts to her mother and her roommate called police Sunday saying Roland had expressed concern that a suspicious man was following her.
  Courtney Roland (Image via @MattClareRivals)
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• Arlington May Rename Golf Course for Texas Rangers

  08-01-2018 23:40
  
  There is a proposal on the table to rename Arlington's Chester W. Ditto Golf Course the Texas Rangers Golf Club, making the team the first in the MLB to have a co-branded golf course.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Amazon to Hire 2,500 FT Employees at New Coppell Facility

  08-01-2018 23:39
  
  Amazon says they need to hire more than 2,500 full-time positions at their newest North Texas fulfillment center.Photo Credit: Amazon/Eric Slomanson
  
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• Teen’s Laptop Stolen From Plano McDonald’s; Suspect On Camera

  08-01-2018 23:22
  PLANO, Texas (CBS11) – Plano Police are asking for the public’s help after someone stole a high schooler’s laptop at McDonald’s on Custer and 15th St.
  Surveillance video captured the crime, the suspect and a badge he was wearing.
  Plano laptop theft suspect (surveillance)
  When 16-year-old Zach Bush forgot his backpack at McDonald’s, surveillance cameras caught a suspect glancing around, sitting down and scooping it up.
  Inside the backpack – books, a calculator,
  
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• Millennials’ Quest For Perfection Causing Mental Health Issues, Study Says

  08-01-2018 23:05
  CBS Local — “Close enough” apparently isn’t good enough for today’s young adults. A study looking at college students from 1989 to 2016 found that the personality traits that label someone a “perfectionist” have risen dramatically in recent years.
  Researchers at Britain’s University of Bath studied over 41,000 American, British, and Canadian students and administered a test known as the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. The resul
  
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• Second Teen Arrested in Christmas Eve Homicide

  08-01-2018 22:46
  
  Irving police made a second arrest Monday in the fatal shooting of a teen on Christmas Eve.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Pizza Hut, Toyota Working on Autonomous Delivery

  08-01-2018 22:24
  
  Plano-based neighbors Toyota and Pizza Hut Monday announced a "global partnership," that could see Pizza Hut pizzas delivered in autonomous vehicles designed and built by Toyota.Photo Credit: Pizza Hut
  
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• 2nd Teen Arrested In Capital Murder Of Plano Teen Christmas Eve

  08-01-2018 22:14
  IRVING, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Irving Police have arrested a second suspect in the Christmas Eve murder of Plano 17-year-old Brett Adkins.
  Police said 19-year-old Areon Trevon McDade of Irving was arrested early Monday morning and is currently in the Irving Jail charged with capital murder.
  Areon Trevon McDade
  Last Friday, 18-year-old Damarcus Antwon Williams of Irving was arrested for capital murder as well.
  Damarcus Antwon Williams
  Police said officers responded to a shooting call in
  
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• Travelers Prefer The Right Side Of The Plane, Study Claims

  08-01-2018 21:36
  CBS Local — According to a new study, your next flight will likely have a lot more room on the left side of the plane. Researchers claim that people have a natural tendency to move to the right when choosing where they want to sit.
  The experiment, carried out by Edinburgh University in Scotland, found that travelers overwhelmingly prefer to sit on a plane’s right side regardless of how the seat chart or plane diagram is presented to them.
  “The result clearly showed that th
  
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• Judge Dismisses Standoff Case vs. Rancher Cliven Bundy, Sons

  08-01-2018 21:36
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas on Monday dismissed criminal charges against a Nevada rancher and his sons accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities in 2014.
  BUNKERVILLE, NV – APRIL 24: Rancher Cliven Bundy speaks during a news conference near his ranch on April 24, 2014 in Bunkerville, Nevada. The Bureau of Land Management and Bundy have been locked in a dispute for a couple of decades over grazing rights on public lands. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Ima
  
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• Romney Treated For Prostate Cancer

  08-01-2018 21:23
  NEW YORK (AP) – Former 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney was treated for prostate cancer last year.
  That’s according to a Romney aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the aide was not authorized to discuss a sensitive health issue publicly.
  Mitt Romney
  The aide said Monday that Romney was diagnosed with “slow-growing prostate cancer” last year.
  The cancer was removed surgically and found not to have spread beyond the prostate, the aide said.
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• Bitcoin Called ‘Unstable’ By Microsoft, Dropped As A Payment Method

  08-01-2018 20:06
  CBS Local — Bitcoin’s roller coaster ride has taken another turn as Microsoft has reportedly dropped the digital currency as a payment option. The tech giant is claiming that Bitcoin’s “unstable” nature prompted the company’s decision.
  Microsoft employees told reporters at Bleeping Computer that the cryptocurrency’s market was too volatile to keep using for online transactions. The company’s Windows store started accepting Bitcoin in 2014 but did t
  
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• Flu Forces Hospital to Re-Route Some Non-Emergency Patients

  08-01-2018 19:51
  
  Methodist Dallas Medical Center announced Sunday night they were at "critical capacity" and that all non-emergency patients were being re-routed to other hospitals.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Woman Dies Of Flesh-Eating Infection After Eating Raw Oysters

  08-01-2018 19:44
  CBS Local — A woman’s crabbing trip in Louisiana turned tragic after she died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection health officials say came from eating raw oysters.
  Jeanette LeBlanc of Texas reportedly purchased a sack of raw oysters in Westwego, Louisiana during a family vacation in September. The woman’s wife told local reporters that the trouble started after LeBlanc ate about two dozen of the oysters.
  “About 36 hours later she started having extreme resp
  
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• Advocates Want #MeToo Debate To Include Immigrant Detention Centers

  08-01-2018 19:42
  HOUSTON (AP) – While she waits at a detention center in Texas to find out if she can stay in the United States, Laura Monterrosa fears that she put herself in danger by coming forward about sexual abuse.
  Months after accusing a female guard at the facility of groping her and suggesting they have sex, Monterrosa says she still sees the guard in the dining hall and other parts of the facility. She recalled in a recent interview what the guard had said to her.
  “I told her that I was goi
  
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• Sentencing Phase For Former FBPD Officer Found Guilty Of Murder

  08-01-2018 19:13
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The former Farmers Branch police officer convicted of murdering a teenaged burglary suspect in 2016 is in court waiting to learn his fate.
  It was last month when Ken Johnson was found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Jose Cruz. Sitting on different sides of the courtroom today were Johnson’s family and friends and members of Cruz’ family and those testifying painted very different pictures of the former officer.
  First on the stand was Cruz’ 16-ye
  
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• Number of Flu Cases Force Hospital to Divert Non-Emergencies

  08-01-2018 19:09
  
  Methodist Dallas Medical Center announced Sunday night they were at "critical capacity" and that all non-emergency patients were being diverted to other hospitals.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Scientists: Freezing Cold Winter Could Mean Much Fewer Bugs In Summer

  08-01-2018 19:08
  CBS Local — As many states are still digging out from the frigid “bomb cyclone,” which delivered snow from Maine to Florida, some are looking for the possible bright side of a brutal winter: less bugs in the summer.
  While scientists say a long winter filled with freezing temperatures may kill off plenty of blood-sucking pests, others say there could be a drop in some insect populations, but it might not be very substantial.
  “They’re going to get through this. They a
  
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• Project Innovation: New Grant Program For Local Non-Profits

  08-01-2018 18:57
  
  Is your non-profit working to create technology-based community solutions? The NBCUniversal Foundation is partnering with The NBC Owned Television Stations to launch Project Innovation, a new grant program...This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Former Ellis County Deputy Sentenced For Stealing & Selling Guns From Evidence Room

  08-01-2018 18:57
  DALLAS (AP) – A former North Texas sheriff’s deputy must serve more than a year in federal prison for stealing confiscated guns and pawning the weapons or selling them online.
  Ex-Ellis County sheriff’s Lt. Philip Gary Slaughter, who supervised an evidence room, was sentenced to 15 months for possession or sale of stolen firearms. Prosecutors in Dallas on Monday announced the penalty for a the 42-year-old Slaughter, who’s from Mesquite.
  Philip Gary Slaughter (credit: Ellis
  
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• US To Require Salvadorans To Leave In 2019

  08-01-2018 18:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirms that it is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, forcing nearly 200,000 to leave the country or face deportation.
  (credit: Getty Images)
  Salvadorans will have until Sept. 9, 2019, to leave the United States or adjust their legal status.
  Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday that damage inflicted by a 2001 earthquake in the Central American country didn’t justify another temporary extension. She says
  
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• Missing Little Elm Teen Located: Police

  08-01-2018 18:27
  
  Police have located a 15-year-old girl who was missing from Little Elm. Police initially believed she was in Dallas with her biological mother who does not have parental rights, police said.Photo Credit: Little Elm police
  
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• US Hits Record For Costly Weather Disasters: $306 Billion

  08-01-2018 17:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With three strong hurricanes, wildfires, hail, flooding, tornadoes and drought, the United States tallied a record high bill last year for weather disasters: $306 billion.
  The U.S. had 16 disasters last year with damage exceeding a billion dollars, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. That ties 2011 for the number of billion-dollar disasters, but the total cost blew past the previous record of $215 billion in 2005.
  Costs are adjusted
  
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• Justin Timberlake Announces “Man Of The Woods” Tour Coming To Dallas

  08-01-2018 17:48
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Grammy Award winner and global superstar Justin Timberlake announced his upcoming Man of the Woods Tour beginning in March.
  Timberlake will be touring in support of his upcoming album Man of the Woods set for release Friday, February 2, two days before his Super Bowl halftime performance.
  “The outdoors is the inspiration for a lot of these songs. That’s the main idea. The tour will be able to bring the outside in. How can we bring that to life?” Timb
  
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• 'Tis the Season of Dry Skin, Static Electricity

  08-01-2018 17:09
  
  Dry skin got you down? Of course, you can blame it on the weather (just don’t blame it on the weatherman).
  
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• NAACP Wants Fans To Wave White Towels At College Football Title Game

  08-01-2018 17:09
  ATLANTA (AP) – The NAACP wants to see white towels amid the crimson, white, red and black worn by fans to send a message to President Donald Trump during the national college football championship in Atlanta.
  Atlanta’s NAACP chapter said on its Facebook page that it wants fans inside the stadium for the College Football Playoff title game to wave white towels “simulating a blizzard.”
  It’s one of several anti-Trump protests planned as Trump visits Atlanta on Monday n
  
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• Golden Globes Reaction With ET’s Nancy O’Dell

  08-01-2018 17:08
  The 75th Golden Globes was one of the most memorable shows in the history of the event. From Oprah Winfrey’s powerful speech while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award to some surprise winners, the 2018 edition of the Golden Globes didn’t disappoint.
  “Entertainment Tonight” host Nancy O’Dell was front and center at Sunday’s Golden Globes, talking with the stars on the red carpet and hanging out with the winners backstage. O’Dell chatted with CBS Local ab
  
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• Missing Little Elm Teen Found Safe, Police Say

  08-01-2018 16:45
  UPDATE: 12:15 p.m.
  Frisco police tweeted Monday afternoon that 15-year-old Gabby Beadle has been found safe.
  Frisco PD nor Little Elm police have released any further information on the case at this time.
  Great news. Gabby has been found! Thank you for your help. https://t.co/Qapjv4zHYO
  — Frisco Police (@FriscoPD) January 8, 2018LITTLE ELM (CBSDFW.COM) – Police are asking for help with finding a missing 15-year-old girl.
  According to the Little Elm Police Department, Gabby Beadle wen
  
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• Little Elm Police Search For Missing Teen Believed To Be With Biological Mom

  08-01-2018 16:45
  LITTLE ELM (CBSDFW.COM) – Police are asking for help with finding a missing 15-year-old girl.
  According to the Little Elm Police Department, Gabby Beadle went missing on Sunday afternoon.
  Missing 15-yr-old Gabby Beadle (Image via Facebook)
  Officials said that Beadle is adopted, and they believe that she left her home on Sunday at about 2:00 p.m. with her biological mother.
  Officers said that the biological mother has no rights to Beadle.
  
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• Miss America Officials Raise Maximum Age For Competitors To 25

  08-01-2018 15:35
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The Miss America organization is raising the maximum age of contestants from 24 to 25.
  A spokeswoman told The Press of Atlantic City that the change takes effect with this year’s contests. It’s the first change to pageant rules since former Fox News Channel anchor and 1989 Miss America Gretchen Carlson became chairwoman of the organization’s board of directors.
  Spokeswoman Chelsea Mineur said Miss America officials drafted the new rule. It&rsquo
  
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• Ford Adds Diesel Engine To Best-Selling F-150 For The First Time

  08-01-2018 15:17
  DETROIT (AP) – Ford Motor Co. is offering a diesel engine in its F-150 pickup for the first time.
  Heavy duty trucks like the F-250 or F-350 have always had diesel engines, but full-size trucks like the F-150 have not. Ford is hoping to gain some customers from rivals Ram and Nissan, which both offer diesels in their full-size trucks.
  The F-150 is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S.
  Ford expects the F-150 to get 30 miles per gallon on the highway with the new 3.0-liter V6 diesel and a 10-s
  
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• Fans & Celebrities Light Up Twitter Calling For #Oprah2020

  08-01-2018 15:02
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Oprah Winfrey’s moving speech at the Golden Globes has some fans and fellow celebrities calling for her presidential run.
  The actress accepted the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at Sunday’s ceremony, and it didn’t take long for Twitter to start lighting up with the hashtag #Oprah2020.
  Comedian Sarah Silverman tweeted “Oprah/Michelle 2020.” Leslie Odom Jr., who played Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” twe
  
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• Dunkin’ Donuts Scaling Back 10 Percent Of Food & Drink Menu

  08-01-2018 14:50
  CANTON, Mass. (AP) – So long strawberry banana smoothie. Goodbye steak and egg breakfast sandwich.
  Dunkin’ Donuts is cutting back on its food and drink offerings. The Boston Herald reports the new, simplified menu is expected to roll out in New England locations starting Monday before expanding nationwide in mid-March.
  The Canton, Massachusetts-based company founded in 1950 says the reduction represents about 10 percent of its offerings and is meant to streamline service.
  Among the c
  
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• Missing Little Elm Teen Who Was Adopted May Be With Biological Mother: Police

  08-01-2018 14:45
  
  Police believe a 15-year-old girl missing from Little Elm is in Dallas with her biological mother who does not have parental rights, police said.Photo Credit: Little Elm police
  
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• Police Say Missing Sports Reporter Found In South Texas

  08-01-2018 14:24
  UPDATE: 8:35 a.m.
  Missing sports reporter Courtney Roland FOUND, alive. Houston Police Missing Persons Detective confirms to Newsradio 1080 KRLD.
  Officials say she was found in the Galleria area of Houston. She’s being evaluated at a hospital.
  UPDATE:Our officers have found Ms. Roland in the Galleria area.She appears unharmed.She'll be taken to an area hospital for an evaluation.We are not providing the location where she was found or hospital at this time.More info to follow.#HouNews
  
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• Frisco Considers Limiting Street Parking in Frisco Square

  08-01-2018 14:07
  
  There is a proposal in place that would shorten street parking time limits in Frisco Square.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• South Oak Cliff High Wraps Up Move So Renovations Can Begin

  08-01-2018 14:02
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s been nearly two years since students at South Oak Cliff High walked out of class in protest of the problem-plagued school, but a new chapter for the school begins today. Students, faculty and staff are completing their move to a temporary campus, so the old building can be renovated.
  Despite South Oak Cliff High School being nearly 70 years old this will be the first major renovation to the building in decades. Parents and alumni say the repairs and im
  
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• Lyft Drivers Say They're Getting Shortchanged

  08-01-2018 13:56
  
  The Lyft driver who picks you up may be getting cheated out of the money you're paying for the ride. Fed up, drivers reached out to NBC Responds for help.Photo Credit: KNBC-TV
  
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• Arlington City Council to Discuss Short-Term Rentals

  08-01-2018 13:44
  
  The city of Arlington will host several town hall meetings for feedback on how short-term rentals such as Airbnb affect taxpayers.Photo Credit: NBC New York
  
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• What’s On Center Stage At The CES Tech Show? Your Voice

  08-01-2018 13:31
  What’s the hottest thing in the world of technology these days? Your voice.
  Some of the most popular gadgets over the holiday season were smart speakers with digital assistants from Amazon and Google . Apple is coming out with its own speaker this year; Microsoft and Samsung have partnered on another.
  As the annual CES gadget show kicks off in Las Vegas this week, manufacturers are expected to unveil even more voice-controlled devices — speakers and beyond — as Amazon
  
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• Sentencing Monday for Fmr. Officer Found Guilty of Murder

  08-01-2018 13:30
  
  A Dallas County jury will determine Monday the punishment for a former Farmers Branch officer found guilty of murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of two teens last spring.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Good Samaritan Killed Following Hit-&-Run Crash In Dallas

  08-01-2018 13:24
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A man who stopped to help out another driver after a hit-and-run crash was killed late Sunday night when he was struck by a vehicle. The incident happened shortly after 11:00 p.m. in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, along the southbound lanes of Highway 67 near Kiest Boulevard.
  According to police, a Ford Expedition and a Cadillac were involved in a collision. The driver of the Cadillac left the scene, but stopped about a quarter of a mile down the road. He then fled fro
  
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• 1 Dead, 1 Injured After Trying to Help Stalled Driver in Dallas

  08-01-2018 12:58
  
  One person is dead and another injured after they were trying to help a driver with a stalled vehicle Sunday night in Dallas, police said.
  
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• New Hampshire Ticket Sole Winner In $559M Powerball Jackpot

  08-01-2018 12:54
  MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — It’s been a billion-dollar lottery weekend after a lone Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers and will claim a $559.7 million jackpot, one day after another single ticket sold in Florida nabbed a $450 million Mega Millions grand prize.
  Since Reeds Ferry Market opened at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, dozens of excited regulars have stopped by the small, independent convenience store in New Hampshire that sold the winning Powerball ticket to congratu
  
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• Nearly 400 Cold-Stunned Turtles In Texas Released Into Gulf

  08-01-2018 12:46
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Nearly 400 sea turtles found stunned by recent frigid weather along the Texas coast have been returned to the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi.
  The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports the warmed and rehabilitated reptiles were released Sunday with help from the National Park Service and volunteers. The release of the 395 turtles took place along the beach at Padre Island National Seashore.
  Early January temperatures dipped into the 30s in the area.
  
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• U.S. Ending Special Protections For Salvadoran Immigrants

  08-01-2018 12:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, an action that could force nearly 200,000 to leave the U.S. by September 2019 or face deportation.
  El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens have lost Temporary Protected Status under President Donald Trump. Salvadorans have been, by far, the largest beneficiaries of the program, which provides humanitarian relief for foreigners whose countries are hit with natural disa
  
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• DHS Weighs Ending Protections For Salvadoran Immigrants

  08-01-2018 12:42
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline on whether to extend protections that would allow nearly 200,000 Salvadorans to stay in the U.S. legally.
  Citizens of El Salvador are currently the beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status program, which provides humanitarian relief for foreigners whose countries are hit with natural disasters or strife.
  The administration ended the protections for citizens of Haiti and Nicaragua last year.
  Homeland Security Secretary
  
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• Highland Park Cracking Down On Bike Share Companies

  08-01-2018 12:41
  HIGHLAND PARK (1080 KRLD) – One Texas city has had it with all those bikes just laying around.
  You’ve seen them all over Dallas. The brightly colored bikes have been dumped on sidewalks, on lawns, and left in packs on street corners. And some people who live in the Highland Park area of Dallas there say they are a nuisance and an eye sore.
  Now, the city has approved a new ordinance to deal with the orphaned bikes.
  Starting this week, the city of Highland Park will collect the bikes,
  
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• NAACP Plans To Protest Trump’s Visit To Atlanta

  08-01-2018 12:20
  ATLANTA (AP) — The NAACP is urging people to wear white and hold anti-Trump signs on Monday. Another group says demonstrators will “take a knee” before the big game to protest President Donald Trump’s visit to Atlanta.
  Atlanta police say they worked with the Secret Service on preparations for months before the College Football Championship game between Alabama and Georgia.
  The NAACP said Sunday that wearing white is meant to mock the “snowflake” label Trump&rs
  
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• Hospital Overrun By Flu Cases Having To Turn Them Away

  08-01-2018 12:13
  DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – The flu continues to spread across north Texas. And, one hospital in North Texas wants people to make sure their flu is life-threatening before they take a trip to the emergency room.
  Methodist Dallas Medical Center’s emergency room is so overrun with flu cases that it is asking people with non-emergency symptoms to go to urgent care centers or see a primary care physician.
  The hospital said in a statement last night that the reason for the move is so it can
  
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