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• Birdville ISD Students Polish Tractor to Perfection

  12-01-2018 23:46
  
  There will be plenty of things to see and do over the 23-day run of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, but the heart of the show is the kids who go to compete. They'll earn scholarship money, ribbons...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Suspects Wanted For Fast Food Robbery Spree Across DFW Metroplex

  12-01-2018 23:36
  MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – Mesquite police are seeking help in finding two suspects for an aggravated robbery spree at various fast food restaurants across the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
  Police say there were two offenses at Jack in the Box locations and eight offenses at different Whataburger locations in Mesquite, Terrell, Forney, Irving, Euless, Lancaster and Carrollton.
  Investigators believe the same two suspects are involved in the robberies.
  According to police, the two male suspects
  
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• McKinney Man Visits, Thanks Paramedics Who Saved His Life

  12-01-2018 23:36
  McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A beyond grateful McKinney man went out of his way to say “thank you” to three men he credits for saving his life.
  Robert Erwin thanks McKinney Fire Department paramedics for saving his life (McKinney Fire Dept)
  Robert Erwin visited McKinney Fire Station Number 2 and showed his heart-felt appreciation to paramedics Aaron Curry, Luke Dixon and Kraig Ferguson.
  The McKinney Fire Department says the first responders jumped into action last October whe
  
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• Florida Man Wins $451 Million Mega Millions Jackpot

  12-01-2018 23:23
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 20-year-old Florida man claimed the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, choosing to get $282 million at once instead of more in annual installments.
  A Florida Lottery news release said Friday that 20-year-old Shane Missler, of Port Richey, had claimed the jackpot from the multistate game’s Jan. 5 drawing. They say he chose to receive his winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $281,874,999.
  “I’m only 20, but I hope to use it to pur
  
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• City Of Arlington & The Texas Rangers Announce Golf Club Partnership

  12-01-2018 22:47
  ARLINGTON (105.3 The Fan) – If you like baseball and enjoy hitting the links, the Texas Rangers have something just for you.
  Texas Rangers Golf Course
  The city of Arlington and the Rangers announced a joint partnership Friday to create the world’s only Major League Baseball-branded golf course.
  The Chester W. Ditto Course in Arlington is currently undergoing $24 million dollars worth of renovations and will be re-named The Texas Rangers Golf Club.
  The course is expected to open this
  
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• Sherin Mathews' Father Indicted On Capital Murder Charge

  12-01-2018 22:28
  
  A Dallas County grand jury just handed down two indictments against Wesley Mathews in the murder of his 3-year-old daughter, Sherin.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas Rangers, Arlington partnering up for the world's only MLB-branded golf course

  12-01-2018 21:58
  The Texas Rangers and city of Arlington are partnering to create the world's only Major League Baseball-branded golf course, the Texas Rangers Golf Club.
  The newly-formed partnership plans to spend $24 million transforming the former Chester W. Ditto Golf Course at Brown Boulevard and Collins Street in Arlington into a Texas Rangers-branded destination for golf. The re-branded golf course is slated to open to fans by this summer.
  The Texas Rangers Golf Club is the latest Rangers-branded developm
  
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• Mother And Son Arrested After Sex Assault At New Year’s Eve Party

  12-01-2018 21:49
  WYLIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Wylie police arrested a mother and son in connection with a New Year’s Eve sexual assault.
  Police said on Tuesday, January 9, investigators received information of a New Year’s Eve party hosted by a teacher, where alcoholic beverages were provided to minors.
  The party was alleged to have occurred in the 2900 block of Glendale Drive.
  A victim who was at the party reported being sexually assaulted by the teacher’s son.
  Wylie Police detectives ass
  
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• A look back at a roller-coaster 14 months for AT&T and Time Warner

  12-01-2018 21:44
  When AT&T (NYSE: T) and Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE: TWX) came to terms on an $85.4 billion deal in late 2016, it was immediately clear that the acquisition would change the media and telecom landscape in a major way.What might not have been as clear at the time was the next step: a saga to get the deal past regulators that appears likely to total at least a year and a half.The Dallas telco announced its blockbuster acquisition on October 22, 2016. The cash-and-stock deal valued Time Warner at $
  
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• Police Nab Accused Dallas 'Porch Pirate'

  12-01-2018 21:32
  
  A woman suspected of stealing multiple packages off peoples' porches has been arrested, police say.Photo Credit: Dallas Police Department
  
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• Form D Friday: Plano mobile banking firm gets $40 million from a new investor

  12-01-2018 21:17
  A Plano mobile banking company raised $40 million from a new investor; Kyle Bass' new Hong Kong hedge funds are growing quickly; and a local gluten-free snack maker whips up $2 million in funding.
  
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• It's official: Thomas Dundon is the new majority owner of NHL's Carolina Hurricanes

  12-01-2018 21:09
  The Carolina Hurricanes are changing hands.Peter Karmanos, who brought the team from Hartford, Connecticut, to North Carolina in 1997, has sold the team to Dallas businessman Thomas Dundon. Dundon was introduced Friday in a news conference at noon. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was in attendance.The deal has been approved by the board of governors of the National Hockey League, who are currently meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, and the deal has closed on the Triangle's only major professional&hel
  
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• Tide Pod Challenge: The Viral Challenge Encouraging Teens To Eat Laundry Detergent

  12-01-2018 21:01
  CBS Local — A strange new internet craze coined the “Tide Pod Challenge” has gone viral with teens across the nation.
  Although some internet challenges, such as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, support a good cause, this new trend has doctors and parents nationwide worried about the health of their teens.
  The new trend requires the challenger to post a video of themselves online eating the raw or cooked laundry detergent pod.
  I cooked the boys some good tide pod pizza. What d
  
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• Hopi Mural at DMA Reflects Universal Human Odyssey

  12-01-2018 20:53
  
  Hopi artists Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie always intended for their mural, “Journey of the Human Spirit” to take a journey of its own, it's on display at the Dallas Museum of Art through Dec. 2.Photo Credit: Dallas Museum of ArtThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Charles Schwab expands footprint in DFW with new deal at AllianceTexas

  12-01-2018 20:50
  San Francisco-based financial giant Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW) has expanded its North Texas footprint ahead of the completion of its new campus at Circle T Ranch.
  
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• T. Boone Pickens to shutter Dallas energy fund, citing health

  12-01-2018 20:32
  “It has been one hell of a roller coaster ride,” Pickens wrote.
  
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• Buckle Up! The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is Underway

  12-01-2018 20:26
  
  Just in time for the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The legendary event kicks off Friday for its 122 year.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Jurors Hear About Hair Found At Dallas Teenager’s Murder Scene

  12-01-2018 20:12
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Testimony continued Friday in the Antonio Cochran trial. He is the man accused of abducting and murdering Dallas teenager Zoe Hastings two years ago. The trial started Thursday morning. Prosecutors on Friday called forensic expert witnesses to the stand.
  The prosecution is painting the picture of a teenager who loved God and her family. Hastings was on her way to church when she was taken. The 18-year-old girl was still so close to home that you could see he
  
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• Why Tenet Healthcare is selling one of Frisco’s biggest employers

  12-01-2018 19:47
  Tenet Healthcare Corp. is exploring a sale of its Conifer Health Solutions debt-collection unit, which employs more than 1,400 at its headquarters in Frisco and 14,000 nationwide. Here's why.
  
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• Reindeer games: GameStop sees holiday sales of $2.77B

  12-01-2018 19:26
  After significant holiday shopping struggles in 2016, GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) saw much better results during the 2017 season.The Grapevine-based retailer reported Friday that total global sales for the nine-week period ended Dec. 30 totaled $2.77 billion, a 10.6 percent bump over 2016.Comparable sales grew 11.8 percent, with the U.S. contributing 18.7 percent and international markets chipping in 7.9 percent.Omnichannel sales were also up 21.5 percent.Dan DeMatteo, GameStop’s interim&he
  
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• Dallas Police Take Package Thief Off The Streets

  12-01-2018 19:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW) – Police say they have arrested a woman wanted for several package thefts in the Northeast Dallas area.
  (Credit: Dallas Police)
  Officers stopped a vehicle at around 12:40 p.m. Thursday for multiple traffic violations after they received a tip that the driver matched the description of a wanted package thief.
  Police say 33-year-old Kelli Russell was arrested for those traffic violations and taken in for questioning.
  After executing a search warrant, detectives discovered a l
  
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• Dallas Police Take Alleged Package Thief Off The Streets

  12-01-2018 19:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police say they have arrested a woman suspected of stealing several packages in the Northeast Dallas area.
  (Kelli Russell)
  Officers stopped a vehicle at around 12:40 p.m. Thursday for multiple traffic violations after they received a tip that the driver matched the description of a wanted package thief.
  Police say 33-year-old Kelli Russell was arrested for those traffic violations and taken in for questioning.
  After executing a search warrant, detectives discovered a
  
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• BREAKING: Mathews' Father Indicted On Capital Murder Charge

  12-01-2018 19:16
  
  A Dallas County grand jury just handed down two indictments against Wesley Mathews in the murder of his 3-year-old daughter, Sherin.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• “How To Kill Someone” Internet Search Helps Police Arrest Texas Wife

  12-01-2018 19:04
  MAYPEARL (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in one North Texas city say an internet search, basically looking for information on how to get away with murder, is what helped put one woman behind bars.
  It was on January 2 when police received a call reporting a shooting at a house in Maypearl, about 40 miles southwest of Dallas.
  When police arrived they found 42-year old Jon Garner had been shot dead. At the time his wife, Sandra Louise Garner, told officers that she had been awakened by t
  
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• MoneyGram partners with San Francisco startup to test digital payments system

  12-01-2018 18:59
  San Francisco payment software company Ripple and Dallas-based MoneyGram International Inc. (Nasdaq: MGI) will partner on a pilot program that uses Ripple's digital currency in MoneyGram's internal payments process.Ripple's digital currency, dubbed XRP, will now help the world's second-largest money transfer company speed up its settlement times and lower money transfer costs, the companies said this week. Ripple said earlier this month that it was hoping to find partners in the remittance
  
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• Formal Charges For Adoptive Parents Of Texas 3-Year-Old Found Dead

  12-01-2018 18:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas County grand jury has indicted the adoptive parents of Sherin Mathews for her death.
  On Friday, Wesley Mathews was indicted by the grand jury for capital murder, also injury to a child and child endangerment. His wife, Sini Matthews, was indicted for endangering (abandoning) a child.
  The charge effectively holds both responsible for the October 7 death of their 3-year-old daughter Sherin.
  An autopsy was unable to pinpoint exactly how the little girl died.&nbs
  
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• Irving Police Investigating Death Of Woman

  12-01-2018 18:37
  IRVING (CBSDFW) – Irving police are investigating after a woman was found murdered in a home on Thursday.
  At around 7 p.m., police responded to a call in the 3200 block of Lark Lane and found 58-year-old Susan Bufford Maleskey had been shot and killed.
  Authorities say a family member arrived home and discovered the victim’s body.
  The motive for the crime is unknown at this time, however, detectives don’t believe the killing was random.
  Authorities are following up on leads
  
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• Man Dies While Trying To Steal Car Parts From Train Car

  12-01-2018 18:35
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A man’s body was found inside a train car in east Dallas early this morning following a botched theft attempt.
  The unidentified man was found by the train crew around 5:30 a.m. Friday while they were stopped near the intersection of Lovett and Buckner Blvd.
  Officials with Union Pacific Railroad believe the man was trying to steal car parts from railroad cars being hauled by the train.
  “At some point the vehicles shifted inside the train car and pinned
  
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• Alabama city approves $320M in incentives for Toyota-Mazda plant

  12-01-2018 17:51
  The city council in Huntsville, Alabama, on Thursday approved incentives totaling up to $320 million for a Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant.That brings the total of known incentives up to approximately $700 million, with more local governments expected to vote on incentive agreements in the coming days that will push the total even higher.
  Yesterday, the Alabama Department of Commerce said it gave the automakers nearly $380 million to lure the coveted $1.6 billion, 4,000-job project to the state
  
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• Facing Critics, Facebook Wants Feeds To Be More ‘Meaningful’

  12-01-2018 17:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is tweaking what people see to make their time on it more “meaningful” in a move that could hurt publishers and news organizations that rely on it to spread their content.
  Facebook has said before that it will emphasize personal connections over business pages and celebrities that people follow. But the latest move represents a major shift, one intended to highlight the posts users are most likely to engage with rather than passively consume.
  The compan
  
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• Car Passenger Dies While Stopping Along Dallas Highway To Urinate

  12-01-2018 17:07
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A man is dead after stopping along the highway to urinate. The incident happened just before 1:00 a.m. early Friday along Interstate-30 in Dallas, near Ferguson Road. When police arrived at the scene, they found a pair of damaged vehicles in the right lane of the highway.
  The driver of a red Mercedes said that she saw a green Honda stopped in the lane, but did not have enough time to slow down and avoid a crash. The red car slammed into the rear end of the green car,
  
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• Cedar Hill Election Workers Cut Deal in Spying Case

  12-01-2018 16:43
  
  Cedar Hill election workers accused of improper practices, including spying on black voters at a polling place, have been temporarily banned from election work as part of a deal to avoid prosecution.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Man Dies While Stealing Auto Parts From Train: Officials

  12-01-2018 16:29
  
  A man was killed after being pinned by a vehicle while trying to steal auto parts inside a railroad car in eastern Dallas Friday morning, officials say.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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• Man Shocked After Hospital Patient Discharged In Gown, Socks

  12-01-2018 16:11
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The man who said he came to the aid of a woman discharged from a Baltimore hospital wearing only a gown and socks on a cold winter’s night, says he was left outraged and stunned at how she was treated.
  Imamu Baraka, identified in local reports as the person who sought to help the woman, told The Associated Press he was so angry he decided to record Tuesday night’s events on cellphone video, fearing no one would believe him if he reported a woman being left at a
  
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• Help Your Local Girl Scouts With 'Digital Cookie' Sales

  12-01-2018 16:09
  
  Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas kicks off its annual cookie season Friday with a new program that allows people to buy online from their favorite Scout.
  
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• Shots Fired in Fort Worth Grocery Store, 1 Killed

  12-01-2018 15:01
  
  A man was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting at a Fort Worth discount grocery store Thursday night, police say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• President Trump Denies He Used Vulgarity About Africa, Hati

  12-01-2018 14:43
  President Donald Trump says “this was not the language used” after reports that he referred to “sh*thole” African nations in a meeting.
  Mr. Trump tweeted Friday amid criticism over his comments during a White House meeting Wednesday. The White House has not denied the language, nor have the several Republican lawmakers in the meeting.
  Three people briefed on the conversation say Trump questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “sh*thole coun
  
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• President Trump Denies He Used Vulgarity About Africa, Haiti

  12-01-2018 14:43
  President Donald Trump says “this was not the language used” after reports that he referred to “sh*thole” African nations in a meeting.
  Mr. Trump tweeted Friday amid criticism over his comments during a White House meeting Wednesday. The White House has not denied the language, nor have the several Republican lawmakers in the meeting.
  Three people briefed on the conversation say Trump questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “sh*thole coun
  
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• Some Walmart Employees Get Raises, Others Lose Their Jobs

  12-01-2018 14:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — For some Walmart employees, the day brought news of a pay raise. Others learned they were out of a job.
  Walmart said Thursday that it is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers and handing out bonuses. The announcement came as the company also confirmed it is closing dozens of Sam’s Club warehouse stores — a move that a union-backed group estimated could cost thousands of jobs.
  The world’s largest private employer said it was closing 63 of its 660 Sa
  
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• Teacher Arrested At School Board Meeting Says Lawsuit Seems Likely

  12-01-2018 13:54
  ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) – A Louisiana teacher ejected from a school board meeting and roughly handcuffed in a video-recorded arrest after she questioned her superintendent’s pay raise said she thinks a lawsuit is likely in the case.
  Deyshia Hargrave declined, at first, to say with certainty whether she would file a lawsuit in the matter. “We’ll see how it goes,” she said when asked again. “But I clearly feel my First Amendment rights were violated, and I feel like
  
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• Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark Opens Friday

  12-01-2018 13:54
  
  Friday marks the grand opening of Grand Prairie’s massive Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Gearing Up for the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo

  12-01-2018 13:49
  
  Get your boots shined and dust off your hat! The 2018 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo begins Friday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• GM Says It’s Mass Producing Cars Without Steering Wheels

  12-01-2018 13:39
  DETROIT (AP) – General Motors says it is making the first mass-production autonomous car without a steering wheel or pedals.
  The company says it has filed a petition with the federal government seeking permission to put the vehicles on the road sometime next year with no human backup drivers.
  GM’s Cruise Automation unit has announced plans to carry passengers in self-driving cars that won’t have a backup driver in 2019. The location of the service has not been revealed.
  GM spok
  
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• John Fogerty Irked By “Proud Mary” Film Borrowing His Song’s Name

  12-01-2018 13:31
  NEW YORK (AP) – John Fogerty says he’s annoyed that Taraji P. Henson’s new film, “Proud Mary,” borrows from his popular song’s name without his involvement.
  Fogerty does not own the rights to his infamous song. In a statement released Thursday, he says “it irks me when people seek to capitalize on the popularity of my music” for their own financial gain.
  Henson plays a hit woman in “Proud Mary,” to be released on Friday. Its trailer use
  
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• Man Dead, Woman Injured After Fort Worth Grocery Store Shooting

  12-01-2018 13:24
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A man is dead and a woman hospitalized after a robbery at a supermarket in Fort Worth.
  Police have identified the man killed as 26-year-old Raymond Huerta, of Fort Worth. Witnesses say he was killed trying to protect his wife.
  The shooting happened at the Save-A-Lot grocery store on James Avenue near Interstate-20.
  According to police, they found Huerta dead “on the floor of the business” when they arrived.
  A witness who spoke with CBS 11 New
  
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• Mechanical Strippers Spur Talk About Robot Future & Sexism

  12-01-2018 13:17
  LAS VEGAS (AP) – On a recent evening in Las Vegas during the CES technology show, robot strippers offered a window into technology’s gender fault lines — not to mention our robot future.
  From a distance, the mechanical humanoids on a strip-club stage looked something like real dancers in robot drag. But close up, they were clearly mannequins with surveillance-camera heads and abstractly sculpted feminine chests, buttocks and backs, shimmying and thrusting their boxy plastic hip
  
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• Trump Cancels London Trip Because Of Embassy Choice

  12-01-2018 13:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is canceling an upcoming trip to London because he doesn’t like the Obama administration’s choice of a new embassy there.
  Some British lawmakers questioned whether Trump would be welcome in London because of previous tweets and criticism of Muslims and his sniping at London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the aftermath of a terror attack in that city last year.
  Armed police patrol outside the new US embassy as soldiers prepare to raise the A
  
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• Shots Fired in Fort Worth Convenience Store, 1 Killed

  12-01-2018 13:08
  
  A man was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting at a Fort Worth convenience store Thursday night, police say.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Facebook Wants Your Feeds To Be More ‘Meaningful’

  12-01-2018 12:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is tweaking what people see to make their time on it more “meaningful” in a move that could hurt publishers and news organizations that rely on it to spread their content.
  Facebook has said before that it will emphasize personal connections over business pages and celebrities that people follow. But the latest move represents a major shift, one intended to highlight the posts users are most likely to engage with rather than passively consume.
  The compan
  
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• Last Victim, 6, In Texas Church Shootings Leaves Hospital

  12-01-2018 12:44
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who was shot several times and was the last victim still hospitalized following the November 5 church massacre in South Texas left the hospital for home Thursday, riding home in a firetruck.
  Ryland Ward rode in the firetruck from University Medical Center in San Antonio 30 miles to his home in Sutherland Springs, passing by the scene of the shooting that left more than two dozen worshippers at the First Baptist Church dead and about 20 others wounded. Th
  
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