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• LIVE RADAR: North Texas Under Severe Thunderstorm Watch

  17-03-2018 23:22
  
  Continuing weather coverage from NBC 5's team of Weather Experts.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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• Police Investigating Murder At Garland Apartment Complex

  17-03-2018 22:04
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – Garland police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead at an apartment complex Saturday morning.
  Officers responded to a shooting call at around 11 a.m. at the Meadow Creek Apartments in the 500 block of Tacoma Drive.
  When officers arrived, they found an unconscious male with multiple gunshot wounds lying at the bottom of a stairway between two buildings. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police say the investigation is ongoing, and the vict
  
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• Pickle-Flavored Slush Coming to Sonic

  17-03-2018 21:32
  
  Soon we’ll be able to order a pickle-flavored slush thanks to Sonic.
  
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• Data Analytics Firm Harvested 50 Million Facebook Profiles

  17-03-2018 21:20
  (CBSNEWS.COM) – A prominent data analytics firm that worked with President Trump’s campaign exploited Facebook data to harvest “millions” of profiles of U.S. voters without their authorization, according to a whistleblower who once worked to help acquire the data. On Friday, Facebook announced Cambridge Analytica — the firm that was created by billionaire donor Robert Mercer, previously run by Steve Bannon, who went on to become White House chief strategist, and rec
  
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• Dallas Police Searching for 38-Year-Old Woman

  17-03-2018 20:58
  
  Dallas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 38-year-old woman.
  
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• Chicago River Dyed Green For St. Patrick’s Day

  17-03-2018 20:57
  CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 17: Boats navigate the Chicago River shortly after it was dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago River has been dyed a bright shade of green, kicking off the city’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
  Thousands of people lined the riverfront downtown Chicago on Saturday to see the dyeing, a tradition for the holiday that dates to 1962.
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• US Probes 4 Deaths In Hyundai-Kia Cars When Air Bags Failed

  17-03-2018 20:51
  DETROIT (AP) — Air bags in some Hyundai and Kia cars failed to inflate in crashes and four people are dead. Now the U.S. government’s road safety agency wants to know why.
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating problems that affect an estimated 425,000 cars made by the Korean automakers. The agency also is looking into whether the same problem could happen in vehicles made by other companies.
  In documents posted on its website Saturday ,
  
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• Florida Bridge Collapse: 2 Cars, 3 Bodies Removed From Debris

  17-03-2018 20:44
  MIAMI (AP) — Two vehicles containing three bodies were removed from the wreckage of a collapsed Miami bridge Saturday as authorities continued to remove debris in attempt to extract at least four cars still trapped since the span fell two days earlier.
  The recovery came after police used cameras to locate five bodies in the rubble of a pedestrian bridge under construction at Florida International University. Authorities were carefully trying to get to remaining victims. At least six people
  
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• Gallery: St. Patrick's Day 2018

  17-03-2018 20:25
  
  Prepare to get pinched or kissed this weekend. North Texas will turn green, not with envy, but with the luck o’ the Irish!Photo Credit: Karen Flad
  
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• Search Resumes for Missing Plant Worker

  17-03-2018 20:09
  
  The search for a man who is missing after an explosion and fire destroyed the Texas chemical plant where he worked is underway again Friday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/Mitchell FamilyThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Suspect Accused of Attacking City Building: Police

  17-03-2018 19:07
  
  A suspect was arrested after attacking and damaging a Cockrell Hill city building Thursday, police said.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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• St. Patrick's Day Kicks Off in Dallas-Fort Worth

  17-03-2018 17:38
  
  Prepare to get pinched or kissed this weekend. North Texas will turn green, not with envy, but with the luck o’ the Irish!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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• Driver Crashes Into Dallas Fire Engine

  17-03-2018 16:25
  
  A driver was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after crashing into a Dallas Fire and Rescue engine early Saturday morning, police said.
  
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• Plan Transforms Fort Worth Quarry Into Entertainment Center

  17-03-2018 05:32
  
  A north Fort Worth neighborhood is set for some major changes with an ambitious plan to turn an abandoned quarry into a brand new living and entertainment center.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 'Team Christina' to Help Find Other Missing People

  17-03-2018 05:27
  
  A team of people who spent more than three years searching for Christina Morris says they will now help find other missing people.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Millennials: A Generation of Business Disrupters?

  17-03-2018 05:21
  
  Amazon changed the way many people shop. Uber and Lyft changed how many hail a ride. So, who are the next game-changers in the world of business?Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• TCU Falls To Syracuse In First Round Game Of NCAA Tournament

  17-03-2018 05:15
  DETROIT (AP) – Syracuse is moving on and TCU is heading back to Fort Worth.
  The Orange’s trademark zone defense contained TCU for a 57-52 win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
  Marek Dolezaj #21 of the Syracuse Orange shoots the ball during the first half against the TCU Horned Frogs in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Little Caesars Arena on March 16, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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• 1 Killed, 2 Shot In Irving Friday Night

  17-03-2018 04:21
  IRVING, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – One person is dead after a double shooting shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday in Irving.
  Officers responded to a shooting call in the 1400 block of W. Airport Freeway and found two victims that had been shot.
  Witnesses reported seeing a fight right before the shooting and the suspected shooter leaving in a vehicle.
  Both victims were rushed to Parkland Hospital where one died.  The other suffered non-life threatening injuries.
  Detectives have responded to the
  
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• AG Sessions Fires Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe

  17-03-2018 03:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he has fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a longtime and frequent target of President Donald Trump’s anger, just two days before his scheduled retirement date.
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (L) and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (R) during a news conference to announce significant law enforcement actions July 13, 2017 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Attorney General Jeff Sessions held the news co
  
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• Michael Flynn Campaigns For GOP Congressional Candidate

  17-03-2018 03:25
  LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) – Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is campaigning for a Republican congressional candidate in California.
  Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves following his plea hearing at the Prettyman Federal Courthouse December 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged Flynn with one count of making a false statement to the FBI. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
  Flynn endorsed Repu
  
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• Trump Lawyer Claims Up To $20M In Damages

  17-03-2018 03:15
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, wants a lawsuit brought by porn actress Stormy Daniels moved to federal court, and claims the woman could owe $20 million in damages for violating a non-disclosure agreement.
  The Friday court filing seeks to move Daniels’ case from a state-level court to federal court in Los Angeles.
  Adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives at the 24th annual Adult Video News Awards Show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Janua
  
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• 125,000 Expected At Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade

  17-03-2018 03:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It is the 39th installment Saturday of the Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade and there are a lot of new faces and businesses in the Lower Greenville area that have never experienced the festivities.
  The parade officially starts at 11:00 a.m., but many die-hard spectators will arrive hours before just to get a good spot.
  Organizers are expecting 125,000 people to inject themselves into the area, many of who will try squeezing into local bars are house parties after
  
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• State Of Florida: Voicemail About Cracks 2 Days Before Bridge Fell

  17-03-2018 02:56
  MIAMI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An engineer left a voicemail two days before a catastrophic bridge failure in Miami to say some cracking had been found at one end of the concrete span, but the voicemail wasn’t picked up until after the collapse, Florida Department of Transportation officials said Friday.
  The voicemail left on a landline wasn’t heard by a state DOT employee until Friday because the employee was out of the office on an assignment, the agency said in an email.
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• Pentagon: No Survivors In American Helicopter Crash In Iraq

  17-03-2018 01:53
  BAGHDAD (AP) — All seven service members aboard a U.S. helicopter that crashed in Iraq were killed, the Pentagon said Friday in a written statement.
  The aircraft crashed in western Iraq a day earlier, said the officials, who insisted on speaking anonymously to release details of the crash before they were made public.
  The crash did not appear to be the result of enemy activity and is under investigation, the Pentagon said.
  “This tragedy reminds us of the risks our men and women face
  
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• GOP Candidate Who Called Teen ‘Skinhead Lesbian’ Quits Race

  17-03-2018 01:39
  SABATTUS, Maine (AP) — A Republican Maine House candidate who called a Florida high school shooting survivor a “skinhead lesbian” and called another a “bald-faced liar” is quitting the race.
  Leslie Gibson was widely criticized for insulting the survivors of last month’s shooting, which killed 17 people. The Portland Press Herald reports Gibson said Friday he’s walking away with his “head held high.”
  PARKLAND, FL – FEBRUARY 25: Emma Gonz
  
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• Girlfriend Of Man Missing In Plant Blast Waits

  17-03-2018 01:00
  CRESSON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – The girlfriend of the man who is missing and presumed dead after an explosion at a Texas chemical plant says she keeps calling his phone, hoping he’ll answer or that the rescuers will hear it and find him.
  Amber Gutierrez, Dylan Mitchell’s girlfriend, was waiting Friday afternoon near the site of Thursday’s explosion at a Tri-Chem Industries plant in Cresson, 50 miles southwest of Dallas. Mitchell’s brother and cousin waited with her
  
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• Scientist Weighs in on Complaints Against North Texas Water

  17-03-2018 00:50
  
  Just one day after the North Texas Municipal Water District assured its customers that its drinking water meets state standards and is absolutely safe, more people are raising questions.
  
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