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• Authorities Release Austin Bomb Investigation Documents

  09-04-2018 23:58
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Federal officials say the suspect in a series of fatal Austin package bombings used PVC pipe casing, a metal pipe and shrapnel in his attacks that killed two people and seriously injured four others.
  Authorities on Monday released an affidavit used to support an arrest warrant for suspect Mark Conditt. Investigators used bomb evidence, video surveillance, interviews and phone records to chart a path to Conditt.
  Austin Police say Mark Conditt died after he se
  
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• How to Avoid Crooks Pretending To Be the IRS

  09-04-2018 23:45
  
  Know there are many warning signs that someone claiming to be an IRS agent, really isn't.Photo Credit: NBC
  
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• Convicted Fort Worth Killer Set To Die This Month Loses Appeal

  09-04-2018 23:30
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has refused to stop the execution later this month of a Fort Worth man on death row for the shooting deaths of a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother at a children’s birthday party a decade ago.
  Attorneys for 31-year-old Erick Davila contend prosecutors failed to disclose to trial lawyers that Davila was high on drugs at the time of the shootings, that his earlier appeals attorneys were deficient and that the death penalty s
  
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• Arizona Sends 225 Troops To Mexico Border, More On The Way

  09-04-2018 23:20
  PHOENIX (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday that 225 members of the state’s National Guard were heading to the U.S.-Mexico border to support President Donald Trump’s call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
  More of the state’s Guard members will be deployed on Tuesday, said Ducey, a Republican.
  The Arizona troops were being sent after Texas announced Friday it would send 250 National Guard members and helicopters took the first
  
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• Democratic States Fighting Texas Lawsuit Targeting Affordable Care Act

  09-04-2018 23:18
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia are pushing back against a Texas lawsuit to invalidate former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led the group Monday in filing a motion to intervene in the case.
  It sets up a battle between Democratic and Republican-led states, 19 of which joined the Texas case filed in February.
  The Texas lawsuit argues the Affordable Care Act is
  
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• Rat Snake Rescued by Animal Control in The Colony

  09-04-2018 22:49
  
  Animal control officers rescued a large rat snake that was trying to cross Main Street in The Colony on Monday.Photo Credit: The Colony Police Department
  
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• Rep. Beto O'Rourke Says He'd Vote to Impeach Trump

  09-04-2018 22:41
  
  U.S. Rep. and current candidate for Senate Beto O'Rourke (D-TX 16th District) says if he's elected he'd vote to impeach President Donald Trump.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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• 85,000-Year-Old Fossil Found May Rewrite History Of Human Migration

  09-04-2018 22:04
  CBS Local — The fossil of a finger that dates back over 85,000 years may end up changing everything the world knows about the history of the human race.
  Spurred on by the discovery made in the desert of Saudi Arabia, scientists say there is now evidence that early humans may have taken a completely different path out of Africa than archaeologists previously suspected. According to reports, the tiny bone is the oldest human fossil found outside of Africa or an ancient area in the
  
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• Security Upgrades at Dallas Police Stations on Schedule

  09-04-2018 21:51
  
  After several attacks on police officers in recent years, security upgrades to Dallas police stations are proceeding on time and should be complete early this summer.
  
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• Work Begins On New Border Wall In Southern New Mexico

  09-04-2018 21:29
  SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) — Work is beginning along a 20-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico to replace existing vehicle barriers with a new bollard wall.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials gathered Monday to mark the groundbreaking of the $73 million project at Santa Teresa near New Mexico’s state line with Texas.
  Officers in the area are responsible for a sprawling desert territory that spans a portion of West Texas and all of New Mexico.
  They say
  
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• Oak Cliff Crash Sends Truck Rolling Into Home

  09-04-2018 21:11
  
  A crash between a car and a pickup sent the truck rolling through a fence and backyard before it came to rest inside the back of a house in Oak Cliff Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Woman Claims Wind Blew Cocaine Into Her Purse, Police Say

  09-04-2018 20:58
  CBS Local – Authorities say a Florida woman is blaming a windy day for the cocaine that police found in her purse.
  Kennecia Posey was reportedly one of two passengers in a car stopped for erratic driving by police in late March. Fort Pierce police say an officer smelled marijuana and, after searching the car, found cocaine and marijuana in separate bags inside a purse Posey had on her lap.
  Authorities say they questioned Posey about the drugs. According to the arrest report, Posey res
  
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• Truck Flips, Slams Upside Down Into Side Of House

  09-04-2018 20:52
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the scene of a truck that had flipped upside down and crashed into the side of a house Monday afternoon.
  One person inside the south Oak Cliff home was hit but walked away unharmed, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans.
  (photo courtesy: Chopper 11)
  One car with two people inside, and one truck with three people inside were involved in the incident.
  A witness told CBS 11 News they were racing.
  The truck rolled multi
  
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• Oklahoma Orders Cut In Water Injection After Earthquakes

  09-04-2018 20:47
  COVINGTON, OK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has directed a wastewater disposal well to reduce its volume of injection after more than a dozen earthquakes rattled part of northwest Oklahoma since Friday.
  The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recorded three quakes Monday, including one near Covington now rated magnitude 4.5 after a preliminary rating of 4.3. Magnitude 3.3 and 2.8 quakes were also recorded Monday in the area about 55 miles north of Oklahoma City.
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• 18-Year-Old Missing From Dallas Found Safe

  09-04-2018 20:39
  
  An 18-year-old woman reported missing after being last seen Sunday night in Dallas has been found safe, police say.
  
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• ‘A New Level Of Stupid’: Resort Visitors Throw Carrots At Alligator

  09-04-2018 20:25
  CBS Local — Authorities in South Carolina are looking for the people who harassed an 11-foot alligator at an island resort. The suspects, who threw carrots at the beast’s head, are now facing a stiff fine for each object thrown at the gator.
  In a Facebook post by Fripp Island Activity Center, the alligator is photographed with a carrot stuck to the side of its head and other carrots laying near it after tourists allegedly harassed the animal. Workers at the Fripp Island resort called
  
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• Fort Worth Officer Hospitalized After Crash Along Interstate 30

  09-04-2018 19:26
  
  A Fort Worth police officer has been hospitalized after a car crash.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Father Strangles Daughter, Then Hangs Himself in Collin Co.

  09-04-2018 19:13
  
  A man killed his adult daughter before ending his own life Sunday inside a home in the small Collin County town of Lucas, 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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• Winning Texas Lottery Ticket Purchased In Fort Worth

  09-04-2018 19:11
  
  A Haltom City resident decides to remain anonymous after claiming $2.6 million on a Texas Lottery scratch off ticket.Photo Credit: Texas Media Relations, State Lottery
  
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• News Now: American Airlines Oxygen Canister, Bill Cosby Retrial

  09-04-2018 19:11
  American Airlines is responding to a mother who said that an oxygen canister fell on her child’s head while on a flight to DFW. Plus, opening statements started this morning in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial.
  
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• Trump Stands By EPA Chief As Probes Into His Conduct Expand

  09-04-2018 18:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scott Pruitt is facing new and expanded ethics investigations for his handling of taxpayer dollars and possible perks he’s gotten as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Staff for the Republican-led House Oversight committee confirmed Monday that it has expanded its review of Pruitt’s travel spending to now include ethical questions surrounding his bargain $50-a-night rental of a Capitol Hill condo tied to a fossil fuels lobbyist.
  The Office of Governm
  
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• NASA Plans To Put Robot Bees On Mars

  09-04-2018 18:37
  CBS Local — NASA has revealed their plan for the next generation of space exploration. The space agency says it is working on creating a swarm of robot bees that will fly around the surface of Mars.
  In a March 30 press release, NASA outlined their proposal for the “Marsbees.” The tiny robots will launch from a new rover dropped on the red planet and then spread out; mapping the terrain, taking air samples, and searching for signs of life.
  NASA wants to send swarms of robot bees
  
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• Toddler Hit By Oxygen Canister On American Airlines Flight

  09-04-2018 17:32
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSNEWS.COM) – A toddler was struck in the head by an oxygen canister on board an American Airlines flight that was traveling to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports. Flight 126 departed from Hong Kong International Airport on Saturday.According to American Airlines, the plane was inspected and repaired by workers. The aircraft was put back into service Saturday evening.
  The one-year-old boy’s mother, Jennifer Zanone, t
  
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• Angry About Driver Cutting Him Off, Man Shoots Church Windows

  09-04-2018 17:31
  RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) – A man who was upset after someone cut him off in a church parking lot told police he took his anger out by shooting at the house of worship’s windows.
  Police arrested Ryan McFaul, 32, after reviewing Arapaho United Methodist Church’s security footage and identifying him.
  Ryan McFaul, 32 (photo credit: Richardson Police Dept.)
  Pellets from McFaul’s BB gun broke through the outer pane of the double-pane windows but did not reach the inside of
  
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• DFW Senior Earns $900K in Scholarships

  09-04-2018 17:30
  
  Brains and heart combine in today's Tell Me Something Good. Daniela Pahari is a senior at International Leadership of Texas Keller-Saginaw High School. She has earned more than $900,000 in college scholarships...
  
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• Traffic Tizzy Upset Church Vandalism Suspect for Weeks: PD

  09-04-2018 17:20
  
  A 32-year-old man told police he had been upset for weeks prior to damaging windows at a Richardson church because someone from the church parking lot cut him off in traffic, Richardson 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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• Topless Protester Charges At Bill Cosby As Retrial Begins

  09-04-2018 17:06
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A topless protester with “Women’s Lives Matter” written on her body jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian walked into a Pennsylvania courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial.
  The unidentified woman ran in front of Cosby toward a bank of TV cameras but was intercepted by sheriff’s deputies and led away in handcuffs.
  Cosby seemed startled by the commotion as a half-dozen protesters cha
  
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• Apple Announces Red iPhone 8 In Partnership To Fight AIDS

  09-04-2018 17:03
  SAN FRANCISCO (CNN Money) – The iPhone is once again seeing red. Apple on Monday announced a special edition of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus with a red aluminum body. Aside from the new color, the devices are identical to the models that Apple launched in September.
  This joins an existing lineup of iPhone 8 colors such as gray, silver and gold.
  The devices, available in 64 GB and 256 GB models, start at $699 and $799, respectively.
  This is the second consecutive year that Apple has
  
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• News Now: House Explosion, DPD Safety & Duck Rescue

  09-04-2018 16:40
  Surveillance video shows the moment a house in Hurst – with family members inside – exploded. The Dallas Public Safety Committee will get an update today on plans to better protect officers at police stations. And check out a dramatic duck rescue by first-responders in Grapevine.
  
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• Suspect in Deaths of Woman, Daughter Arrested in Tenn.

  09-04-2018 16:36
  
  A Texas man identified by police as a suspect in the slayings of a woman and her young daughter has been captured in Tennessee.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Mother & Daughter Murdered in Fort Worth; Suspect Arrested

  09-04-2018 16:33
  
  Fort Worth police sources confirm homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of a mother and daughter Friday afternoon.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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• Fort Worth Double Murder Suspect Found & Arrested In Tennessee

  09-04-2018 16:19
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Tennessee have confirmed that a double murder suspect from Fort Worth has been taken into custody. Paige Terrell Lawyer was arrested by the Murfreesboro Police Department, the Rutherfound County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Marshals over the weekend.
  Lawyer is now being held at the Rutherford County Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
  Authorities in Fort Worth identified Lawyer as the suspect on Saturday. He is believed to be the one res
  
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• NBC 5 Super Kids

  09-04-2018 16:09
  
  NBC 5 viewers shared photos of Super Kids they know. Do you know someone? Send a picture and a brag to [email protected] to add to the gallery.
  
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• Massive Oklahoma Teacher Protests Enter 2nd Week

  09-04-2018 15:29
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers were returning to the state Capitol on Monday as teachers in the state’s largest school districts entered a second week of massive demonstrations to demand more education funding.
  Teachers, students and supporters were again expected to flood the Capitol. Leaders of Oklahoma’s largest teacher’s union have said protests will continue unless lawmakers approve a repeal of a capital gains tax exemption and the governor vetoes a rep
  
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• Ceiling Panel Falls on Toddler on American Airlines Flight

  09-04-2018 15:16
  
  An American Airlines passenger flying to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport from Hong Kong says a ceiling panel fell on her 1-year-old son's head.Photo Credit: Jennifer Zanone
  
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• “Simpsons” Jokes About Apu Stereotype, But Some Aren’t Laughing

  09-04-2018 15:15
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Sunday night’s episode of “The Simpsons” commented on a controversy over one of its characters, and not everyone thought that the response was funny.
  Comedian Hari Kondabolu’s documentary “The Problem with Apu” debuted last November and looked at the show’s character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a negative, stereotypical representation of South Asians. Apu is an Indian-American character who operates the Kwik-E-Mart convenienc
  
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• Vaping Is Now An Epidemic Among U.S. High School Students

  09-04-2018 14:43
  NEW YORK (CNN) – A sharp spike in vaping and the use of e-cigarettes by students has grabbed the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  The rapid spread of the fad was flagged in a 2016 report from the U.S. surgeon general. It cited a 900 percent increase in e-cigarette use by high school students from 2011 to 2015, and the 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey noted that 1.7 million high school students said that they had used e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days.
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• Security Upgrades At DPD HQ & Substations Nearing Completion

  09-04-2018 14:43
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Ever since an attack on Dallas police headquarters nearly three years ago there have been calls to better protect officers. Now, major upgrades to security at police stations are nearing completion.
  The headquarters building on South Lamar Street has already been outfitted with bulletproof glass, but there are more upgrades being made inside the lobby and at the seven substations serving neighborhoods across the city.
  The need for better officer security was brou
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes For Jabs At Sean Hannity On Show & Online

  09-04-2018 14:27
  LOS ANGELES (CNN Money) – Jimmy Kimmel offered to put an end to a feud between him and FOX News host Sean Hannity. Kimmel took to Twitter on Sunday to apologize to those who he may have offended with his brash jabs at the conservative commentator during a week of verbal and social media sparring.
  “While I admit I did have fun with our back and forth, after some thought, I realize that the level of vitriol from all sides (mine and me included) does nothing good for anyone and, in
  
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• “Black Panther” Sinks “Titanic” On List Of Highest Grossing Films

  09-04-2018 14:12
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/CNN Money) – “Black Panther” moved past “Titanic” this weekend on the all-time list of highest grossing films.
  “Black Panther” has now made $665.4 million domestically, which makes the Disney and Marvel Studios film starring Chadwick Boseman the third-highest grossing film in North American history. The superhero film has now officially passed “Titanic” and is only behind “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and
  
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• 5 STAAR Test 'Teacher Tips' for Parents

  09-04-2018 13:43
  
  NBC 5 went back to school for a lesson on what teachers want you to know to help your students succeed.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Apple Co-Founder Protests Facebook By Shutting Down Account

  09-04-2018 13:22
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media giant struggles to cope with the worst privacy crisis in its history.
  In an email to USA Today, Wozniak says Facebook makes a lot of advertising money from personal details provided by users. He says the “profits are all based on the user’s info, but the users get none of the profits back.”
  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak motions to a camera ahead of an Apple media
  
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• Trump Once Fought Measure Requiring Sprinklers In Buildings

  09-04-2018 13:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — The 50th-floor apartment in Trump Tower where a man was killed in a raging fire did not have sprinklers — a requirement Donald Trump once fought as a powerful real estate developer.
  Todd Brassner, 67, died at a hospital on Saturday after a fire ripped through his apartment in the high-rise, which opened in 1983 at a time when building codes did not require the residential section to have sprinklers.
  Subsequent updates to the codes required commercial skyscrapers to in
  
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• Massive Oklahoma Teacher Protests Expected To Enter 2nd Week

  09-04-2018 12:47
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers are slated to return to the state Capitol amid a second week of massive teacher demonstrations for more classroom money.
  Leaders of Oklahoma’s largest teacher’s union said protests would continue Monday unless lawmakers approve a repeal of a capital gains tax exemption and the governor vetoes a repeal of a proposed lodging tax.
  Thousands rallied at the Oklahoma state Capitol building during a statewide education walkout on April 4, 2018 i
  
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• Child Advocates Ask FTC To Investigate YouTube

  09-04-2018 12:36
  NEW YORK (AP) – Read carefully through the fine print of YouTube’s terms of service and you might notice that you’ve affirmed you are old enough to watch it.
  “If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the service,” the terms say. “There are lots of other great web sites for you.”
  It’s a warning that goes unheeded by millions of children around the world who visit YouTube to watch cartoons, nursery rhymes, science experiments or
  
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• Arizona Sends Troops To Mexican Border After Texas Deployment

  09-04-2018 07:16
  PHOENIX (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday that 225 members of the state’s National Guard were heading to the U.S.-Mexico border to support President Donald Trump’s call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
  More of the state’s Guard members will be deployed on Tuesday, said Ducey, a Republican.
  The Arizona troops were being sent after Texas announced Friday it would send 250 National Guard members and helicopters to the border.
  
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• SWAT Team Training Planned in Grapevine on Monday

  09-04-2018 05:54
  
  The city of Grapevine issued a heads-up warning on Sunday about SWAT training that will happen in Grapevine on Monday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Southern Sector Cities Work Together To Take Active Shooter Training To New Level

  09-04-2018 05:23
  RED OAK (CBSDFW.COM) – New tools for changing times. Police and fire departments from several southern sector cities are working together to take their active shooter training to a new level.
  “You just never know when an event’s going to happen so it’s our responsibility through these efforts to be prepared and try to plan,” said Chief Eric Thompson of the Red Oak Fire Department.
  Recent training involved testing the impact on response times when firefighters are eq
  
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• Family, Residents Call For Change In Neighborhood Where Hurst Home Exploded

  09-04-2018 05:15
  HURST (CBSDFW.COM) – A house explosion Saturday afternoon in Hurst caused by a car crash sent several people to the hospital, including a family of three. Now, family members and neighbors are calling for change on the neighborhood roads to avoid another catastrophe.
  Misty Foote remembers the house before it was reduced to rubble. “The holidays. Everybody getting together. Everyone having fun,” she said.
  She said the house was built by her grandparents and that it’s been
  
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• Motorcyclist Dies After Crash in Arlington

  09-04-2018 05:09
  
  Arlington Police say the driver of a motorcycle died Sunday night after a crash along U.S. 287.
  
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