Dallas news

• Arlington Offers Free Rides on 'Milo' Driverless Bus Friday

  10-04-2018 23:57
  
  The City of Arlington is now booking free rides for their "Milo" autonomous shuttle service.
  
  Read more

• Cruz To Zuckerberg: Facebook; Other Techs Have ‘Pervasive Pattern Of Political Bias’

  10-04-2018 23:35
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas Senator Ted Cruz had some tough questions for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
  Zuckerberg apologized for his company’s role in a data privacy scandal and foreign interference in the 2016 elections before Congress Tuesday, saying the social network “didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibility.”
  Cruz began by asking Zuckerberg if Facebook considers itself a neutral public forum. “Senator, we consi
  
  Read more

• North Texas Pediatrician Suspended After Months Of Bizarre Behavior

  10-04-2018 23:30
  ROCKWALL, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas pediatrician has been suspended from his practice for bizarre and dangerous acts detailed in documents from the Texas Medical Board.
  After more than 20 years licensed in Texas, the board suspended Dr. Kurt Pflieger, after he showed up to work last week crying and wearing pajamas.  The breakdown ended months of illegal behavior according to the documents.
  Dr. Kurt Pflieger (Rockwall Pediatrics)
  The report from the Texas Medical Board said it
  
  Read more

• Seth Meyers’ Wife Gives Birth In Lobby Of Their Building

  10-04-2018 23:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Myers says his new son was born in the lobby of their apartment building.
  The “Late Night with Seth Meyers” host told his audience Monday about the birth of his second child.
  Seth Meyers (L) and wife Alexi Ashe attend the “Meteor Shower” Broadway Opening Night at the Booth Theatre on November 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
  Myers said he figured he had plenty of time when his wife, Alexi Ashe, went into labor Sun
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Congress Asks: Is Facebook a Monopoly? Does It Need Regulation?

  10-04-2018 22:59 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg if the company faced legitimate competition or if it was a monopoly. Graham also asked if Zuckerberg would welcome government regulation.
  
  Read more

• Robotics Help North Texas Athlete Return To The Ice

  10-04-2018 22:58
  
  Robotics are helping surgeons at Children's Health better treat children with severe scoliosis.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Zuckerberg Shares How He Plans to Keep Facebook Free

  10-04-2018 22:24 via nbcdfw.com
  
  When pressed on how to maintain a sustainable business model without charging users to use the platform, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the solution is to run ads.
  
  Read more

• Bag It Up: Dog Poop A Major Environmental Pollutant, Reports Find

  10-04-2018 22:11
  CBS Local — Whether you live in a crowded city or small rural town, no one likes having to dodge the waste left behind by a neighbor’s dog. While many areas in the U.S. try to crack down on the littering aspect of not cleaning up after your dog, studies are also finding that dog poop is becoming a major environmental hazard too.
  Pet dogs in the United States produce over 10 million tons of feces every year and not every dog owner is bagging the waste on each walk. A 2014 report by Li
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Zuckerberg Grilled Over Cambridge Analytica Data Usage

  10-04-2018 21:52 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Sens. Bill Nelson and John Thune questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about why the social media platform did not inform more than 87 million users that their data had been harvested when a breach was...
  
  Read more

• Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Bashes Facebook Over Privacy

  10-04-2018 21:50
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he isn’t sure Facebook can fix its privacy issues and he expects it will be decades before it changes its policies.
  Wozniak announced he’s shutting down his Facebook account amid the worst privacy crisis the social media company has faced.
  In an interview Monday in Philadelphia with The Associated Press, Wozniak called Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s failure to look after his users’ privacy hypocritical.
  Co
  
  Read more

• ‘I’m Responsible’: Zuckerberg’s Opening Statement to Congress

  10-04-2018 21:25 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress Tuesday to testify about user privacy and nefarious uses of the social media platform.
  
  Read more

• Free-Range Parenting Laws Letting Kids Roam Could Catch On

  10-04-2018 21:18
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After Utah passed the country’s first law legalizing so-called free-range parenting, groups in states from New York to Texas are pushing for similar steps to bolster the idea that supporters say is an antidote for anxiety-plagued parents and overscheduled kids.
  Free-range parenting is the concept that giving kids the freedom to do things alone — like explore a playground or ride a bike to school — makes them healthier, happier and more resilient.
  It
  
  Read more

• Three North Texans charged in Backpage indictment

  10-04-2018 21:01
  The founders of Backpage.com and five others at the classified site have been indicted on federal charges in what authorities say was a scheme to facilitate prostitution by running ads for sexual services and hiding their revenues.An indictment unsealed Monday alleges that Backpage.com on some occasions had helped customers edit their ads so they would stay within legal limits while still encouraging commercial sex.In one area, the indictment reads, "for several years, Backpage's official p
  
  Read more

• Fort Worth Alliance Airport completes 'one of the most complex' airport expansions

  10-04-2018 20:58
  Fort Worth Alliance Airport recently completed an expansion of its runway located at the north end of the airport.
  
  Read more

• Mesero founder files counterclaim against the company's CEO, two investors

  10-04-2018 20:57
  As promised, restaurateur Michael “Mico” Rodriguez and his attorney Larry Friedman filed counterclaims against leaders at Mesero Restaurant Group. Friedman has alleged a trio of investors and executives is attempting to “chase away” Rodriguez from the company.A 237-page filing submitted Monday to the 101st Judicial District claims Ryan T. Rogers, Matthew Fleeger and Woodrow Robert “Trey” Dyer have attempted “to frighten and bully Mico Rodriguez, violate
  
  Read more

• Investors pump $16M into construction wave cresting near Galleria

  10-04-2018 20:48
  One of the busiest apartment developers in North Texas is partnering with two out-of-state investors on a new, mixed-use project near the Galleria shopping mall.Newport Beach, Calif.-based Buchanan Street Partners and Minneapolis-based CarVal Investors will pump $16 million into the first phase of the Alpha West development in Farmers Branch. Irving-based apartment builder JPI is constructing a 409-unit, $74 million apartment complex as part of the project at the southwest corner of Inwood and&h
  
  Read more

• Man Used Fake School Shooting As Diversion To Rob Bank, FBI Says

  10-04-2018 20:41
  CBS Local — A 70-year-old man in Michigan has been accused of three bank robberies after placing fake 911 calls to divert police from his crimes.
  According to the FBI, William Francis Minore used a phony school shooting and other similar emergencies as a distraction while he held up banks in Empire and Lake Ann at gunpoint.
  In 2016, Minore allegedly called police and told dispatchers that “a man entered a school and shot his daughter, is shooting other people,” F
  
  Read more

• American Airlines rivals Delta in March on-time arrivals

  10-04-2018 20:20
  Attention Delta Air Lines: You’re suddenly facing an on-time arrival horse race with both United Airlines and American Airlines (Nasdaq: AAL). Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV)? Definitely not so much.Per airline data behemoth OAG’s March on-time arrival report out this morning, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) finished the month where it is quite accustomed to finishing, namely in first place with 82.8 percent of flights arriving on time. The United States Department of
  
  Read more

• AT&T workers vote to authorize strike, if contracts expire

  10-04-2018 20:11
  Two contracts covering nearly 14,000 AT&T workers are set to expire on Saturday, April 14. While the two sides may agree to continue negotiations after expiration, members of the Communications Workers of America have authorized union leadership to call a strike if necessary, according to a vote Monday.
  The AT&T Midwest contract covers workers in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, while the Legacy T contract covers workers nationwide. CWA District 4 Vice President Linda L.
  
  Read more

• Texas expands investigations into cryptocurrency fraud

  10-04-2018 20:07
  As a boom in alternative currencies like Bitcoin have attracted huge investments and lofty speculation, Texas has been one of the more aggressive states cracking down on fraud. Now, it's is expanding its investigations.The Texas State Securities board opened 32 investigations over a 4-week period at the end of last year. And after finding more fraudulent promoters across the Internet – sometimes offering returns as high as 40 percent a month – the agency now has 60 case files open, a
  
  Read more

• TxDOT: Work Zone Fatalities Are On The Rise

  10-04-2018 20:04
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), work zone fatalities across the state increased 9 percent in 2017 — resulting in nearly 100 deaths and more than 800 serious injuries.
  As the population of Texas continues to grow, there could more than 2,500 active TxDOT work zones operating across the state at any given time. While 96 percent of the deaths last year claimed the lives of motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists &
  
  Read more

• Scientists Say They Have Fixed The Gene Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease

  10-04-2018 19:59
  CBS Local — A team in California has identified the gene that is the primary risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease. More importantly, the scientists have reportedly created a way to correct the harmful gene in human cells.
  According to researchers at Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, people who have one copy of the “apoE4” gene are at twice the risk for developing Alzheimer’s. A person with two copies of the gene have 12 times the risk for eventua
  
  Read more

• Man Serving Life For Acid Burning Of Teen Loses Appeal

  10-04-2018 19:49
  HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a man serving life in prison for burning one of his girlfriend’s children with acid during an argument while in a pickup truck in far North Texas nearly 10 years ago.
  (Photo credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
  Tracy Lynn Escobedo contended six jurors at his trial in Gainesville, about 60 miles north of Dallas, were biased when they convicted him of felony injury to a child. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
  
  Read more

• Actor T.J. Miller Charged With Making Bomb Report On Train

  10-04-2018 19:40
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Actor T.J. Miller has been charged with calling 911 to falsely claim that a woman on the same train as him had a bomb in her luggage.
  Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say Miller was released on $100,000 bond after an initial appearance in federal court in New Haven on Tuesday.
  Actor T.J. Miller (courtesy: Instagram/teenagemillionaire)
  The former “Silicon Valley” actor and comedian was arrested in New York on Monday.
  Prosecutors say Miller called in the
  
  Read more

• Dallas investors are betting on America’s trillion-dollar plumbing fix

  10-04-2018 19:37
  An investment group led by a pair of Dallas firms is making a bet that U.S. cities will fix their aging water and sewer systems as more pipelines have fallen into disrepair.
  
  Read more

• Kroger’s Hiring Spree Goes On, Another 11K Jobs This Year

  10-04-2018 19:32
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Kroger is hiring 11,000 workers, up about 1,000 from last year.
  The nation’s largest grocery chain by revenue is locked in a fierce competition with Amazon.com, which acquired Whole Foods last year, as well as Walmart and Target.
  (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  The company said Tuesday that almost 2,000 of the jobs are management positions. It hired 12,000 people in 2016 and currently has nearly 500,000 employees and 2,800 grocery stores.
  Kroger Co. is earmarking
  
  Read more

• HUD Awards $5B to Texas for Harvey, Flooding Recovery

  10-04-2018 19:15
  
  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding Texas $5,035,260,000 Tuesday to support long-term disaster recovery following Hurricane Harvey and flooding events in 2015 and 2016.
  
  Read more

• DFW among nation’s best places to live

  10-04-2018 19:05
  The Dallas-Fort Worth region is one of the best places in the nation to live, though a couple of Texas cities ranked above it in a new list by U.S. News & World Report.North Texas is No. 18 on the 2018 Best Places to Live list, which ranks the nation’s 125 largest metropolitan areas based on job market, affordability, quality of life, desirability and new migration. “When deciding on a place to settle down, it’s important to understand that where a person lives can imp
  
  Read more

• What is the Dry Line?

  10-04-2018 18:42
  
  What is the dry line? Our next chance for thunderstorms and possibly severe weather is this Friday.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• H-E-B Plans for Mansfield Still Alive, City Officials Told

  10-04-2018 18:40
  
  New retail development in Mansfield may just be the spark to get San Antonio-based H-E-B to build a store in the southern suburb. It has owned property there for a few years.Photo Credit: H-E-B
  
  Read more

• ‘Congratulations, You Won’ Pop Up Scam Infecting iPhones And Androids

  10-04-2018 18:40
  CBS Local – Pop-up ads were a plague to internet users for years before the invention of pop-up blocking technology. Now, it seems the old menace has come back with a new twist as iPhone and Android users are reportedly being bombarded by phony messages telling them they’ve won a prize.
  The new wave of “congratulations” pop-up ads promise prizes like free Amazon gift cards, iPhones, or cash in exchange for clicking on the message or submitting personal information. A
  
  Read more

• Dallas Wings Only NTX Pro Team to Make Playoffs This Season

  10-04-2018 18:39
  
  When it comes to North Texas professional sports teams, women ruled this season.Photo Credit: Ian McKinnell
  
  Read more

• Video Shows Wrong-Way Driver Coming Toward Southlake Police Officer

  10-04-2018 18:03
  SOUTHLAKE (CBSDFW.COM) – The Southlake Police Department has released new video that shows the exact moment when an officer spots a wrong-way driver — coming right at him along the highway. The video is from around 1:00 a.m. early Tuesday.
  According to police, the department had received numerous phone calls regarding a wrong-way driver in the eastbound lanes of Highway 114, between Dove Road and White Chapel Boulevard. As one officer attempted to find the driver, the vehicle we
  
  Read more

• Fort Worth Resident Hits Multi-Millionaire Status After Buying Lottery Ticket

  10-04-2018 18:01
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Someone in Fort Worth is $3 million richer thanks to their prizewinning Texas Lottery scratch ticket.
  The new millionaire chose to remain anonymous.His or her good luck gave the QuickTrip located at 3201 Golden Triangle Blvd. eligibility for a $10,000 retailer bonus. Not a bad score for merely selling a ticket!
  The $3 million was the first of 12 top prizes available in the game. $750 Million Winner’s Circle offers more than $75
  
  Read more

• Bodies Of Woman, 1-Year-Old Found In South Texas Park

  10-04-2018 17:44
  LAREDO (AP) — Investigators in South Texas say a woman and 1-year-old boy found dead in a park near the banks of the Rio Grande were homicide victims.
  U.S. Border Patrol agents in Laredo first discovered the body of the woman Monday in the rural park and the child’s body was then found about 15 feet away.
  Laredo police spokesman Joe Baeza says there were “signs of foul play.”
  He declined to release additional information Tuesday but said new details will be available late
  
  Read more

• $2.6M Scratch-Off Winner Purchased In Fort Worth

  10-04-2018 17:39
  
  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
  
  Read more

• EPA To Clean Up Toxic Site Damaged By Hurricane Harvey

  10-04-2018 17:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal environmental regulators have reached a long-awaited agreement with the owners of a polluted toxic waste site in Texas that was damaged during Hurricane Harvey, releasing dangerous chemicals into a river.
  A home is surrounded by floodwater after torrential rains pounded Southeast Texas following Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on August 31, 2017 near Orange, Texas. (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  The Environmental Protection Agency says it reached agreement
  
  Read more

• Murder-Suicide At Florida Rest Stop Involved 3 People From Dallas

  10-04-2018 17:27
  MILTON, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM) – A man from Dallas traveled to Florida on Monday where, according to Florida Highway Patrol officials, he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and wounded the woman’s teenage daughter. The man then turned his gun on himself.
  The incident happened at around 9:15 p.m. at a rest area along eastbound Interstate-10. Authorities said that the 35-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter arrived at the rest stop in one vehicle. But the 46-year-old ma
  
  Read more

• 8 Promises From Facebook After Cambridge Analytica

  10-04-2018 16:56
  NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) – Facebook has vowed to make a litany of changes in how it collects and uses your data, from banning some external apps to giving users more “control.”
  It has made similar promises for nearly a decade.
  Data is Facebook’s lifeblood — it’s what makes the company’s advertising effective, and that’s where almost all its revenue comes from. So data isn’t going away. “That would be a paid product,” said Facebook&r
  
  Read more

• Retired Highland Park Coach Returns to the Sideline

  10-04-2018 16:27
  
  Coach Randy Allen has returned to the sideline for the Highland Park Scots after three weeks of retirement.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• News Now: Zach Thompson, Vandagriff Murder, Missing Eeyore

  10-04-2018 16:11
  We’re learning more about what a woman claims happened that led to the firing of the longtime Dallas health director earlier this year. Plus, the man suspected of killing a Texas Woman’s University student is heading back to court this morning. And a Minnesota family is looking for a beloved stuffed animal.
  
  Read more

• Easy Slider Wins in Fort Worth Food & Wine Competition

  10-04-2018 15:48
  
  Chefs from 11 restaurants fired up their grills and cooked for a crowd looking for the best burger at the 2018 Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival.In the end, it was unanimous. The judges and the guests picked the...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Trump Furious After FBI Seizes Documents From His Lawyer

  10-04-2018 15:37
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Federal agents on Monday raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
  A furious Trump, who in the last month has escalated his attacks on Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, said from the White House that it was a “disgrace” that the FBI “broke into” his lawyer’s office. He called Mueller&rsqu
  
  Read more

• WATCH: Girls Jump From Balcony To Escape Dance Studio Fire

  10-04-2018 15:03
  EDGEWATER, N.J. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Several girls jumped for their lives from a balcony at a New Jersey dance studio to escape a raging fire.
  Business owner Tony Nehmi told NJ.com he and a police officer helped some of the girls down before the ladders fell during the fire that broke out around 6 p.m. CT Monday.
  The rest of the girls leaped from the balcony and were pulled away from the high flames.
  Cell phone video captures Ismail Demir reaching up to help those jumping. “Every k
  
  Read more

• Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Enters Seventh Day

  10-04-2018 14:24
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Classes remain canceled in Oklahoma’s biggest school districts Tuesday as teachers walk out for a seventh day.
  Leaders of Oklahoma’s largest teacher’s union have demanded a repeal of a capital gains tax exemption and for the governor to veto a repeal of a proposed lodging tax as they push for more education funding in massive demonstrations at the state Capitol.
  Norman North High School Senior Sydney Swearingen joined a rally at the Oklahoma state Cap
  
  Read more

• Pedestrian Fatally Struck While Crossing Stemmons in Dallas

  10-04-2018 14:18
  
  A pedestrian was struck and killed on Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, closing the roadway for more than an hour.Photo Credit: Metro
  
  Read more

• If Cowboys Are Smart, Dez Bryant Decision to Come This Week

  10-04-2018 14:14
  
  Dez Bryant's future with the Cowboys has been unresolved since club vice president Stephen Jones said the receiver's contract needed to be addressed several weeks ago.This would seem to be a good week...Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Topless Protester A Former ‘Cosby Show’ Child Actress

  10-04-2018 14:13
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The topless protester who leaped over a barricade and ran toward Bill Cosby at the start of his sexual assault retrial on Monday is an actress who appeared on the comedian’s family sitcom “The Cosby Show” as a child.
  Nicolle Rochelle, a member of European feminist group Femen, which is known for staging topless protests, said she wanted to send a message to the 80-year-old comedian.
  In this video framegrab from AFP TV, sheriff’s officers detai
  
  Read more

• Famous Hippo Fiona To Be Featured On Cincinnati Zoo Mural

  10-04-2018 14:03
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Fiona the hippo — already the inspiration for a line of beer, T-shirts and an ice cream flavor — will soon be the subject of a large mural at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  Fiona was born six weeks premature. Zoo staff is now preparing her for transition away from human care. (credit: CINCINNATI ZOO, WKRC-TV)
  ArtWorks and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden say they will produce a mural this summer to honor the premature Nile hippopotamus that captured hearts on soci
  
  Read more

• Suspect Crashes Into Utility Pole, Knocks Out Power: Police

  10-04-2018 13:53
  
  A suspect led Grand Prairie police on a chase Tuesday morning that ended with the driver crashing into a utility pole and knocked out power, police said. No injuries were reported.
  
  Read more

Follow @DallasNews4u on Twitter!