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• Fewer Prescriptions, But More Opioid Deaths in Denton County

  11-04-2018 23:51
  
  Public health officials in Denton County are tracking the opioid problem. Fewer prescriptions are being written, but opioid-related deaths continue to rise.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Officer Impersonation Complaint Investigated In Navarro County

  11-04-2018 23:41
  CORSICANA, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Navarro County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported case of someone impersonating a peace officer.
  A woman told authorities on Monday, April 9 around 11:00 p.m. a dark-colored Chevrolet Suburban or SUV initiated a traffic stop of her vehicle while she was traveling westbound on East Highway 31 between Trinidad and Kerens.
  She said the vehicle had red emergency lights inside the vehicle near the rear view mirror but she did not see any decal
  
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• Dallas Cowboys Release Pre-Season Opponents

  11-04-2018 23:30
  
  The National Football League released the 2018 pre-season schedule on Wednesday, which includes the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday August 26. That game will be shown on NBC 5.Photo Credit: Noah Bullard, 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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• TxDMV Rolls Out New Buyer Tags With Additional Security

  11-04-2018 23:05
  
  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is now issuing newly redesigned paper buyer tags for automobiles that have additional security features.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• State Pulls Pediatrician's License Over Staff Complaints

  11-04-2018 23:02
  
  The medical license of a North Texas pediatrician has been suspended indefinitely after allegations of erratic behavior by staff members.Photo Credit: Rockwall Pediatrics/NBC 5 News
  
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• Harris County Plans Billboard Campaign To Push Flood Insurance After Harvey

  11-04-2018 21:54
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Houston-area officials are planning a campaign to put up two dozen billboards encouraging residents to buy flood insurance after Hurricane Harvey.
  The Harris County Flood Control District estimates more than 80 percent of the county’s 1.4 million buildings lacked flood insurance when the storm devastated the region.
  The top of a fire hydrant sticks out of floodwaters in front of a home on September 7, 2017 in Richwood, Texas. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty I
  
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• What's To Become of the Former Lower Greenville Walmart

  11-04-2018 21:38
  
   Columnist Robert Wilonsky discusses what's going to happen with the empty, 35,000 square foot former home of a Walmart Neighborhood Market along Lower Greenville.
  
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• Father, Son Cited in Game Warden's Driveway

  11-04-2018 21:36
  
  A North Texas game warden did not have to go very far to issue a hunting citation. An Ellis County game warden was called by a ranch manager who said two people were shooting into his pasture from a county...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Burglar Collected Rent After Breaking Into Home, Police Say

  11-04-2018 21:16
  CBS Local — A burglar in Washington state has been charged with not only breaking into a vacationing family’s home, but also renting it out to unsuspecting tenants.
  “To hear something like that really made me mad,” the homeowner’s son Matt Dunn told KIRO. “Just using somebody’s house is dirt-baggish to begin with. Going the extra mile and trying to gain from it? It’s really crazy.”
  According to local police, 35-year-old Matthew Robert Pa
  
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• Man Accused Of Killing Mom With Electric Guitar Plans Insanity Defense

  11-04-2018 20:30
  BURLINGTON (AP) — An Iowa man accused of beating his mother to death with an electric guitar plans to use an insanity defense if his case goes on trial.
  Defense lawyers filed a notice Monday in Des Moines County District Court for 30-year-old Garret Selters, who is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 17 slaying of 56-year-old Linda Selters.
  (Photo credit: YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
  Authorities say the Burlington man swung the guitar into the back of her head.
  Police say Linda S
  
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• ‘Sweet Tooth’ Gene Linked To Having Less Body Fat, Study Finds

  11-04-2018 20:24
  CBS Local – A new study has found that people with a specific gene that makes them crave sugary treats actually have less body fat than others.
  According to scientists at the University of Copenhagen, a variation of the gene FGF21 is responsible for both alcohol and sugar cravings. After testing more than 450,000 individuals in Europe, the researchers were surprised to find that people with the “genetic sweet tooth” were at lower risk for both obesity and di
  
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• Key Moments of Zuckerberg's 2nd Day of Testimony

  11-04-2018 20:14 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a second day answering questions from members of Congress on issues regarding user data collection and faced some harsh criticisms over his previous apologies and lack...
  
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• Bank Of America Plans To Stop Lending To Makers Of Assault Weapons

  11-04-2018 19:46
  CBS Local — Bank of America says it plans to stop lending money to gunmakers who produce military-style firearms for civilians.
  In an interview with Bloomberg Television, one of the largest U.S. banks said it intends to do everything it can to reduce gun violence in America. “It’s our intention not to finance these military-style firearms for civilian use,” vice-chairman Anne Finucane announced. Finucane called recent mass shootings a “tragedy in the United Sta
  
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• SWAT Ends Garland Standoff Peacefully

  11-04-2018 19:39
  
  A standoff with an armed man accused of opening fire during an argument Wednesday morning has ended peacefully, Garland police 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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• What's Going to Happen to the Former Walmart Neighborhood Market on Lower Greenville

  11-04-2018 19:33
  
   Columnist Robert Wilonsky discusses what's going to happen with the empty, 35,000 square foot former home of a Walmart Neighborhood Market along Lower Greenville.
  
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• Three Pimps Convicted For Trafficking Of Multiple Underage Girls

  11-04-2018 19:27
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Following a four-day trial, a federal jury convicted three men, last week, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of underage girls.
  The jury convicted Pierre Lagrone, aka “P” or “Pedro,” 33, on one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of children, four counts of sex trafficking of children and one count of possession of child pornography. Lagrone faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison an
  
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• Scam Alert: If Your Own Phone Number Calls You, Don’t Pick Up

  11-04-2018 18:56
  CBS Local — A new scam is tricking victims into giving away precious information by calling them from what appears to be their own phone numbers.
  According to WSPA, the “number spoofing” scam calls victims and displays the person’s own phone number on caller ID. One woman in South Carolina says she was curious to find out how her own cell number was calling her and picked up.
  “I answered and they said hey this is so and so from the phone company and I’m just c
  
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• New Efforts Underway To Reduce Texas Work Zone Deaths

  11-04-2018 18:50
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The warnings to slow down while driving through work zones have never been more important in Texas. The point is being stressed as new statistics show deaths and injuries while driving through construction areas are up.
  Until you stand on a roadway with cars, trucks and 18-wheelers whizzing by, you don’t appreciate the speed of passing traffic and the danger that work crews face everyday.
  Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) an
  
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• Texas Department of Agriculture Holds Produce Safety Meeting

  11-04-2018 18:19
  
  The Texas Department of Agriculture announces on Tuesday that they will hold produce safety meetings statewide to collect local input and implement federal food safety laws.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Nurse Fired, Arrested After Patient Dies At Texas Hospital

  11-04-2018 18:03
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A former nurse who was fired last month from a Texas hospital is being held on a murder charge after one patient died and two others slipped into vegetative states.
  The Texas Board of Nursing in March suspended William George Davis’ license after determining he entered three patients’ rooms at Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital in Tyler and “performed an intervention” that either killed or critically harmed them.
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• Jewels Belonging to Late Rita Clements Up for Auction

  11-04-2018 18:00
  
  Jewels belonging to the late Rita Clements, former first lady of Texas, will be auctioned by Christie's next week in New York.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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• South Texas Man Gets 17 Years For Immigrant Death In Toolbox

  11-04-2018 17:54
  CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — A South Texas trucker must serve more than 17 years in federal prison for the death of an immigrant being smuggled inside a toolbox in the rig.
  Juan Enrique Escobedo-Moreno of Weslaco was sentenced Tuesday in Corpus Christi. The 45-year-old driver in January pleaded guilty to human smuggling.
  The Cordova Americas Bridge is pictured from Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas. (credit: Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images)
  Investigators say Escobedo-Moreno last October st
  
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• SWAT Called After Man Pulls Gun On Girlfriend

  11-04-2018 17:42
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – An early morning domestic dispute has yet to end in Garland, where SWAT is now on the scene.
  Garland police received a disturbance with a weapon involved call in the 300 block of Joyce Drive shortly after 4:50 a.m.
  Responding officers learned that a heated argument between a couple turned up a notch when the boyfriend brandished a gun.
  His girlfriend took off in her car as he shot at it multiple times. Her car was hit but she was not hurt.
  The man barricaded himself
  
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• Officer Fired After Dragging Passenger Sues United Airlines

  11-04-2018 17:40
  CHICAGO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An aviation security officer fired after forcibly dragging a passenger from a plane last year has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines and the city of Chicago.
  James Long was one of the officers called to a plane in April 2017 after Dr. David Dao refused to give up his seat. Video taken by other passengers show Long dragging a bloodied Dao from the plane. Long was fired in August.
  @United overbook #flight3411 and decided to force random passengers off the plane
  
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• Dallas County Report Examines The Economics Of Black, White & Brown

  11-04-2018 17:35
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – In downtown Dallas, Chris Bolanos and Beonka Robinson stood out — and they knew it. The two co-workers, both in their mid-20s, are employed with a national customer service firm. They are minority women seeking professional promotion and growth.
  But based on a recently released report, Dallas residents like Bolanos and Robinson earn less and struggle more economically.
  “It doesn’t surprise me,” Bolanos said. “As a country, it’s what
  
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• $1 Million Scratch Off Ticket Sold in Lewisville

  11-04-2018 17:20
  
  Another North Texan has won big with the Texas Lottery.Photo Credit: Texas Lottery NBC 5 News
  
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• Gradual Deployment Of U.S. Troops To Mexico Border Underway

  11-04-2018 16:58
  ROMA, Texas (AP) — The deployment of National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump’s request is underway with a gradual ramp-up of troops under orders to help curb illegal immigration.
  The Trump administration also announced that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will visit this week a stretch of new border wall breaking ground in New Mexico, putting additional focus on what Trump has called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime.
  The construc
  
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• Dez to Work With Local Route-Running Guru

  11-04-2018 16:57
  
  David Robinson, a Dallas native who works with several NFL receivers, including Denver’s Emmanuel Sanders, is scheduled to begin working with Dez Bryant soon on the art of route-running.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan Won’t Seek Re-Election

  11-04-2018 16:29
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEW.COM/CNN) – After months of speculation about his political future, House Speaker Paul Ryan will not be seeking re-election in 2018.
  After speaking with members of the House Ryan held a press conference where he said, “Today I am announcing that this year will be my last one as a member of the House. To be clear, I am not resigning. I intended to serve my full term – as I was elected to do. But I will be retiring in January, leaving
  
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• NBC 5, Telemundo 39 and NBCUniversal Foundation Announce $225,000 in ‘Project Innovation' Grants for Local Non-Profits

  11-04-2018 16:29
  
  NBC 5, Telemundo 39 and the NBCUniversal Foundation Thursday announced that six local non-profit organizations will receive a total of $225,000 in grants as part of the inaugural Project Innovation grant challenge.
  
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• Mariah Carey No Longer In Denial About Her Bipolar Disorder

  11-04-2018 16:25
  NEW YORK (AP) – Mariah Carey said that she is no longer living in isolation after seeking treatment for a bipolar disorder.
  In a People magazine article due on newsstands Friday, the singer said that she didn’t believe it when she was first diagnosed, after she was hospitalized for a physical and mental breakdown in 2001.
  The 48-year-old pop star said that she lived in denial and isolation, and feared that someone would expose her.
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• Police Say Bank Robbery Suspect Was Trying To Impress Taylor Swift

  11-04-2018 15:37
  ANSONIA, Conn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Police said that a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star’s Rhode Island mansion, where he threw cash over a fence in an attempt to impress her.
  Bruce Rowley of Derby is charged with robbing an Ansonia bank on April 4. Police said that “it seemed he wanted to propose” to Swift, so he drove about 60 miles to Westerly, Rhode Island and started throwing some of the roughly $1,600 h
  
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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Testifying Before House Committee

  11-04-2018 15:00
  WASHINGTON (CBS News) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces another day of grilling on Capitol Hill as he testifies before the House Energy & Commerce committee on Wednesday.
  Zuckerberg slogged through more than five hours of questioning Tuesday in front of senators, deflecting numerous questions for follow-up by his team at a later date.
  Lawmakers did land a few uncomfortable punches, however. Zuckerberg, flanked by two senior Facebook policy officers, was forced to admit that employee
  
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• Another Reason To Be Happy, Today Is National Pet Day!

  11-04-2018 14:28
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Furry friends far and wide are being celebrated — today is National Pet Day!
  Pet owners are being encouraged to give some special attention to their furry, feathery, or scaly friends on this April 11.
  Cookie and Momma at the Blue Bonnet Trail in Ennis. (credit: Araceli Hill‎/CBSDFW Facebook)
  Buddying up shouldn’t be a problem, according to National Today six out of ten pet owners consider their pet to be a member of the family.
  
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• Suspect in Shavon Randle Case Appears in Court

  11-04-2018 14:06
  
  We could now see the first conviction related to the case of Shavon Randle, who was kidnapped and later found dead inside a Dallas home.Photo Credit: Irving Police Department
  
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• Yvonne Staples Of Hit-Making Staple Singers Dies

  11-04-2018 13:25
  CHICAGO (AP) — Yvonne Staples, whose voice and business acumen powered the success of the Staple Singers, her family’s hit-making gospel group that topped the charts in the early 1970s with the song “I’ll Take You There,” has died. She was 80.
  Staples died Tuesday at home in Chicago, according to Chicago funeral home Leak and Sons.
  She performed with her sisters Mavis and Cleotha and their father, Pops, on hits such as “Respect Yourself” and “I&rsq
  
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• State Legislatures Lack Public Records Of Misconduct Claims

  11-04-2018 12:57
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Over the past 15 months, state lawmakers in Texas and across the nation have been forced from office, removed from leadership roles, reprimanded or publicly accused of sexual misconduct in a mounting backlash against misbehavior by those in power.
  Yet the majority of state legislative chambers have no publicly available records of any sexual misconduct claims over the past decade. They say no complaints were made, no tally was kept, or they don’t
  
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• Sessions To Address Immigration At Border Sheriffs Meeting

  11-04-2018 12:47
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — As thousands of National Guard troops deploy to the Mexico border, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to bring his firm stance on immigration enforcement to New Mexico where a group of Southwest border sheriffs are meeting Wednesday.
  Sessions will speak in Las Cruces at the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition Annual Spring Meeting with the Southwestern Border Sheriff’s Coalition, which is made up of 31 sheriff’s departments from Texas, New Mexi
  
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• Drivers Still Waiting for Airbag Replacements after Recall

  11-04-2018 12:37
  
  North Texas drivers said they've been waiting on their defective airbags to be replaced for nearly two years. NBC 5's Samantha Chatman looks into the delays and gets answers from carmakers.
  
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• Work Zone Awareness Week Aims to Keep North Texans Safe

  11-04-2018 11:58
  
  Starting today, TxDot wants drivers to be more aware of work zones, as they push to crack down on crashes. Last year there were 27,148 work zone crashes in Texas, resulting in 199 deaths and another 813 serious...
  
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• 2 Killed, 2 Hurt After Fiery Crash in West Dallas

  11-04-2018 11:51
  
  Two people were killed and two others hurt after a fiery crash in West Dallas Tuesday night.
  
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• Schools Block Popular 'Fortnite' Video Game From Wi-Fi

  11-04-2018 11:46
  
  Teens are not only playing Fortnite at home, but also at school.
  
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• Thieves Target Storm Grates

  11-04-2018 06:10
  
  Police in Allen are searching for the people who took at least 16-storm grates on Sunday and Monday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Plano Police Looking for Package Thief

  11-04-2018 05:52
  
  A package thief was caught on camera as she swiped a box off the front door of a Plano home. Now police are investigating.
  
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• How President Trump's Tax Changes Will Impact You

  11-04-2018 05:48
  
  While most people are busy finalizing their 2017 taxes, there are some major changes on the horizon for 2018.
  
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• NTX Man Hopes Therapy Dog Will Help Him Walk Again

  11-04-2018 05:44
  
  Grand Prairie firefighters and police officers rescued a different kind of patient on Tuesday.Photo Credit: Grand Prairie Fire Department
  
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• Dallas Co. Judge Says Most Commissioners Kept In Dark About Sex Allegations Against Health Director

  11-04-2018 05:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) –Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said he and most of the other County Commissioners were kept in the dark for weeks about the sexual harassment allegations against former Health Director Zach Thompson.
  He blamed both a fellow Commissioner and Darryl Martin, the man who runs Dallas County.
  Jenkins said, “It went up the chain to the County Administrator who went to Commissioner John Wiley Price because he and Zach Thompson are friends, and then a small circle with
  
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• 70 Horses, 17 Other Animals Rescued From Van Zandt County ‘Sanctuary’

  11-04-2018 04:50
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A raid on a self-described animal sanctuary by the SPCA of Texas and the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday uncovered the remains of 50 dead horses and dozens more near starvation.
  The SPCA reports it rescued 87 animals from the “Over the Moon” sanctuary near Canton, including 70 horses, nine donkeys, six pigs and a longhorn.
  Pictures provided by the SPCA show horses with easily visible ribs and spines, alongside empty food bowls.
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• What to Know Before Severe Weather Season in North Texas

  11-04-2018 04:47
  
  NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell and Meteorologist Brian James talk about severe weather in North Texas and what you need to know before the next severe storm hits.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Victory Park Continues to See Growth

  11-04-2018 03:50
  
  Despite disappointing seasons for the Dallas Stars and Mavericks, the area around the American Airlines Center continues to see growth and more and more people move into Victory Park.
  
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