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• Tensions Escalate During Eaton High School Walkout

  17-04-2018 23:56
  
  What was supposed to be a peaceful walkout at a North Texas high school turned heated Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• At UNT, eSports is Much More Than a Game

  17-04-2018 23:52
  
  The University of North Texas is now Texas’ first public university with an official collegiate eSports program. Tryouts are now underway as UNT takes it's program to the varsity level.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Southwest Emergency Landing: Passenger Describes ‘Chaos,’ Flight Attendant ‘Crying Hysterically’

  17-04-2018 23:21
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  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A passenger from Dallas described his experience while on board a Southwest flight that had to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia due to, what the the NTSB calls, an engine failure. Officials confirmed one person died in the incident.
  Matt Tranchin of Dallas was in New York for business and was on his way home from LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday.
  Tranchin said he was sitting across the aisle and just three rows back from where a window blew o
  
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• Texas Reopens Case Seen As Inspiring ‘Three Billboards’ Film

  17-04-2018 23:07
  VIDOR (AP) — Texas authorities are seeking fresh leads in the 1991 death of a woman whose case is seen as an inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
  The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a release Tuesday that it’s raised to $6,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the death of 34-year-old Kathy Page.
  After her death Page’s father, James Fulton, rented billboards accu
  
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• 1 Dead After Engine Failure Causes Southwest Flight To Make Emergency Landing

  17-04-2018 22:30
  PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM) – A Southwest flight from New York City to Dallas made an emergency landing in Philadelphia due to, what the NTSB calls, an engine failure, which caused a window to blow out. One person has died, according to officials.
  Southwest flight #1380 was leaving LaGuardia Airport in New York and was on its way to Dallas.
  Chopper video showed passengers being evacuated from the plane. Officials say passengers exited the airplane via a mobile stairway and were bussed to the
  
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• Tour Bus Driver Dies After Pulling Over On Side Of Highway In Lewisville

  17-04-2018 21:43
  LEWISVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – The driver of a tour bus was found dead by authorities after pulling over on the side of a highway in Lewisville.
  Police responded to the call just before 2 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the Sam Rayburn Tollway near Denton Tap Road.
  A Lewisville police spokesperson said the driver of the bus pulled over onto the left shoulder. When he was checked on by officers and paramedics, he was found dead.
  There are no immediate signs of foul play. The identity of the driv
  
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• Cadillac Creating New Presidential Limousines To Debut This Summer

  17-04-2018 20:36
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – New presidential limousines from Cadillac are set to debut this summer. Although the vehicles are currently wrapped in black and white camouflage for testing, they are expected to sport styling elements similar to the company’s CT6 sedan.
  Secret Service agents refer to the presidential limousine as ‘The Beast.’
  The cars will use a Kodiak medium-duty truck frame with custom-made body panels. The seven-seat interior is sealed in order to
  
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• Part Of The IRS Online Payment System Is Down

  17-04-2018 20:28
  NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) – The Internal Revenue Service is experiencing multiple outages on its website just hours ahead of the midnight deadline to file income tax returns.
  For many, the page on the IRS website that allows taxpayers to make a payment directly was not working Tuesday afternoon. Clicking “Make a payment” on the payments page redirects users to a page titled “unplannedOutagePage.”
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  “Note that your tax payment is due although
  
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• Discard Unwanted or Expired Prescription Medications for Free

  17-04-2018 20:13
  
  You can safely discard any unwanted pills from your home free of charge and with no questions asked at an upcoming event.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Starbucks To Close Thousands Of Stores To Conduct Racial-Bias Training

  17-04-2018 20:05
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Starbucks has announced it will close more than 8,000 stores in the United States on May 29 to conduct racial-bias training for its employees. This is after the arrests of two men at a location in Philadelphia went viral.
  The announcement Tuesday comes after the arrests sparked protests and calls for a boycott on social media. Starbucks says the stores and corporate offices will be closed on the afternoon of May 29.
  Starbucks, which once urged its employees to st
  
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• Dallas-Bound SWA Jet Depressurizes, Lands in Philly

  17-04-2018 20:01
  
  A Southwest Airlines flight headed for Dallas with 148 people on board made an emergency landing at Philadelphia Tuesday after an engine blew apart and pentrated the cabin, breaking a window and causing...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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• Report Finds More Than 95 Percent Of World’s Population Breathing Unhealthy Air

  17-04-2018 19:10
  NEW YORK (CNN) – More than 95 percent of the world’s population is breathing unhealthy air, and the poorest nations are the hardest hit, a new report has found.
  According to the annual State of Global Air Report, published on Tuesday by the Health Effects Institute, long-term exposure to air pollution contributed to an estimated 6.1 million deaths around the world in 2016. The report added that exposure to air pollution led to strokes, heart attacks, lung cancer and chronic lung
  
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• Community To Hold Vigil For Lancaster IHOP Employee Killed At Work

  17-04-2018 18:22
  LANCASTER (CBSDFW.COM) – Friends and family members will gather Tuesday night to remember an IHOP employee who was killed while at work. A candlelight vigil is planned for 7:00 p.m. at Virginia Weaver Park in Cedar Hill, located next to Cedar Hill High School.
  Mylik Butcher was a former track star at Cedar Hill High School. The now 22-year-old man was working two jobs in an effort to launch a photography career. Family members added that Butcher had a heart of gold. They cannot imagin
  
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• Engine Failure Causes Dallas-Bound Southwest Flight To Make Emergency Landing

  17-04-2018 18:12
  PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM) – A Southwest flight from New York City to Dallas made an emergency landing in Philadelphia due to an engine failure, which also blew out a window. One person has died, according to officials.
  Southwest flight #1380 was leaving LaGuardia Airport in New York and was on its way to Dallas.
  Chopper video showed passengers being evacuated from the plane. Officials say passengers exited the airplane via a mobile stairway and were bussed to the terminal.
  In a press confe
  
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• FDA Approves First Contact Lens That Gets Darker In Sunlight

  17-04-2018 18:05
  CBS Local — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new invention that may make wearing sunglasses a thing of the past.
  FDA officials signed off on the first ever transition contact lenses, which will get darker when the wearer is out in sunlight. “This contact lens is the first of its kind to incorporate the same technology that is used in eyeglasses that automatically darken in the sun,” the FDA’s Malvina Eydelman said in a press release.
  The agency tested
  
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• Companies Offering Tax Day Deals To Take The Filing Sting Away

  17-04-2018 17:54
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Preparing your tax returns may not be the most stress-free, relaxing venture — and that has companies trying to ease your pain with some Tax Day deals.
  Dozens of national and local businesses are rolling out specials on April 17, this year’s deadline for filing federal tax returns.
  The bulk of the deals are only offered on the official Internal Revenue Service tax filing deadline day, April 17, but a few started early or extend later.
  Here are a few o
  
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• School Lunches Around North Texas

  17-04-2018 17:46
  
  After a frustrated Everman High School parent reached out to NBC 5 with concerns about school lunches served there, parents across North Texas shared photos of their school lunches.Photo Credit: Rachel Polk NBC 5 News
  
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• Viewers Share Photos of School Lunches

  17-04-2018 17:40
  
  After a frustrated Everman High School parent reached out to NBC 5 with concerns about school lunches served there, parents across North Texas shared photos of their school lunches.Photo Credit: Rachel Polk NBC 5 News
  
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• Sandy Hook Families File Defamation Suit Against Alex Jones

  17-04-2018 17:39
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The families of two children slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have filed defamation lawsuits against radio host Alex Jones for claiming the shooting did not happen.
  The lawsuits were filed in Texas. That’s the home state of Jones’ media company, Infowars.
  Neil Heslin, the father of Jesse Lewis, and Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, the parents of Noah Pozner, filed separate lawsuits seeking more than $1 in damages.
  Jess
  
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• Vehicle Spotted Submerged in Trinity River in Dallas

  17-04-2018 17:38
  
  Dive teams in Dallas relaunched a search Tuesday morning for a vehicle spotted submerged in the Trinity River.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• The Foote Files: Cobra Starship With Icona Pop

  17-04-2018 17:35
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – In the summer of 2014, these two dance/pop groups collaborated on a really cool summer song (of which by the way, summer will officially be here in two months!).
  Cobra Starship was formed in New York by lead vocalist and bassist Gabe Saporta. Over a 10 year period, from 2006-2015, the band produced four albums and two Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Icona Pop was formed in Stockholm, Sweden by Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo. You may know
  
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• Study Shows Texas Maternal Death Rate Numbers Were Inflated

  17-04-2018 17:18
  AUSTIN (CNN) – The maternal mortality rate in Texas made headlines in 2016 when a study claimed that pregnancy-related deaths had more than doubled across the state in just two years. But a newer study — published in the same medical journal — tamps down the alarm, offering different data that reduces the number of deaths by nearly two-thirds.
  Researchers with the Texas Department of State Health Services set out to evaluate the original findings which were published
  
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• 6 Things to Do Before Hiring an Auto Mechanic

  17-04-2018 16:52
  
  The NBC 5 Responds team has received dozens of calls from people who say they were either ripped off or unsatisfied with their auto mechanics work. Samantha Chatman has steps that can protect your car and...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• How to Customize Alerts in the NBC DFW App

  17-04-2018 16:33
  
  Our latest app update allows you to select the categories of news alerts you want to get from NBC DFW on your device.
  
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• Netflix Hits 125 Million Subscribers, Even After Price Hike

  17-04-2018 16:26
  NEW YORK (CNN Money) – Even a price hike can’t slow Netflix down. Netflix added 7.4 million subscribers in the first three months of 2018, up 50 percent from the same quarter a year earlier, the company reported on Monday. It now has 125 million subscribers.
  The strong subscriber growth came in well ahead of Wall Street’s estimates, helping send Netflix stock up 6 percent in after-hours trading Monday. Daniel Ives, an analyst with GBH Insights, called Netflix’s
  
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• New Highland Park Schools Compared to 'Walmart,' Jails

  17-04-2018 15:07
  
  If recent history is any indication, Tuesday night’s Highland Park ISD board meeting will likely be packed with people who have one concern in mind – the construction of three new elementary schools.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Retailers Step Up Personalization On Their Websites

  17-04-2018 14:53
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers will see more personalization based on where they are and what they’ve bought before on the Walmart website, as the retailer and several other stores try to build stronger connections with shoppers used to the customization of Amazon.
  Walmart says it’s including a section that highlights top-selling items in a customer’s location, feature services like online grocery that are available in the area, and make it easy for people to buy again items th
  
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• Domino’s Pizza Will Now Deliver To Beaches, Parks, Landmarks

  17-04-2018 14:48
  NEW YORK (AP) – Domino’s, which has been bringing pizzas to doorsteps for more than half a century, will now deliver to the great outdoors.
  The pizza chain said Monday that its drivers can meet customers at U.S. beaches, parks and landmarks to hand over pizza, cheesy bread and other food on its menu.
  In all, Domino’s said it will deliver to 150,000 outdoor locations including under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis; by the Las Vegas welcome sign; or next to a statue of soul singer
  
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• Pence Says Trump Wants To Put Man On The Moon Again

  17-04-2018 14:38
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence tells the 34th annual space symposium the Trump administration wants an American on the moon again.
  Pence addressed the symposium in Colorado Springs on Monday. He told the crowd that the president has proposed building an orbital “platform” to simplify trips to the moon. Pence said the administration hopes to send missions to the moon and use what it learns to ultimately send explorers to Mars.
  Pence also said the admini
  
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• Khloe Kardashian & Tristan Thompson Name Their Baby ‘True’

  17-04-2018 14:32
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Who doesn’t like a good Kardashian baby name announcement? Khloe and Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson have named their new addition True.
  The April 12 birth came amid a torrent of tabloid speculation about the couple after surveillance video captured the basketball star making out with other women during Kardashian’s pregnancy.
  True Thompson, who weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and measured 21 inches, is the second child for Thompson a
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Becomes 1st Rapper To Win Pulitzer Prize

  17-04-2018 14:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music Monday, making history as the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious prize.
  The revered rapper is also the most commercially successful musician to receive the award, usually reserved for critically acclaimed classical acts who don’t live on the pop charts.
  The 30-year-old won the prize for “DAMN.,” his raw and powerful Grammy-winning album. The Pulitzer board said Monday the album is &ldqu
  
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• Fort Worth Magazine Names The Top Local Doctors Of 2018

  17-04-2018 14:16
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth Magazine has released one of its most popular issues of the year. The area’s best physicians were honored as the magazine selected 2018’s top doctors. The doctors were chosen by their peers and vetted through the Texas Medical Board.
  Fort Worth Magazine has been compiling the list for 18 years.
  There are 530 doctors on the list representing 51 specialties. Check out the complete list of top doctors in this month’s issue.
  
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• Your Guide To Spring Fashion From Fort Worth Magazine

  17-04-2018 14:12
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Girl power is always in style, and Fort Worth Magazine is showing you how to wear it on your sleeve. This spring’s fashion is all about femininity — bright colors, patterns and graphic prints.
  Some of the styles might even look a little familiar. “The ’80s are coming back. A nod to the ’90s coming back,” stated Kendall Louis with Fort Worth Magazine. “Don’t shy away from it.”
  Alice + Olivia, Chanel and Gucci ar
  
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• Houston Deputy Constable

  17-04-2018 13:32
  A Trophy Club man signed up for internet services, understanding his rate would not change. When it did go up, and he couldn't get help finding out why, he contacted NBC 5 Responds.
  
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• Supreme Court Hearing Case About Online Sales Tax Collection

  17-04-2018 13:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet.
  The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses’ collection of sales tax on online purchases. Right now, under the decades-old Supreme Court rule, if a business is shipping a product to a state where it doesn’t have an office, warehouse or other physical presence, it doesn’t have to collect t
  
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• Starbucks Faces Image Crisis After Arrest Of 2 Black Men

  17-04-2018 13:15
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three years ago, Starbucks was widely ridiculed for trying to start a national conversation on race relations by asking its employees to write the words “Race Together” on coffee cups. The initiative, though it backfired, was in line with the company’s longstanding effort to project a progressive and inclusive image.
  The company is now through the looking glass, trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its st
  
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• Oklahoma Wildfires Kill 2; Threat Nears Historic Level

  17-04-2018 13:06
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Wildfires that have killed two people in western Oklahoma are nearing conditions not seen in at least a decade because of the mixture of high temperatures, low humidity and heavy winds, the National Weather Service said Monday.
  Weather service meteorologist Doug Speheger said Tuesday’s forecast represents the most potential for the spread of wildfires in the past 10 years of a database that considers a variety of factors.
  Temperatures are projected to reach the m
  
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