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• Dallas philanthropy titan, bridge namesake Margaret McDermott dies at 106

  03-05-2018 23:43
  Dallas is mourning the loss of a woman who was instrumental in making the city's arts district what it is today.Margaret McDermott, a champion of the arts and education, philanthropist, and civic leader, died Thursday at the age of 106, the AT&T Performing Arts Center announced in a press release.She's the namesake of the Margaret McDermott Performance Hall in the Winspear Opera House after her gift of $3 million back in 1998 helped launch the fundraising drive to build the AT&T Performi
  
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• Mail Collection Boxes In Downtown Dallas Temporarily Removed Friday

  03-05-2018 23:30
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The U.S. Postal Service will remove mail collection boxes as a security measure, due to the presidential visit to Dallas on May 4, 2018.
  The following blue collection boxes downtown will be removed from service on May 4 and returned to service on May 5.
  1929 Elm St.311 Market St.1801 N. Lamar St.701 Commerce St.501 Elm St.500 Jackson St.1100 Commerce St.1201 Main St.
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  Customers are being advised to deposit mail at alternate postal facilities or in
  
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• Granbury High School Mourns Death Of Third Student In A Week

  03-05-2018 23:25
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  GRANBURY (CBSDFW.COM) – Granbury High School is mourning Thursday after the death of another student — the third this week. The school is letting students choose if they want to take a day off Friday after this grieving week.
  The school posted on Facebook it will use a “flex day,” saying it recognizes the GHS family is grieving following the events earlier this week.
  This is the third student that died this week. Officials said the student died outsid
  
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• Twitter Finds Security Bug, Advises Changing Passwords

  03-05-2018 23:22
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is advising all users to change their passwords.
  The company said Thursday that it recently discovered a bug that stored passwords in an internal log in an unprotected form.
  Twitter says there’s no indication that there was a breach or that any of the passwords were misused. But as a precaution, Twitter recommends users consider changing the passwords they use to log onto Twitter. They should also change that password if they used it for any other service
  
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• World War II Veteran Thriving in Latest Career Move

  03-05-2018 23:11
  
  A recent post to a Collin County Facebook group featured a World War II veteran, named Delmar Wallace, or "Wally," as he’s known, and the customers who go out of their way to see the hardware store clerk.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Southwest Mechanics Critiqued for Finding Safety Issues: FAA

  03-05-2018 23:06
  
  Months before an airborne accident claimed the life of a Southwest Airlines passenger, the Federal Aviation Administration found that distrust between managers and mechanics at Southwest’s Dallas maintenance...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/FAAThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Jason Witten Retires After 15 Years With Cowboys

  03-05-2018 23:00
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  FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Dallas Cowboys player Jason Witten is retiring after 15 years with the team and will take a spot in the broadcast booth with ESPN’s Monday Night Football.
  Witten says the “time has come to pass the torch.”
  Just days from turning 36, Witten walks away as the leader in games, catches and yards receiving for a franchise with five Super Bowl wins, but none since the 1995 season. He and Tony Gonzalez are the only
  
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• Crash Closes DNT in Far North Dallas

  03-05-2018 22:53
  
  A crash closed four lanes of the Dallas North Tollway in Far North Dallas Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Police: 1 Person Shot At Nashville Mall, Suspect In Custody

  03-05-2018 22:44
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police said a suspect is in custody and there’s no further threat after a person was wounded inside Nashville’s Opry Mills Mall.
  The mall was evacuated after reports of gunfire that prompted a large police response. At least half a dozen ambulances converged on the scene. One person was taken in critical condition to Skyline Medical Center, the Nashville Fire Department said in a tweet.
  Troopers were already in the mall’s parking lot doin
  
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• Police: 1 Man Kills Another, Surrenders At Nashville Mall

  03-05-2018 22:44
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One 22-year-old man ended a fight with another by fatally shooting him inside a Tennessee mall on Thursday, and then gave up his weapon and surrendered, saying he didn’t want any more trouble, police said.
  Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said the shooter put the gun on the counter of a ticket booth inside the Opry Mills Mall, and then was ordered to lay on the ground by a retired California police officer who happened to be visiting the city.
  The gunfire
  
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• Dak, Dez Congratulate Jason Witten on His Retirement

  03-05-2018 22:38
  
  Cowboys tight end Jason Witten announced his retirement Thursday and praise poured in from around Dallas and across the football world.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis 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 Shooting Leaves One Dead: Police

  03-05-2018 22:00
  
  A man in Fort Worth is dead in the backyard of a residence due an apparent gunshot wound, police say.
  
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• Southwest announces what California cities will service Hawaii

  03-05-2018 21:55
  Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced it intends to service Hawaii from four California airports: Oakland Metropolitan Airport, San Diego International Airport, Mineta San Jose International Airport, and Sacramento International Airport.These four airports are the initial places that will service non-stop service to Hawaii. The airline added that the airports are pending regulatory approval."The way we plan to serve Hawaii requires us to share these initial details now so that our facilit
  
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• UT Scientists Make Progress On Anti-Alcoholism Drug

  03-05-2018 21:54
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – University of Texas at Austin scientists say they have successfully tested in animals a drug that, they say, may one day help block the withdrawal symptoms and cravings that incessantly coax people with alcoholism to drink.
  If eventually brought to market, it could help the more than 15 million Americans, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol, and many more around the world who suffer from alcoholism stay sober.
  If what has been shown
  
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• Sanders Says She Gave 'Best Information I've Had' on Cohen Payments

  03-05-2018 21:48 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders dodged questions about whether she has lied or did not know about President Donald Trump reimbursing Michael Cohen for his $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels.
  
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• Sanders Says She Gave 'Best Information I Had' on Cohen Payments

  03-05-2018 21:48 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders dodged questions about whether she has lied or did not know about President Donald Trump reimbursing Michael Cohen for his $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels.
  
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• Army Corps Meeting With Tribes On Dakota Access Oil Pipeline

  03-05-2018 21:41
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Environmental study of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is likely to continue into the summer as federal officials meet with American Indian tribes who have raised concerns about being left out of the process.
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to meet with all four tribes by the end of the month, Justice Department attorney Matthew Marinelli said in a status report to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg that was filed Wednesday.Boasberg is overseeing a lawsuit filed
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Jason Witten Retires From NFL

  03-05-2018 21:40
  
  Stalwart Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten announced his retirement from the NFL Thursday, closing a 15-year career that will likely be immortalized in the Hall of Fame.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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• Former College Football Player, Now North Texas Cop Picks Off Purse Snatcher

  03-05-2018 21:08
  CARROLLTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A former college football player got to put some of his gridiron skills to use out in the real world Wednesday afternoon as a rookie police officer.
  A purse snatcher made the wrong choice trying to run from Officer Kip Daily.
  In a Facebook post Carrollton Police explained, “what the bad guy didn’t know was that before he caught criminals, Daily caught interceptions as a Defensive Back for the Wildcats. Running is kind of what he does. We’r
  
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• Payless ShoeSource plans to move multiple departments to Dallas

  03-05-2018 21:04
  Topeka, Kansas-based Payless ShoeSource is opening a Dallas office, but plans to keep "select business operations" in Topeka and other locations, according to a release."The company does not intend to eliminate jobs in Topeka, or any other location, in conjunction with opening the Dallas location," Payless said in the release. According to The Topeka Capital-Journal, Payless plans to transfer multiple departments to Dallas by Aug. 31, including buying, merchandising, legal, real estate and
  
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• George H.W. Bush Eager To Leave Texas Hospital

  03-05-2018 20:58
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush took time to compliment the medical workers helping him recover from an infection at a Houston hospital, but said once doctors give him the okay to leave, “I’m outta here.”
  The 93-year-old Bush was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on April 22, the day after attending the funeral for his wife, Barbara. The pair were married for 73 years.
  Quite moved by this announcement by @MethodistHosp. The atrium is beaut
  
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• Large office/retail tower planned on Dallas’ Knox Street

  03-05-2018 20:47
  Dallas City Council and the City Plan Commission have given their blessing to a large-scale construction project in the high-profile Knox Street district.Longtime Knox Street merchant Weir's Furniture and real estate firm Four Rivers Capital plan to construct a new 297,000-square-foot retail and office tower on the furniture store's Knox Street site, according to the Dallas Morning News."The heavy lifting has been done — getting our entitlements," Four Rivers partner James Mason Jr. t
  
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• Report: CBS Was Warned About Charlie Rose Sexual Misconduct

  03-05-2018 20:24
  NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) — More than two dozen additional women have come forward to accuse former “CBS This Morning” anchor Charlie Rose of sexual misconduct, according to a five-month investigation by the Washington Post, which asserts that CBS management was warned about his behavior on three separate occasions over three decades.
  The new allegations come nearly six months after the Post chronicled a pattern of sexual misconduct by the longtime journalist toward multiple
  
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• Developer adds to McKinney industrial portfolio with new spec project

  03-05-2018 20:14
  A speculative 2-building industrial project has broken ground in McKinney.As reported by the Dallas Morning News, developer Dalfen America Corp. is constructing the McKinney Fulfillment Center at 1581 Corporate Drive. It will span more than 115,000 square feet.MacGregor Associates Architects designed the development, which will give Dalfen more than 300,000 square feet of industrial space in McKinney, per the Morning News. According to the developer’s website, its projects include the 67,4
  
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• Independent Bank CEO: Congress’ banking bill would cut oversight costs in half

  03-05-2018 19:47
  A bill to ease rules put in place in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which is expected to be cleared by Congress as soon as this month, will save one surging firm in McKinney millions of dollars in costs.The legislation, sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and backed by some prominent democratic members of the panel, passed the Senate in March. It’s expected to be taken up by the House in the coming weeks with few, if any, changes. The legislat
  
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• Your Storm Photos: May 3, 2018

  03-05-2018 19:42
  
  Your photos of the thunderstorms that passed through Dallas-Fort Worth on May 3, 2018.Photo Credit: Sheryl Burks
  
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• Robot Fast-Food Chefs: Hype Or A Sign Of Industry Change?

  03-05-2018 19:35
  BOSTON (AP) — Robots can’t yet bake a souffle or fold a burrito, but a new restaurant in Boston is employing what it calls a “never-before-seen robotic kitchen” to cook up ingredients and spout them into a bowl.
  Seven autonomously swirling cooking pots hum behind the counter at Spyce, which opened Thursday in the city’s downtown.
  Experts differ on whether to call the restaurant’s machinery a robot or just an automated kitchen. But they also say it’s like
  
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• Second Crash Closes More of Dallas North Tollway Thursday

  03-05-2018 19:18
  
  A crash has closed the southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway near Belt Line Road Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Downed Power Lines Close I-30 in East Fort Worth

  03-05-2018 19:04
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. Interstate 30 is closed in both directions in East Fort Worth due to down power lines, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• American Airlines makes two jet purchases valued at more than $1.4B

  03-05-2018 18:24
  American Airlines Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) purchased 30 aircraft in two separate deals, the airline announced this morning in a regulatory filing.
  The combined value of the two deals comes in at more than $1.4 billion, according to the aircraft manufacturers, and represents a substantial investment in American's network of regional carriers throughout the country.
  Aircraft manufacturers say a deal is "valued" at a certain amount based off the aircraft's price tag because airlines usually get&he
  
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• Volunteers Spruce Up Trinity River Corridor

  03-05-2018 18:11
  
  The Trinity River Corridor in Dallas got a big sprucing up thanks to the work of more than 250 volunteers.
  
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• FWPD Seeks Person of Interest in Attack on 13-Year-Old Girl

  03-05-2018 18:09
  
  New images of a person of interest in the assault of a 13-year-old girl were released Thursday by Fort Worth police.Photo Credit: Fort Worth Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Brinks Truck Drops Thousands Of Dollars On Indiana Highway

  03-05-2018 18:09
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State police say drivers clamored to pick up cash on an interstate in Indianapolis after the back doors of a Brinks armored truck swung open and hundreds of thousands of dollars flew out.
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  State police spokesman Sgt. John Perrine says investigators don’t know exactly how much cash was in the truck when its lost its load about 9 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 on the city’s southwest side. Perrine says it was definitely hundreds of thousand
  
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• Some DNT Lanes Reopened Following Morning Crash

  03-05-2018 17:54
  
  Some lanes of the Dallas North Tollway have been reopened about 10 a.m. following an early-morning crash that closed much of the highway Thursday.One northbound lane and two southbound lanes remain...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas Prosecutors Say Deadly 2016 Police Shooting Justified

  03-05-2018 17:37
  AUSTIN (AP) — Travis County prosecutors have determined the actions of two Austin police officers were justified in the 2016 shooting death of a woman who was brandishing a BB gun.
  The Travis County district attorney’s office said in a statement Wednesday that the finding by prosecutors means the case will not be presented to a grand jury.
  Authorities have said a man called police in October 2016 saying his girlfriend, 26-year-old Micah Jester, was behaving erratically and asked for
  
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• Dozens of Shopping Centers Coming to McKinney

  03-05-2018 16:29
  
  A large shopping center under development at the northeast corner of US Highway 380 and Hardin Boulevard is just one example of a major push to put more retail, restaurant and entertainment options in place...
  
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• DNT Crash, 3 Lanes Open, 3 Closed

  03-05-2018 16:28
  
  Three out of six lanes of the Dallas North Tollway remain closed after an early-morning crash closed much of the highway Thursday.Two northbound lanes and one southbound lane of the DNT have been...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Woman Makes Monthly Donation to Ease Others' Medical Debt

  03-05-2018 16:22
  
  A Fort Worth woman said she's committed to making a monthly donation to help North Texans who are struggling with medical debt. Her donation is in memory of her friend, Grace, who died last week.
  
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• Video Game Hall Of Fame To Announce Class Of 2018

  03-05-2018 16:13
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Some popular video games are about to be recognized for their impact on the multibillion-dollar industry.
  The World Video Game Hall of Fame is scheduled to induct its Class of 2018 on Thursday.
  The inductees were chosen from among 12 finalists revealed in March at The Strong museum in Rochester, where the hall of fame is housed.
  A person plays the Ms. Pac-Man game at the 2004 Toy Industry Association & Toy Wishes Holiday Preview show in New York City. (credit: Sp
  
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• Group Running Asylum Caravan Fears Spotlight Comes At A Cost

  03-05-2018 16:06
  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The group that organized a month-long caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States wanted to draw attention to the plight of people fleeing violence. If headlines are any measure, it has been a smashing success.
  President Donald Trump and Cabinet members have called the caravan a deliberate attempt to overwhelm U.S. authorities and proof that more must be done to secure the border with Mexico, including construction of a wall. The rhetoric from th
  
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• End of an Era: Jason Witten Retires from Cowboys

  03-05-2018 15:36
  
  Stalwart Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has informed owner Jerry Jones and head coach Jason Garrett that he is retiring from the NFL after 15 seasons, a source says.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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• National Rifle Association Convention Kicks Off Today In Dallas

  03-05-2018 14:58
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The gun debate takes center stage in downtown Dallas today as the National Rifle Association (NRA) begins its annual meeting at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
  Actress and activist Alyssa Milano, relatives of mass shooting victims in Parkland, Florida and Aurora, Colorado and other gun-control groups are expected to be among the thousands of protestors participating in anti-NRA rallies over the next few days.
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• Margaret McDermott, Dallas Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 106

  03-05-2018 14:49
  
  Margaret McDermott, who personified the "greatest generation" of givers in Dallas philanthropy and who bestowed millions upon institutions linked to the arts, education and science, died Thursday. She was 106.
  
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• Texas Officials Ignore Dioxin Spread In Houston Waterways

  03-05-2018 13:43
  HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — An agreement has finally cleared the way for cleanup at a Superfund site in Texas known as the San Jacinto Waste Pits. But an investigation by the Houston Chronicle and The Associated Press has found that dioxin damage has already spread far beyond the site.
  At the Highlands Acid Pit on August 31, 2017, the No Trespassing sign on the barbed-wire fence encircling the 3.3-acre Superfund site barely peeked above the churning flood water from the nearby San Jacinto Rive
  
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• Passengers Heard Window Popping On Southwest Plane

  03-05-2018 13:28
  CLEVELAND (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane first heard a loud pop and then scurried away when they saw a jagged crack in a window that forced the jet to land in Cleveland on Wednesday.
  Some on board immediately thought back to just two weeks ago when a jet engine blew apart and broke a window, leading to a woman being partially sucked out and killed aboard another Southwest flight.
  “It made you nervous because something like this just happened,” said p
  
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• Afraid Of Heights In Space: NASA Astronaut Details Flight

  03-05-2018 13:17
  STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (AP) — When NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba was out doing a spacewalk during a recent trip to the International Space Station, he held on tight. That’s because Acaba is afraid of heights.
  “If you look at the pictures, I’m holding on to the railing,” he told a crowd at the Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. “It does take a little bit of work while you’re doing a spacewalk to realize, okay, it’s okay. You are
  
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• Amazon's Layoff Decision

  03-05-2018 13:06
  The endorsement from Jolt, a group that mobilizes young Latino voters, seemed to be former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez's to lose, but that's what happened after a weekend forum in Austin.
  
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• Fort Worth Launches Subcommittee to Study Bike Share Program

  03-05-2018 12:32
  
  Fort Worth City Council has formed a subcommittee to weigh the city’s options for bike share programs.
  
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• LIVE: Tornado Warning Expires for Western Counties

  03-05-2018 11:47
  
  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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• Thunderstorms Could Have Hail, Strong Winds

  03-05-2018 06:32
  
  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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