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• Police Release Sketch Of Transgender Woman Found Dead At White Rock Creek

  16-05-2018 23:49
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police have released a composite sketch of a dead transgender woman found floating in White Rock Creek near Skillman and Abrams.
  They’re hoping someone will recognize her and contact them.
  The woman’s death is the second in the transgender community in Dallas in two weeks.
  Dallas police said she was severely decomposed and didn’t have an ID or any identifying marks. They described her as African American, 5′ 3″ and weighing about 130
  
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• Police Need Help Identifying Transgender Woman Found Dead In Creek

  16-05-2018 23:49
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police have released a composite sketch of a dead transgender woman found floating in White Rock Creek near Skillman and Abrams.
  They’re hoping someone will recognize her and contact them.
  The woman’s death is the second in the transgender community in Dallas in two weeks.
  Dallas police said she was severely decomposed and didn’t have an ID or any identifying marks. They described her as African American, 5′ 3″ and weighing about 130
  
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• Mom Grieves From Hospital Bed Online – ‘Every Time I Close My Eyes, I See My Babies; I See Them Dead’

  16-05-2018 23:30
  PONDER, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Texas mom grieved on Facebook Live Wednesday afternoon from her hospital bed after a shooting that left her injured and five other people dead including her three children and two men.  One of the men was the shooter.
  The Denton County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the shooting that happened at a home in Ponder, TX.
  Speaking to family and friends on a public Facebook Live from her hospital bed, the sole survivor and mother Amanda Simps
  
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• Niece Shows Up For Funeral Of Veteran Who Died At UNT

  16-05-2018 23:14
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An Air Force veteran was laid to rest Wednesday at DFW National Cemetery, with one long-lost family member in attendance.
  Veterans, police officers, former colleagues from the University of North Texas and friends gathered shoulder to shoulder to say farewell to Margaret King.
  “We are her family now, after death. She’s very much loved, and her service is very much honored,” said Rick Crabb, a ride captain for the North Texas Patriot Guard Riders.
  Cra
  
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• These Are The New Primetime Shows Coming To CBS This Fall

  16-05-2018 23:06
  CBS today unveiled its 2018-2019 primetime lineup featuring three new comedies, five new dramas and the return of the critically acclaimed MURPHY BROWN. The new series will join 24 returning hits to build on the success of America’s Most Watched Network.
  Check out the new fall lineup at CBS.com
  The five new shows for fall include two comedies, THE NEIGHBORHOOD starring Cedric the Entertainer and HAPPY TOGETHER starring Damon Wayans Jr. and Amber Stevens West. The three dramas are MAGNUM P.
  
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• UNT May Name New Dorm After "Mean" Joe Greene

  16-05-2018 22:43
  
  The board of regents for the University of North Texas will consider a proposal this week to name a new residence hall after "Mean" Joe Greene.
  
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• Headed to the Byron? Where Do You Park?

  16-05-2018 22:13
  
  Headed to The Trinity Forest Golf Club to see the Byron? You'll need to read this to know where to park.Photo Credit: Pat Doney, NBC 5 SportsThis 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 Police Hoping Facial Reconstruction Images Help In Cold Case

  16-05-2018 22:11
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth Police released images they hope could help identify a victim in a more than five-year-old cold case.
  computerized image of deceased woman found in 2013 in Fort Worth (FWPD)
  Police said on March 20, 2013, around 9:00 a.m., a construction crew discovered a human skull in a field at 7300 Calmont Ave.
  Homicide detectives arrived and found a shallow grave near the skull.
  The grave contained the rest of the body. The remains have yet to be identified.
  The Ta
  
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• Some Play Golf As Hawaii Volcano Spews Ash; Tourism Takes Hit

  16-05-2018 22:02
  HONOLULU (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A photographer in Hawaii captured the contrast of people playing golf as an ash plume arose in the distance from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island on May 15. Photo Gallery Here.
  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  According to reports, people nixing vacations to Hawaii’s Big island has cost the tourism industry millions of dollars as the top attraction, Kilauea volcano, keeps spewing lava.
  Cancellations from May through July have hit at least $5 m
  
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• How many sports stadiums feature DFW company names?

  16-05-2018 21:51
  When Smoothie King Franchises, Inc. moves its headquarters from just outside New Orleans to Irving this summer, another major corporate brand will be added to North Texas' portfolio.Those multi billion-dollar brands try to get a leg-up in marketing wherever they can. That's why many have turned to obtaining the naming rights to sports stadiums across the country.The New Orleans Pelicans, part of the National Basketball Association, play their home games at the Smoothie King Center. To see what&h
  
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• Texas And Alabama To Play In 2022 And 2023

  16-05-2018 21:44
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide, which last met in 2010 Rose Bowl, will play each other in 2022 and 2023.
  UT officials announced the agreement Wednesday.
  Texas spring football (Getty Images)
  Alabama will travel to Texas in 2022 and the teams meet in Tuscaloosa the following year.
  Alabama spring football (Getty Images)
  The Longhorns will push a home-and-home series with Ohio State from those years back to 2025-2026.
  The Crimson Tide beat the Long
  
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• Attorney: Too Little Cash For Transgender Killing Defense

  16-05-2018 21:20
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The head of Missouri’s public defender system says a suspect in the slaying of a transgender teen should be spared from facing the death sentence if he’s convicted because there isn’t enough money to adequately defend him.
  Missouri State Public Defender Office director Michael Barrett argued this month in a motion filed in Andrew Vrba’s first-degree murder case that it’s not fair that the state is stepping in to help county prosecutors
  
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• Texas City To Require Firms To Give More To Get Tax Breaks

  16-05-2018 20:53
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston has approved new rules outlining additional community benefits companies seeking tax breaks for development projects will need to provide in order to get financial incentives from the city.
  The new benefits — including improved training and affordable housing for the local workforce — are geared in part toward helping development in economically challenged communities.
  The discussion in Houston over its tax abatement program is similar to others being hel
  
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• Caught On Camera: Fiery Dump Truck Crash As Car Attempts To Backup On Highway

  16-05-2018 20:13
  GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) cameras were rolling and pointed directly onto Highway 360, near Camp Wisdom Road, when a dump truck crashed and burst into flames.
  The fiery accident happened Tuesday just before 6 a.m.
  (credit: NTTA)
  According to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the driver of a Chrysler PT Cruiser had stopped in the middle of the newly opened tollway lanes and was backing up. A fast-approaching dum
  
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• Dallas Honors Fallen Officers During National Police Week

  16-05-2018 20:12
  
  This week is National Police Week -- and Wednesday, Dallas held its annual ceremony paying tribute to the city's fallen officers. For many, this year's event carried extra weight, coming just weeks after one of...
  
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• CBS Fall Lineup 2018: Murphy Brown, Magnum P.I., Young Sheldon, Big Bang Theory Return

  16-05-2018 19:45
  CBS is going to have a whole different look this fall. America’s Most Watched Network announced this morning that it will be adding 8 new shows and will be bringing back the critically acclaimed series “Murphy Brown.”
  Check out the new fall lineup at CBS.com
  Emmy award winner Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English reunite to revive the comedy about a broadcast news legend who is not afraid to voice her opinion in a vastly different political climate. Revivals have been
  
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• Police: Suspect Used Alligator To Threaten Kidnapped Man

  16-05-2018 19:14
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Connecticut police say a man who placed a 3-foot alligator on top of a man in an extortion attempt was arrested.
  The Connecticut Post reports that 30-year-old Isaias Garcia, of Garland was held on $250,000 bail after pleading not guilty Tuesday to charges including kidnapping and threatening.
  Authorities say a 21-year-old man called his aunt April 6 to say he had been kidnapped and his abductor was demanding $800.
  The aunt contacted police who told her t
  
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• Microchip Reunites Family With Dog Four Years Later

  16-05-2018 19:03
  LANSING, MI (CBSDFW.COM) — A Lansing, Michigan family got its dog back four years after it went missing thanks to a microchip.
  Bambi’s family was heartbroken when they could not find her. After a seemingly endless search, they feared the worst.
  But time passed and life for the Wieferich family went on, until they got a call from Lucas County Canine Care & Control in Toledo, Ohio.
  “I actually thought it was a prank phone call,” Bradley Wieferich told the Toledo Blade.
  
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• Study Finds More Parents Smoking Marijuana Around Children

  16-05-2018 18:30
  NEW YORK (CBS Local) – As regulations crack down on the dangers of cigarette smoke, a new study is warning that many parents are undoing all of this progress by exposing their children to secondhand marijuana smoke.
  The Details:A study says more parents are smoking marijuana around their children
  Researchers point to the decriminalization of marijuana for the change
  The study warns that children are being exposed to more secondhand smoke because of higher marijuana use According
  
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• The CBS Primetime Schedule From 1951

  16-05-2018 17:57
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Today, the CBS Television Network and CBS Entertainment present their 2018-2019 primetime schedule to the advertising community in New York City. This season, the network will premiere three new comedies and two dramas, two shows of which are reboots: “Magnum P.I.” and “Murphy Brown.”
  This week’s blog is not about the upcoming season, but about what the schedule was in 1951, which put CBS on the map and led the way to it being America
  
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• Indictment: Former Mayor Supported Developer In Exchange For Sex

  16-05-2018 17:20
  RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) – Former Mayor of Richardson Laura Jordan and a developer are facing a multi-count indictment on various federal charges including bribery and honest services wire fraud.
  Jordan’s name is redacted in the indictment, but it says the mayor in question was in office between May 2013-April 2015.
  Records show that’s when Jordan — formerly named Laura Gibbs Maczka — was in office.
  Also charged is developer Mark Jordan, whose company
  
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• 5 People Dead & Another Injured After Shooting At Home In Ponder

  16-05-2018 17:07
  PONDER (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in Ponder are investigating a shooting that left five people dead and another one in the hospital. It happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning at a home in the 600 block of Lonestar Park Lane, near FM 2499.
  The victims were located inside of the home.
  The Denton County Sheriff’s Office and the Ponder Fire Department responded to the scene, and the Texas Rangers were called in to assist with the investigation. This was initially r
  
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• Multiple Victims Hospitalized After Major Crash

  16-05-2018 17:06
  
  Multiple people were hospitalized in critical condition after a major crash Tuesday night, police said.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• CBS Unveils New 2018-2019 Lineup

  16-05-2018 16:25
  CBS is going to have a whole different look this fall. America’s Most Watched Network announced this morning that it will be adding 8 new shows and will be bringing back the critically acclaimed series “Murphy Brown.”
  Check out the new fall lineup at CBS.com
  Emmy award winner Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English reunite to revive the comedy about a broadcast news legend who is not afraid to voice her opinion in a vastly different political climate. Revivals have been
  
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• CBS Unveils Its New Fall 2018 Television Lineup

  16-05-2018 16:25
  CBS is going to have a whole different look this fall. America’s Most Watched Network announced this morning that it will be adding 8 new shows and will be bringing back the critically acclaimed series “Murphy Brown.”
  Check out the new fall lineup at CBS.com
  Emmy award winner Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English reunite to revive the comedy about a broadcast news legend who is not afraid to voice her opinion in a vastly different political climate. Revivals have been
  
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• Science Explains Why Some Hear ‘Laurel’ & Others Hear ‘Yanny’

  16-05-2018 16:09
  NEW YORK (CNN) – As if we needed another thing to divide America. Some people who listen to an online audio file hear one thing while others hear something completely different. It’s like the file was put on the internet just to sow discord. The Yanny-Laurel debate has fractured the internet.
  So, what do you hear?
  You couldn’t get on social media Tuesday without seeing Team Yanny and Team Laurel going at it. First posted on Reddit, the polarizing audio clip quickly sp
  
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• Amazon Prime Members To Get Extra Discount At Whole Foods

  16-05-2018 15:51
  NEW YORK (CNN Money) – Whole Foods is getting even more like Amazon.
  Amazon, which purchased Whole Foods last year, is offering its Prime members an additional 10 percent off of sale items when they shop at Whole Foods.
  The additional discount will apply to hundreds of products throughout the stores. To get the discount, Prime members will have to scan the Whole Foods app at checkout, after signing into the app with their Prime membership.
  Earlier this year, the two companies launched free
  
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• Hamilton Cast Performs For George H.W. Bush In His Office

  16-05-2018 15:44
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush says “history never sounded so powerful.”
  (credit: @GeorgeHWBush/Twitter)
  The touring company of the Tony-winning musical “Hamilton” gave the Republican a special performance in his Houston office on Tuesday.
  A complete joy to welcome the “HamFam” — the cast and crew of @HamiltonMusical — to our Houston office for a special performance I will never forget. History never sounded so po
  
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• 2 Convicted Felons On Texas 10 Most Wanted List Captured

  16-05-2018 15:30
  AUSTIN (AP) — Two felons on Texas 10 Most Wanted lists have been arrested including one offender caught more than 2,000 miles away in Oregon.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday announced 43-year-old Shawn Monroe Cowan, who was on the most wanted sex offender list, was arrested May 8 near Bonanza, Oregon. Cowan had been sought for nearly a year after leaving Beaumont.
  Mugshots of Shawn Monroe Cowan (L) and Andrew Jerome Belmontes (R). (credit: Texas Department of Public Safety
  
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• DFW Summer Library Programs Offer Way More Than Just Books

  16-05-2018 15:11
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Local libraries have offered summer reading programs for decades, but now the programs involve so much more than just books. From free robotics classes to games of quidditch, the library’s unique activities have never looked so cool.
  The magic of “Harry Potter” soars off of the page at Arlington’s new downtown public library. Teenagers can stop by for a friendly — albeit grounded — game of quidditch starting on June 11. While the
  
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• Fort Worth Passes Tow Ordinance for Quicker Response Times

  16-05-2018 14:19
  
  Stuck on the side of the road and waiting for a tow truck, can be a frustrating and dangerous place to be. Now the city of Fort Worth has passed a towing ordinance to speed up the process, using some new...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• ‘Free Range’ Employees: Unassigned Workspace Trend to Grow

  16-05-2018 14:17
  
  Office workers may soon say goodbye to personal assigned workspaces as the trend becomes more popular.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Spacewalking Astronauts Tackle Pump Work At Space Station

  16-05-2018 14:15
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronauts took a spacewalk Wednesday to shuffle around a couple of space station pumps.
  Popping out early, Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold quickly began rearranging the International Space Station’s external cooling system by swapping the positions of two spare ammonia pumps.
  NASA wants the best spare in the best spot to call into action if needed down the road. One pump got too cold because of a power shutdown 17 years ago and is called Frosty. T
  
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• Grapevine British Emporium Pumped for Royal Wedding

  16-05-2018 14:14
  
  The British Emporium in Grapevine is known for selling all things U.K., and now, they're getting ready for the royal big day! The emporium, located at 140 N Main Street, is hosting a watch party Saturday morning...
  
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• Tariffs, Worker Shortage Raising Construction Costs

  16-05-2018 13:46
  
  The cost to build a new home in North Texas continues to rise for a multitude of reasons: chief among them are a tariff on imported Canadian lumber and an ongoing construction worker shortage in the region.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Homeowners Scramble As Hawaii Volcano Spews Ash, Lava

  16-05-2018 13:44
  HONOLULU (AP) — Patricia Deter moved from Oregon to Hawaii to be closer to her two daughters, but the Kilauea volcano burned down her home only a month after she bought it.
  Now Deter and others who have recently lost homes to the lava-spewing mountain are on an urgent quest for answers about insurance, desperate to learn whether their coverage will offer any help after molten rock wiped out most of what they owned.
  The eruption has destroyed about two dozen homes in the Leilani Estates sub
  
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• Public Comment Sought On Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan

  16-05-2018 13:33
  LANSING, Mich. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Public comment is being sought on a draft of a conservation plan expected to help reverse eastern monarch butterfly population declines.
  Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources says the Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy builds on existing efforts by state, federal, and local agencies and private organizations and individuals.
  Monarch butterflies found east of the Rocky Mountains have declined by more than 80 percent over the past 20 years p
  
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• Thousands Of North Carolina Teachers Set To Rally Over Pay

  16-05-2018 13:15
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Thousands of teachers are set to hit the streets of North Carolina’s capital on Wednesday, determined to force a political showdown over wages and funding priorities for public school classrooms.
  As many as 15,000 teachers were expected to defy forecasts of rain for a rally in Raleigh as the Republican-dominated state legislature begins its annual session. Previous strikes, walkouts and protests in West Virginia, Arizona, Kentucky, Colorado and Oklahoma have led
  
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• Bill Gates Gives $44M To Influence State Education Reform

  16-05-2018 12:46
  SEATTLE (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates saw an opportunity with a new federal education law that has widespread repercussions for American classrooms.
  His non-profit, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has given about $44 million to outside groups over the past two years to help shape new state education plans required under the 2015 law, according to an Associated Press analysis of its grant database.
  The grants illustrate how strategic and immersive the Microsoft founder can
  
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• HHS Considering Housing Immigrant Children At Military Bases

  16-05-2018 12:35
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Health and Human Services Department is considering housing children picked up crossing the U.S. border illegally — either alone or after being separated from their parents by the government — at military bases, according to two U.S. officials.
  One official said the department is looking at four bases in Texas and Arkansas. The officials discussed the plan Tuesday on condition of anonymity because it has not been made public or made final.
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• Central Market Recalls Meat From Dallas Store

  16-05-2018 09:59
  DALLAS (CBDFW.COM) – Central Market has issued a one-store recall for ground meat products sold Sunday at its store at Preston Road and Royal Lane in Dallas.
  The chain says it’s a precautionary recall for the possibility metal might be in the ground meats.
  The products include ground beef, ground pork, ground bison, ground veal, and fresh and seasoned beef patties that were purchased on Sunday May 13.
  “This is an isolated incident, and the impacted meat was produced a
  
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• Fort Worth City Council Bans Smoking in Public Parks

  16-05-2018 06:13
  
  On Tuesday night, the Fort Worth City Council banned smoking in public parks.
  
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• Scientists Perform Independent Tests on Ponder Water Supply

  16-05-2018 06:11
  
  A group of Ponder residents are conducting independent tests on their water supply.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Stop the Bleed: Blood Thinner Antidote

  16-05-2018 05:57
  
  Doctors are now testing a medication that reverses the effects of the new class of blood thinners.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Social Media Page Acts As Force Multiplier for Dallas Police

  16-05-2018 05:41
  
  Police in Deep Ellum and Uptown are using an officer-run Facebook page to connect with the community and catch criminals.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• McKinney Councilman Arrested During Traffic Stop Vows Not To Step Down

  16-05-2018 05:25
  People spoke out in support of La'Shadion Shemwell and against his behavior during a traffic stop.
  
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• Dallas Police Employee Accused Of Aiding ‘Ambulance Chasers’

  16-05-2018 05:15
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A longtime Dallas police records clerk is under investigation for allegedly funneling car crash information to a North Texas personal injury attorney.
  According to a civil lawsuit filed last month, Margarita Monjaras, 51, provided details of a January 2017 wreck to a man paid to solicit business for Arlington attorney Loren Green.
  Barratry, better known as “ambulance chasing,” is illegal in Texas. State law prohibits any direct personal or telephone contac
  
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• Dallas Police Investigating Deaths Of 2 Transgender Women In 3 Days

  16-05-2018 04:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A second death in the transgender community in Dallas is setting off alarm bells after another transgender woman was murdered in Dallas last week.
  A transgender woman was pulled from White Rock Creek on Saturday, just before 7:30 p.m. Dallas police say she was severely decomposed.
  She didn’t have an ID or identifying marks, so police called a news conference Tuesday afternoon to ask for the public’s help in identifying her.Her cause of death is not ye
  
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• Dallas Police Investigating Deaths Of 2 Transgender Women In 3 Day Span

  16-05-2018 04:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A second death in the transgender community in Dallas is setting off alarm bells after another transgender woman was murdered in Dallas last week.
  A transgender woman was pulled from White Rock Creek on Saturday, just before 7:30 p.m. Dallas police say she was severely decomposed.
  She didn’t have an ID or identifying marks, so police called a news conference Tuesday afternoon to ask for the public’s help in identifying her.Her cause of death is not ye
  
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• 25-Year-Old Arrested After Posing As Dallas ISD High School Student

  16-05-2018 04:16
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A 25-year-old man faces a felony charge after posing as a high school at a Dallas ISD high school — and even joined the school’s basketball team.
  Sidney Gilstrap-Portly was arrested on a charge of tampering with government records — a felony — after he was enrolled as a student at Hillcrest High School, claiming to be a displaced Hurricane Harvey evacuee.
  The district confirmed he also played on the school’s basketball team during the sch
  
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