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• Heat Taking Toll On Fans At Byron Nelson Golf Tournament

  18-05-2018 23:54
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Approximately 50 attendees of the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson Classic in South Dallas have been attended to for heat-related issues Dallas-Fire Rescue said Friday afternoon.
  Most of them “have been very proactive about treating their symptoms and only needing a place to cool off,” DFR said in a news release.Treatment for these patients have mostly been ice packs, water, being placed by fans or in an air-conditioned tent; with the occasional administrat
  
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• Salerno Questions Allred's Vetting for Congress

  18-05-2018 23:33
  
  Both candidates give their qualifications for the nomination, and Lillian Salerno questions whether Colin Allred has been vetted for the job.
  
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• Candidates Talk Distinctions in Race for Congressional District 32

  18-05-2018 23:32
  
  Candidates disagree over the distinctions being drawn between them in the race for Congress.
  
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• Listen to Police Scanner Audio During Texas Shooting

  18-05-2018 23:23 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Listen to police audio during the shooting at Santa Fe High School in southern Texas Friday morning. Ten people were killed when a student opened fire in a classroom, police said.
  
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• Former Dallas Uber Driver Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Drunk Passenger

  18-05-2018 23:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After nine hours of deliberations, jurors found Talal Chammout guilty of sexually assaulting his Uber passenger in July 2015.
  The jury, made up of seven men and five women, found the former Uber driver, Chammout not guilty on a second charge of forcing himself on his accuser during their initial encounter.
  The accuser was in the courtroom and when the not guilty verdict for the second charge was read, she buried her face in her hands and sobbed.
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• Watch A Sneak Peek Of Idina Menzel On Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition

  18-05-2018 23:00
  On tonight’s new installment of UNDERCOVER BOSS: CELEBRITY EDITION, Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel slips into an undercover role to find the next Broadway sensation.  How will the voice of Frozen’s “Let It Go” remain incognito?  Check out this sneak peek.UNDERCOVER BOSS: CELEBRITY EDITION airs tonight, Friday, May 18, 8 PM ET/PT.
  
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• Another Molotov Cocktail Fire in Hulen Mall, 1 Held

  18-05-2018 23:00
  
  Officials say a suspect is in custody after lighting a Molotov cocktail inside a Sears department store at Hulen Mall Friday morning.Photo Credit: Fort Worth PDThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Santa Fe 11th Grader On School Shooter Dimitrios Pagourtzis: ‘He Was Actually A Pretty Nice Kid’

  18-05-2018 22:15
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Santa Fe High School junior said he didn’t know suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis well, but was surprised Pagourtzis is the suspect in the mass shooting at the school that left nine students and one teacher dead.
  “He was a very smart student and was the last person anybody expected to do this,” said Christopher Kurrass, who along with classmates ran out of the school as fast as he could to a nearby gas station.
  “He was actually a pretty n
  
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• Santa Fe 11th Grader On Alleged School Shooter Dimitrios Pagourtzis: ‘He Was Actually A Pretty Nice Kid’

  18-05-2018 22:15
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Santa Fe High School junior said he didn’t know suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis well, but was surprised Pagourtzis is the suspect in the mass shooting at the school that left nine students and one teacher dead.
  “He was a very smart student and was the last person anybody expected to do this,” said Christopher Kurrass, who along with classmates ran out of the school as fast as he could to a nearby gas station.
  “He was actually a pretty n
  
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• Dimitrios Pagourtzis Identified As Sante Fe High School Shooter

  18-05-2018 22:14
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  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in southeast Texas responded to Santa Fe High School on Friday morning after reports of an active shooter on the campus. The situation erupted shortly before 8 a.m. at the high school, located between Houston and Galveston, and at least ten people are dead and ten were wounded.
  Law enforcement confirmed the suspect in custody is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis.
  17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis
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• Dimitrios Pagourtzis Identified As Santa Fe High School Shooter

  18-05-2018 22:14
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in southeast Texas responded to Santa Fe High School on Friday morning after reports of an active shooter on the campus. The situation erupted shortly before 8 a.m. at the high school, located between Houston and Galveston, and at least ten people are dead and ten were wounded.
  Law enforcement confirmed the suspect in custody is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis.
  17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis
  Eleventh grade student Christopher Kur
  
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• Texas Gov.: ‘We Need to Do More Than Just Pray for Victims’

  18-05-2018 22:11 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he will organize roundtables around the state to discuss preventing further shootings. “We need to do more than just pray for the victims,” he said.
  
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• Texas School Shooting May Spur School Security Bill In Minnesota

  18-05-2018 21:58
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) –  Minnesota Republican party leaders say they may move quickly to pass a $28 million bill for security upgrades at schools after the latest school shooting in Texas where ten people were killed Friday morning near Houston.
  Emergency crews gather in the parking lot of Santa Fe High School where ten people were killed (DANIEL KRAMER/AFP/Getty Images)
  That additional funding has been part of the plan since the session began in February. But Republica
  
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• Galveston-area high school shooting now at 10 fatalities

  18-05-2018 21:47
  A shooting at Santa Fe High School occurred on the morning of May 18, according to multiple reports.Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed at a 2 p.m. press conference that 10 fatalities have resulted from the incident. Authorities also confirmed that there were two weapons used, a shotgun and a .38 revolver. Neither were owned or legally possessed by the shooter, who has been identified as 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis. He may have gotten the firearms from his father, officials said.Pagourt
  
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• 50 Past Byron Nelson Winners

  18-05-2018 21:43
  
  As the 50th Byron Nelson gets underway in Dallas, take a look at the past 50 winners, some who won several times.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• American Airlines flight attendants sound alarm about plans to retrofit planes

  18-05-2018 21:34
  American Airlines flight attendants, still working through a uniform crisis that dates to September 2016, are up in arms over another plan just announced by AA management, this one called Project Oasis.In a nutshell, it’s a project to retrofit nearly 200 Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737-800 aircraft in American’s fleet to match the configuration of the much newer Boeing 737 MAX planes that AA has only just begun to introduce into its fleet.American (Nasdaq: AAL) has eight MAXs in service now &m
  
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• The lawyer & the recruiter: Katten Muchin’s secret plan to conquer Texas

  18-05-2018 20:57
  Before opening its Dallas office, Katten Muchin set out to create some hometown credibility.
  
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• Plane Crashes In Cuba, At Least 110 Passengers On Board

  18-05-2018 20:07
  HAVANA (CBSNEWS/AP) – A Cuban-operated airliner with at least 110 people on board crashed into a cassava field just after takeoff from Havana’s international airport on Friday. There appeared to be mass casualties as Cuban officials said three people had survived, but had yet to give an official toll.
  Authorities said there were 104 passengers and nine foreign crew members on the flight that was headed to the eastern city of Holguin. Witnesses said they saw a thick column of smo
  
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• Boeing 737 Crashes With 104 Passengers Aboard

  18-05-2018 20:07
  HAVANA (AP) — A Boeing 737 operated by state airline Cubana crashed on takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Friday with 104 people on board. There was no immediate word on casualties.
  State television and websites said the plane was headed to the eastern city of Holguin and crashed between the airport in southern Havana and the nearby town of Santiago de las Vegas.
  The plane lay in a farm field and appeared heavily damaged and burnt, with firefighters spraying water o
  
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• Former Playboy Centerfold Apparently Jumps To Death With Son

  18-05-2018 19:49
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former Playboy centerfold involved in a custody battle apparently jumped with her 7-year-old son to their deaths from the 25th floor of a Manhattan hotel, law enforcement officials said Friday.
  The pair checked into the penthouse suite of the Gotham Hotel at about 6 p.m. Thursday, police said at a brief news conference. They fell 23 floors, and were found on a second-floor balcony at about 8:15 a.m. Friday in the rear courtyard of the hotel.
  Law enforcement officials iden
  
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• Heat a Concern at Dallas' Byron Nelson Tournament

  18-05-2018 19:29
  
  Heading out to the Byron Nelson tournament Friday, be prepared to battle the heat.
  
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• Parkland Students React To Texas Shooting On Social Media

  18-05-2018 19:27
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, took to social media to express outrage and heartbreak after the latest school shooting in Texas, where authorities say a gunman opened fire, killing at least eight people.
  Marjory Stoneman Douglas students Jaclyn Corin said in a tweet that her “heart is so heavy” for the students at Santa Fe High School, telling them Parkland will stand with them.
  My heart is so heavy for the student
  
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• Form D Friday: Fort Worth venture capital firm to invest in New York cancer drug maker

  18-05-2018 19:19
  Bios Partners is preparing to make an investment in a New York cancer treatment developer Incysus.
  
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• GameStop takes dive as Wall Street questions prospect for company, executive tumult

  18-05-2018 19:11
  GameStop (NYSE: GME) is under more pressure on Wall Street roughly a week after its chief executive stepped down. Shares of the video game retailer dropped nearly 10 percent by noon on Friday, falling to nearly a 1-year low. Trading was unusually heavy for the company, which now has a market valuation that’s little more than $1.2 billion.GameStop announced May 11 Mike Mauler was stepping down as CEO, effective immediately, for “personal reasons” after taking the job in Feb
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Connection To Fires At Hulen Mall

  18-05-2018 19:10
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A man was arrested Friday in connection to a fire set inside Hulen Mall in the shoe section at Sears.
  Police found the suspect inside the mall just outside a jewelry store. The police chief identified the suspect as 46-year-old Craig Tezeno from Fort Worth.
  Police believe Tezeno was also behind the Molotov cocktails that were set off inside the mall last Friday.
  Dozens of police and officials with the FBI and ATF were at the scene when the call came in about
  
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• Fire At Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Suspect in Custody

  18-05-2018 19:10
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A man was arrested in connection to a fire set inside Hulen Mall in the shoe section at Sears.
  Fort Worth firefighters received the call around 10:30 a.m.
  MedStar said no one was hurt during the incident.
  Fort Worth fire said arson units are on-scene.
  Last Friday a man lit two Molotov Cocktails inside the mall. No word on whether today’s fire is linked to that arson case.
  The mall was closed for a security sweep.
   
  
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• Explosives Found After Texas School Shooting That Left At Least 8 People Dead

  18-05-2018 18:57
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  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in southeast Texas responded to Santa Fe High School on Friday morning after reports of an active shooter on the campus. The situation erupted shortly before 8:00 a.m. at the high school, located between Houston and Galveston, and at least eight people are dead.
  According to assistant principal Dr. Cris Richardson, the shooter has been caught and is no longer in the school building. A second person has also bee
  
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• Global law firm plans 500 hires in new Richardson office

  18-05-2018 18:53
  The nation’s second-largest corporate immigration law firm on Thursday opened a headquarters-like office in Richardson, where it will employ hundreds of lawyers, paralegals and other legal professionals.San Francisco-based Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP, known as BAL, is calling the Richardson office a “Center of Excellence” rather than a headquarters, managing partner Jeremy Fudge told the Dallas Business Journal in an interview after leading a tour of the North Texas of
  
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• What can Texas teach California about high-speed rail?

  18-05-2018 18:49
  The nation's two biggest states are each pursuing high-speed rail — but on very different paths. Which one works best is a question other cities and states are watching carefully.
  
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• Airlines Targeting Women to Fly Planes

  18-05-2018 18:46
  
  The airline industry has put out the "now hiring" sign. Pilots are retiring at a faster rate than qualified people are lining up to fill their spots. More airlines are targeting women to join the ranks.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Suspect Caught & Several Injured After School Shooting In Santa Fe, Texas

  18-05-2018 15:27
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in southeast Texas responded to Santa Fe High School on Friday morning after reports of an active shooter on the campus. The situation erupted shortly before 8:00 a.m. at the high school, located between Houston and Galveston.
  According to assistant principal Dr. Cris Richardson, the shooter has been caught and is no longer in the school.
  Leila Butler is a student at the school. She told KTRK-TV in Houston that fire alarms went off and students ex
  
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• CBS Looks Back For Its Reboot-Heavy New TV Season

  18-05-2018 14:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — Glance at next season’s schedule for CBS and you could be forgiven for wondering what decade it is.
  The network is adding remakes of 1980s series “Murphy Brown” and “Magnum, P.I.” to a line-up that already includes blasts-from-the-past “Hawaii Five-0” and “MacGyver.”
  CBS executives said Wednesday that the “Murphy Brown” reboot, which again stars Candice Bergen, moves TV anchor Murphy out of prime-time. She ho
  
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• Friday is Bike to Work Day

  18-05-2018 14:30
  
  Friday is National Bike to Work Day, an annual event aimed at promoting the bicycle as a viable option for the morning commute. And depending upon where you live in North Texas, that can be easier said...
  
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• Schools Prepare for New Season of '13 Reasons Why'

  18-05-2018 14:27
  
  Teachers and counselors across North Texas are preparing for the release of the newest season of the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why."
  
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• U.S. Approves 1st Drug Developed To Prevent Chronic Migraines

  18-05-2018 14:26
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators Thursday approved the first drug designed to prevent chronic migraines.
  The Food and Drug Administration’s action clears the monthly shot Aimovig for sale. It’s the first in a new class of long-acting drugs for preventing migraines. Three other shots are expected to win approval by next year, and several pills for preventing migraines are being tested.
  Current prevention treatments include pills originally developed for epilepsy and other co
  
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• All I-30 Lanes Reopened Following Major Crash in Dallas

  18-05-2018 14:16
  
  All lanes of Interstate 30 have been reopened following a crash between a UPS truck and a red vehicle that caused delays and closures near downtown Dallas early Friday morning.
  
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• Light Coats Of Gritty Ash Fall Near Erupting Hawaii Volcano

  18-05-2018 13:50
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities handed out around 2,000 masks for protection as people living near Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano braced for pulverized rock, glass and crystal to rain down after an explosive eruption at the peak’s summit.
  Lindsey Magnani, her fiance Elroy Rodrigues and their two children picked up masks for their family Thursday afternoon at Cooper Center in Volcano, Hawaii.
  Magnani said both of her children — Kahele Rodrigues, 2, and Kayden Rodrigues, 3 month
  
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• Ammo Box Falls From Military Chopper, Crashes Into Texas School

  18-05-2018 13:26
  EL PASO (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine how a box of ammunition fell from a military helicopter and crashed through the roof of an elementary school in Texas.
  The Ysleta Independent School District says no one was injured when the ammo box hit Parkland Elementary School in El Paso on Thursday afternoon. The ammo box left a hole in the roof and caused a power outage in part of the building.
  Officials at nearby Fort Bliss say they’ll reassess flight patterns as part of their
  
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• Korn Ferry study: College graduate salaries lagging in Dallas

  18-05-2018 13:23
  A new study finds that while the job market is at the hottest it’s been this century, salaries for newly minted college graduates in major cities are virtually flat from 2017, which means Dallas is still near the bottom.In consulting firm Korn/Ferry International's (NYSE: FY) 2018 study, researchers analyzed salaries of 310,000 entry-level positions from nearly 1,000 organizations across the United States. Based on the analysis, 2018 college grads will make, on average, $50,390 annually. T
  
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• DFW CHALLENGES TO GROWTH: Increasing income gap threatens region

  18-05-2018 13:22
  Even after a recent promotion at her job with a major telecom raised Shamy Conley’s pay to $18 an hour, the 30-year-old single mother of three struggles to make ends meet.“It’s tight,” she said in an interview in her East Dallas apartment. “I’m able to make sure we have a roof over our heads and food to eat, but I can’t do any more than that. I can’t do more than take care of the basic necessities.”Conley is not alone.At first glance, Dallas-
  
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• Deals Day: Dallas real estate equity fund makes third purchase in 6 months

  18-05-2018 13:22
  Reserve Capital Partners’ newest acquisition is an office property on a corner “surrounded by decision makers.”The Dallas real estate equity fund announced this week it purchased Denari Office Park, made up of three buildings at 15150, 6009 and 6029 Preston Road, for an undisclosed price. The 111,286-square-foot complex is 70 percent leased with 20 tenants.“The building appeals to a smaller tenant market,” said Greg Seitz, a partner with Reserve. “The reason w
  
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• Man Arrested After Firing Shots At Trump Golf Club

  18-05-2018 13:16
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A man was arrested early Friday after exchanging gunfire with officers, shouting about President Donald Trump and draping a flag over the counter in the lobby of the Trump National Doral Golf Club near Miami.
  Police were notified of an “active shooter” about 1:30 a.m., Doral Police Chief Hernan Organvidez told news reporters. He said officers from Doral and Miami-Dade confronted him immediately and exchanged gunfire with the man who was “neutralized&rdq
  
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• EB I-30 Lanes Closed Near Downtown Dallas After Crash

  18-05-2018 13:12
  
  A crash between a UPS truck and a red vehicle caused delays on Interstate 30 near downtown Dallas Friday morning.
  
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• 3 Crashes In Different Cities Along Interstate-30, All Around Same Time

  18-05-2018 12:53
  MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – A series of crashes along Interstate-30 early Friday kept emergency crews busy and drivers frustrated throughout the night. All of the crashes happened at about 3:00 a.m. in different parts of the DFW area — one in Mesquite, one in Dallas and one in Arlington.
  The crash in Mesquite left one woman dead. It happened in the westbound lanes of the interstate near Motley Drive. Police said that a big rig became disabled and pulled off onto the freeway’s shoul
  
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• You Don’t Have To Go Far To Beat The Heat In DFW This Summer

  18-05-2018 12:00
  (CBSDFW.COM) – The dog days of summer will be soon upon us but you don’t have to go too far to cool down.
  Epic Waters is a public-private partnership in Grand Prairie. One of a kind indoor water park with a retractable roof. It is celebrating its first summer in North Texas.
  “When its hot outside we can close the roof, when its nice outside we can open it up,” said Michael Hays, General Manager at Epic Waters. A new wave pool is expected to open on the Memorial Day weeken
  
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• Beat The Heat Summer Activities

  18-05-2018 12:00
  (CBSDFW.COM) – The dog days of summer will be soon upon us but you don’t have to go too far to cool down.
  Epic Waters is a public-private partnership in Grand Prairie. One of a kind indoor water park with a retractable roof. It is celebrating its first summer in North Texas.
  “When its hot outside we can close the roof, when its nice outside we can open it up,” said Michael Hays, General Manager at Epic Waters. A new wave pool is expected to open on the Memorial Day weeken
  
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