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• Houston Police Chief: Politicians ‘Not Doing Anything Other Than Offering Prayers’ After Shootings

  20-05-2018 23:59
  (CBSDFW.COM) – Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo appeared on CBS News’ Face the Nation Sunday and talked about the need for elected officials to take action on gun reform after Friday’s mass shooting at Santa Fe High School that killed 10 people and injured 13.
  Acevedo also suggested penalties for gun owners who do not properly secure their guns at home after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the suspected shooter, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, used guns that his father legally ow
  
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• Man Drowns in Lake Ray Roberts

  20-05-2018 23:51
  
  A Valley View man died Saturday after an accidental drowning in Lake Ray Roberts, officials say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Lopez Goes 8 Innings as White Sox Blank Rangers

  20-05-2018 23:36
  
  Reynaldo Lopez allowed only two hits in a career-high eight innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Sunday for their first home series win this season.Photo Credit: Stacy Revere/Getty Images
  
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• Texas School Shooting Victims Honored At Sunday Church Service

  20-05-2018 22:48
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A large crowd attended a church service in Santa Fe Sunday dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting that took place at the city’s high school Friday.
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was in attendance. He was surrounded by graduating Santa Fe High School seniors like Hunter Bloomfield.
  The message at Arcadia First Baptist Church was supposed to be directed to graduating seniors, but instead the pastor spoke to a grieving community.
  A large crowd gathered Sun
  
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• Cyclists Tried Scaring Cougar But It Attacked, Killing 1

  20-05-2018 21:49
  SEATTLE (AP) — The two mountain bikers did what they were supposed to do when they noticed a mountain lion tailing them on a trail east of Seattle.
  They got off their bikes. They faced the beast, shouted and tried to spook it. After it charged, one even smacked the cougar with his bike, and it ran off.
  It wasn’t enough, authorities said.
  When they got on their bikes again, the cougar returned, biting one of them on the head and shaking him. The second cyclist ran, and the animal drop
  
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• 14-Year-Old Pretends He’s NY Cop, Robs Legally Blind Man

  20-05-2018 21:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old boy posing as a New York police officer is under arrest for snatching a legally blind man’s wallet in a Manhattan subway station — while pretending to help him.
  The youth was in custody Sunday, nearly a week after he fled the station at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue.
  Police say he approached the 64-year-old man last Monday afternoon, offering to lead him past a turnstile. Security video shows the teen unzipping the man’s backpack a
  
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• ‘Deadpool 2’ Ends ‘Avengers’ Box-Office Reign, Rakes In $125M

  20-05-2018 21:24
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deadpool and his foul-mouthed crew of misfits and malcontents have taken down the Avengers.
  Fox’s “Deadpool 2” brought in $125 million in its opening weekend and ended the three-week reign of Disney’s “Avengers: Infinity War” at the top of the North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
  “Deadpool 2,” with Ryan Reynolds returning as the title character and co-writing this time, fell somewhat short of the
  
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• Trump Demands Justice Department Look Into Whether FBI “Infiltrated” Campaign

  20-05-2018 21:17
  (CBSNEWS) – President Trump tweeted on Sunday that he is demanding the Department of Justice investigate whether the FBI “infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for “Political Purposes.” His demand, which he said he would be “officially” issuing on Monday, comes after days of threats by the president and his allies to expose the identity of an alleged FBI informant who interacted with Trump campaign official in 2016 while the bureau looked into potential
  
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• How to Weed Out The Weeds

  20-05-2018 17:43
  
  Texas AgriLife Program Specialist Dotty Woodson talks about weed control.
  
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• DPD Security Enhanced After Shots Fired Near Police Station

  20-05-2018 16:37
  
  Security has been enhanced at police substations across the city of Dallas after shots were fired near a police station overnight.
  
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• Shots Fired in Two-City Chase: Police

  20-05-2018 06:15
  
  A man fired a gun at officers and led them on a chase through two Tarrant County cities late Saturday afternoon, police say.Photo Credit: Joe Bennett
  
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• Santa Fe HS Baseball Team Plays Game One Day After Shooting

  20-05-2018 05:52
  
  The Santa Fe High School baseball team decided to go ahead with a playoff game in Deer Park one day after the shooting that killed 10 people. Two members of the team were shot Friday, but both survived and were...Photo Credit: Texan Live
  
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• Lake Highlands BBQ Raises Funds for Rape Victims

  20-05-2018 05:34
  
  Saturday’s sixth annual "White Rock Que" brought together 1,600 neighbors to raise thousands of dollars for the victims of sexual assault.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• New Starbucks Policy: No Purchase Needed To Sit In Cafes

  20-05-2018 04:22
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to sit in its cafes or use its restrooms, even if they don’t buy anything.
  The new policy comes five weeks after two men who hadn’t bought anything were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks. A video of the incident went viral over social media.
  Image from viral arrest video at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. (Credit: Melissa DePino via CBS Newspath)
  Company executives have said its previous pol
  
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• Dallas Officer Injured In Deadly Home Depot Shooting Returns Home From Hospital

  20-05-2018 03:49
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A wounded Dallas police officer is now home. Officer Crystal Almeida, who was shot in April while responding to a call at a Home Depot, returned home Saturday after a long stay in the hospital.
  Crystal Almeida
  Almeida has been in the hospital since the triple shooting in northeast Dallas on April 24. Officer Rogelio Santander was shot and killed in the incident and Home Depot loss prevention officer Scott Painter was also shot. Painter was released the hospital early
  
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• Suspect Shot By Fort Worth Officers, Taken To Hospital After Police Chase

  20-05-2018 03:33
  WHITE SETTLEMENT (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that started as a police chase out of White Settlement. Officials say a suspect was shot several times and taken to a hospital in unknown condition.
  White Settlement police were called to investigate a person causing a disturbance Saturday evening. Officers located the suspect’s vehicle and did a traffic stop, which started a police chase.
  Police say the chase went into Fort Worth before
  
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• Fort Worth Police Responding To Officer-Involved Shooting

  20-05-2018 03:33
  WHITE SETTLEMENT (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth police are at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in the 8300 block of Whitney Drive in White Settlement.
  Police tweeted a staging area for the media at Masonic Lodge at 655 Mirike.
  Neighbors tell CBS 11 they heard gunshots near their home.
  This is the scene at the 8300 block of Whitney in White Settlement @CBSDFW neighbors tell me they heard gunfire next to their house. 5 shots rang out pic.twitter.com/RB3RmDlf0m
  — Yona Gavino (@YonaG
  
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• Families Return to Santa Fe HS to Collect Belongings

  20-05-2018 02:50
  
  Heartache started to set in Saturday for those in Santa Fe and the surrounding areas, but the community is stepping up to meet victims' needs.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Baby Giraffe, Witten, to Debut at Dallas Zoo Monday

  20-05-2018 02:29
  
  A three-week-old giraffe calf named Witten, in honor of recently retired Cowboys tight end Jason Witten, will make his first public appearance Monday at 10:15 a.m., the Dallas Zoo announced Saturday.Photo Credit: Dallas Zoo
  
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• Rookie Wise Joins Leishman for Lead as Wind Blows at Nelson

  20-05-2018 02:00
  
  Rookie Aaron Wise shot a 3-under 68 to pull even with Marc Leishman, four shots ahead of Matt Jones and Kevin Na, going into the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson.Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
  
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• Suspect Confesses Role in Dallas Murder

  20-05-2018 01:42
  
  A man was arrested in connection with a murder that took place in Dallas early Friday morning, police say.Photo Credit: Dallas Police Department
  
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• Students Return To School For Vehicles, Belongings Day After Deadly Shooting

  20-05-2018 01:31
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Santa Fe High School, located about an hour southeast of Houston, remained blocked off Saturday afternoon as authorities investigated a mass shooting that took place Friday morning.
  However, students and staff were allowed to get their cars and belongings on Saturday. They met at Santa Fe Junior High and then got on buses headed to the high school.
  “I’m coming up here to get on the shuttle,” said Santa Fe High School sophomore Gavin Haw
  
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• 2 Teachers, 8 Students Identified As Victims Of Texas School Shooting

  20-05-2018 01:31
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Two teachers and eight students were killed Friday in a shooting at Santa Fe High School, near Houston. The Galveston County Medical Examiner officially released the names on Saturday.
  Thirteen others, including a school resource officer, were injured in the shooting. The original number was ten people injured Friday afternoon, but the FBI in Houston corrected the number to 13 on Saturday.
  The suspected shooter was identifed as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pago
  
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• Officer Crystal Almeida Gets Police Escort From Hospital

  20-05-2018 01:26
  
  On Saturday, three weeks after the shooting at a Dallas Home Depot, about 50 Dallas police officers lined up outside Baylor University Medical Center's rehab facility to surprise Crystal Almeida as she...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Fort Worth Gun Range Offers Free Courses for Educators

  20-05-2018 01:20
  
  Recent school shootings have sparked a nationwide debate over arming teachers. A gun range in Fort Worth says educators ought to at least be armed with basic knowledge about how to defend their schools -- which...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Local Groups Work to Preserve Mesquite Cemetery

  20-05-2018 01:08
  
  The city of Mesquite along with the NAACP and local historical groups are working together to make sure the Brickyard Cemetery is preserved and the people who are buried there are never forgotten.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Abandoned Mattress Catches Semi on Fire, Shuts Down I-35E

  20-05-2018 00:48
  
  An abandoned mattress led to a semi-truck catching fire on northbound on I-35E in Dallas Saturday afternoon.Photo Credit: Texas Department of Transportation
  
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• Suspect Confesses Role in Friday Murder

  20-05-2018 00:00
  
  A man was arrested in connection with a murder that took place in Dallas early Friday morning, police say.Photo Credit: Dallas Police Department
  
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