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• App Helping Children Learn About Finances & Get Work Done

  23-05-2018 23:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Teaching financial literacy to kids is more than just piggy banks and cash allowance for chores. Learning to save and spend has become more difficult in this time of plastic money.
  “No one carries cash,” Dawn McCord, a mother of three told CBS11 “And, it is really inconvenient paying cash for chores and looking for change etc.”
  So, she found an app that pays her children for chores done. 11-year-old Drew takes the trash out, feeds the dog and y
  
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• Arlington Police Look for Man Who Tried to Kidnap 9-Year-Old

  23-05-2018 23:46
  
  Arlington police are searching for a man they say attempted to kidnap a 9-year-old girl headed home after school.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• New Collin County 911 Center Opens, Ready to Handle Growth

  23-05-2018 23:39
  
  It's no secret that Collin County is booming. And as it continues to grow, the Sheriff's Office officially cut the ribbon on their brand new, more spacious 911 dispatch center.
  
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• Time To Meet Witten The Giraffe In Person!

  23-05-2018 23:38
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The public is a day away from getting its first in-person look at the Dallas Zoo’s newest addition.
  The zoo shared some new video of Witten the giraffe calf on Wednesday.
  Witten the giraffe (Dallas Zoo)
  The calf, born last month, was named after Jason Witten, the Dallas Cowboys legendary tight end who retired days before the calf’s birth.
  Witten is now six-feet tall and weighs 185 pounds. That’s the giraffe, not the former player.
  He’s still a
  
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• Rockets Will Wear Patches To Honor Santa Fe High Shooting Victims

  23-05-2018 22:40
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets will wear patches on their jerseys to honor the victims of the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, on Thursday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors.
  The patches will read: “Santa Fe HS.” It’s one of several tributes the team plans following Friday’s shooting.
  Houston Rockets Santa Fe patch (@HousttonRockets)
  Eight students and two teachers died at the school, located 30 miles from downt
  
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• Six Flags Adding Five More US Parks

  23-05-2018 22:05
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Six Flags EntertainmentCorporation announced Wednesday it has entered into a purchase agreement with affiliates of Premier Parks, LLC to acquire the lease rights to operate five parks owned by EPR Properties, according to a Six Flags news release.
  The parks have previously been operated by Premier Parks, LLC of Oklahoma City.
  These latest acquisitions will expand the company’s portfolio of North American parks to 25.
  A view of The Texas Giant
  
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• Texas Minister, Family Sentenced In Hurricane Relief Fraud Case

  23-05-2018 21:49
  LUFKIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An East Texas minister and his family have been sentenced to federal prison for using hurricane relief funds to pay for personal expenses and fund their Jasper church.
  Walter Diggles, 66, the former executive director of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments, was sentenced Tuesday to nine years behind bars.
  Walter Diggles (Twitter: @wdiggles)
  Diggles was also ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution. His wife and daughter, Rosie and Anita Di
  
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• Dozens Of Pediatricians Losing Jobs As Children’s Health Clinics Change Management

  23-05-2018 21:16
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Thousands of North Texas patients could lose their pediatricians, as Children’s Health, the area’s largest pediatric provider, gives up management of 16 primary care clinics.
  MD Kids Pediatrics will take over 13 of the locations, but a spokesperson confirmed it operates under a business model that relies more heavily on nurse practitioners and that some pediatricians will be let go. Current staff members declined to interview, but estimated more than
  
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• Texas Man On Death Row For Decapitating 3 Kids Loses Appeal

  23-05-2018 20:53
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected an appeal Wednesday from a 37-year-old Rio Grande Valley man on death row for stabbing and beheading his common-law wife’s three children 15 years ago.
  John Allen Rubio’s appeals lawyer argued unsuccessfully that Rubio’s attorneys at his 2010 trial in Cameron County were deficient, that the trial court failed to sufficiently pay for his appellate investigation of the case and that the Texas death penalty sentenci
  
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• DCS Fallout: Dallas Approves $15M Crossing Guard Deal

  23-05-2018 20:52
  
  On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council approved a three year, $15.5 million contract to help fund school crossing guards.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• FDA Warns Teething Medicines Unsafe, Wants Them Off Shelves

  23-05-2018 20:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials warned parents Wednesday about the dangers of teething remedies that contain a popular numbing ingredient and asked manufacturers to stop selling their products intended for babies and toddlers.
  The Food and Drug Administration said that various gels and creams containing the drug benzocaine can cause rare but deadly side effects in children, especially those 2 years and younger.
  The agency has been warning about the products for a decade but said
  
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• TEXRail Unveils Equipment Maintenance Facility

  23-05-2018 20:44
  
  TEXRail unveiled its new Equipment Maintenance Facility in Fort Worth Tuesday. The 53,000 square-foot-facility that includes three maintenance pits (two indoor and one outdoor) and a train washing area.
  
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• California’s West Hollywood Declares ‘Stormy Daniels Day’

  23-05-2018 20:32
  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It’s “Stormy Daniels Day” in West Hollywood, California.
  The mayor and members of the City Council will give the porn actress the key to the city in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the adult boutique Chi Chi LaRue’s.
  Fans lined up to watch Daniels take center stage at Bucks Wild strip clubs in the metroplex last month.
  “We want to see what made the President, President Donald Trump, pick her,” said one male patr
  
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• Texas Judge Removed From Death Row Case Over Racial Remarks

  23-05-2018 20:17
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Houston judge was removed from overseeing the appeal of a black death row prisoner because of prior racially charged comments the jurist made about black defendants.
  District court Judge Michael McSpadden was removed earlier this month from the case involving George Curry, who was sentenced to die in 2009 for the death of a teenager during a restaurant robbery.
  The Houston Chronicle reports that defense attorneys in March had asked McSpadden to recuse himself, b
  
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• Judge Rules President Can’t Block Critics On Twitter

  23-05-2018 20:16
  NEW YORK (AP) —President Donald Trump violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment when he blocks critics on Twitter for political speech, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan stopped short in her written decision of ordering Trump or a subordinate to stop the practice of blocking critics from viewing his Twitter account, saying it was enough to point out that it was unconstitutional to continue to do so.
  “A declaratory judgment sho
  
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• Red Nose Day Special Helps Children in Poverty

  23-05-2018 19:31
  
  The Red Nose Campaign has raised more than $100 million for children in poverty all over the world. Comedian Chris Hardwick is hosting the Red Nose Day Thursday which airs on NBC at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
  
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• New Mexico Files Counterclaims In Water Fight With Texas

  23-05-2018 19:17
  ALBUQUERUQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is accusing Texas of mismanaging its share of water from the Rio Grande and failing to plan for drought.
  The claims were leveled in court documents filed late Tuesday as the states wrangle over management of the river.
  Texas took its case to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 in response to a legal challenge by former New Mexico Attorney General Gary King.
  Current Attorney General Hector Balderas says he’s ready to move ahead with his own legal strate
  
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• UNT Residence Hall Named After 'Mean' Joe Greene

  23-05-2018 19:13
  
  “Mean” Joe Greene is making another mark at the University of North Texas, almost 50 years after he played football there.
  
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• Police Seek Man Who Tried To Kidnap 9-Year-Old Walking Home From School

  23-05-2018 18:23
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Police are looking for a man who tried to kidnap a 9-year-old girl on her way home from school.
  It happened in the 5200 block of Glen Meadow Drive on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 around 3:40 p.m.
  The victim attends RF Patterson Elementary School in Kennedale and had just been dropped off at a bus stop when she began to walk toward her home. She reported that a man wearing dark clothing made some comments to her, then walked up from behind and grabbed h
  
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• Millions Spent On School District Leadership Teams

  23-05-2018 17:55
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After a Consumer Justice investigation into the perks found in superintendent salaries, many viewers wanted to know if other administrators were receiving the same bonuses. While they don’t get the perks, they do get six-figure salaries.
  For example, there are 14 assistant, area, and deputy superintendents at Grand Prairie ISD. Each makes between $140,000 and $222,000 a year. That’s a total of $2.7 million dollars.Ross Kesceg, a member of a conse
  
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• Lawyer Apologizes After Video Proves Trooper Did Not Commit Rape

  23-05-2018 17:36
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas attorney has issued a formal apology after accusing a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper of sexually assaulting his female client.
  Attorney Lee Merritt represents 37-year-old Sherita Dixon-Cole, who claimed she was sexually assaulted during a traffic stop in Ellis County. In a statement Merritt had leveled the accusations against Officer Daniel Hubbard saying that he had offered to let Dixon-Cole go in exchange for sexual favors and aft
  
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• Pakistan Teen Killed At Texas School Is Laid To Rest

  23-05-2018 17:33
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Texas was laid to rest Wednesday in her hometown of Karachi.
  Sabika Sheikh was among 10 students and staff slain Friday at Santa Fe High School. The alleged shooter is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who is being held on capital murder charges.
  Sabika had planned to return home in a few weeks for Eid al-Fitr, the three-day holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ram
  
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• Fort Worth Invitational At The Colonial Rich With Tradition

  23-05-2018 17:25
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Some of golf’s greatest players will be at the Colonial Country Club this weekend for the Fort Worth Invitational, a tournament rich with tradition. This is the 72nd year for the tournament, which officially begins on Thursday morning.
  “We’re very proud of our history,” explained Colonial Country Club president Rob Doby early Wednesday morning. “It is the longest-running event held consecutively at the same venue. That history starts
  
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• DFW About to Rebuild its Busiest Runway

  23-05-2018 16:47
  
  Construction isn't limited to North Texas highways. Dallas/Fort Worth international Airport is set to rebuild one of its busiest runways.Photo Credit: DFW Airport
  
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• Stock Up on Tax-Free Weekend for Gardeners

  23-05-2018 16:04
  
  Most of us are familiar with the tax-free weekend associated with the start of school in August. In fact, these state-funded end-of-summer discounts are nearly 20 years old.Photo Credit: The Dallas Morning News
  
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• Dallas City Council to Sound Off on Crossing Guard Program

  23-05-2018 15:51
  
  Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will consider a three year, $15 million contract to help fund school crossing guards.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Lee Merritt Response

  23-05-2018 15:40
  Since Fort Worth Police started its sixth patrol division in the northern part of the city, police response times have decreased across the city.
  
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• Baptist Leader Removed As Texas Seminary President

  23-05-2018 15:32
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A prominent Southern Baptist Convention leader has been removed as president of a Texas seminary following allegations that he made abusive and demeaning comments to women.
  The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) board of trustees said in a statement that Paige Patterson was removed Wednesday following a 13-hour meeting.
  The statement says the board decided to “to move in the direction of new leadership.” But the SWBTS board
  
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• Texas Mom Died Protecting Son, 3, From Teen Burglars: Family

  23-05-2018 15:17
  
  Chicago-area relatives of a 31-year-old mother fatally shot inside her Texas apartment say Yesenia Gutierrez died trying to protect her 3-year-old son from armed burglars.Emotionally overcome, Lorena Gutierrez...Photo Credit: Yesenia Gutierrez
  
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• Governor Abbott’s School Safety Talks To Tackle Gun Control

  23-05-2018 14:08
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s meetings on school violence and safety promised to wade into the thorny issue of gun control with the next round, even though the Republican has been a staunch supporter of gun rights and worked to expand them in the state in recent years.
  Abbott called for a series of high-level policy meetings after a high school near Houston became the latest to have a mass shooting. Eight students and two teachers were killed last week at Sant
  
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• Consumers Say Their Bank Accounts Were Hacked Through Zelle

  23-05-2018 13:52
  
  Zelle is supposed to make it easy and safe for you to send money to friends or relatives. But some consumers who never signed up for Zelle said strangers are using the service to steal money in a matter...
  
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• Police Response Times Decrease Across Fort Worth

  23-05-2018 13:47
  
  Since Fort Worth Police started its sixth patrol division in the northern part of the city, police response times have decreased across the city.
  
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• Energy Wells Plugged As Hawaii’s Volcano Sends Lava Nearby

  23-05-2018 13:19
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Production wells at a geothermal plant under threat by lava flowing from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano have been plugged to prevent toxic gases from seeping out.
  Lava from a nearby, new volcanic vent entered, then stalled, on the 815-acre property where the Puna Geothermal Venture wells occupy around 40 acres. Residents have been concerned about hazards if the lava flowed over the plant’s facilities, or if heat generated would interact with various chemicals use
  
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• Danica Patrick Gets Life-Size LEGO Statue Ahead Of Last Race

  23-05-2018 13:07
  NEW YORK (AP) – When Danica Patrick drives her final race in the Indy 500 on Sunday, she will certainly be the only competitor with a LEGO statue in her image.
  While that won’t help her win IndyCar’s biggest race, it does speak to Patrick’s popularity. Maybe she wasn’t a rousing success behind the wheel in open wheels or NASCAR, but she has made an impact that reaches far beyond the ovals and road courses she raced.
  “I think that it is a really unique and cool
  
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• Democrats Relieved After Texas Candidate Loses House Runoff

  23-05-2018 13:06
  AUSTIN (AP) — National Democrats breathed a sigh of relief after a liberal outsider lost her runoff in a high stakes U.S. House race for one of three Republican-held seats they hope to flip this November in the deep red state.
  The most-watched race of Tuesday’s Texas primary runoffs saw liberal activist Laura Moser defeated by Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, a former Planned Parenthood board member. The result was cheered by the party establishment, who saw Moser’s as an unelectable d
  
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• Will Smith Teases Involvement In 2018’s Official World Cup Song

  23-05-2018 12:58
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Hollywood superstar Will Smith has been teasing social media that he’s part of a musical quartet behind the official 2018 World Cup song. It’s been reported that the record will be released on Friday.
  The multi-talented actor and rapper, best known for his role in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” posted a picture on Instagram with fellow musician Nicky Jam with the caption “One Life to Live. Live it Up. #2018FIFAWorldCup.” Smi
  
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• Drought On Tap To Intensify Over U.S. Southwest

  23-05-2018 12:55
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Rivers are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought intensifies its grip on pockets of the American Southwest.
  Climatologists and other experts are scheduled Wednesday to provide an update on the situation in the Four Corners region — where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah meet.
  The area is dealing with exceptional drought — the worst category. That has left farmers,
  
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• North Texas Malls Going Strong: Report

  23-05-2018 12:20
  
  The state of the shopping mall in North Texas is strong, according to a report by one of the largest commercial real estate firm in Texas.
  
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• NFL Discussing Possible Steps To Deal With Anthem Protests

  23-05-2018 11:53
  ATLANTA (AP) – The NFL approved a new owner for the Carolina Panthers, passed a rule to eject players who hit with their helmets, and took steps to spice up the kickoff.
  Still to be resolved: a much more contentious issue.
  What to do, if anything, about players who kneel during the national anthem?
  “We recognize with our visibility and the interest itself that it’s taken a life of its own,” Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday.
  “We ask the world, ‘Do
  
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• Hamels Limits Slugging Yankees as Last-Place Rangers Win

  23-05-2018 07:18
  
  Cole Hamels limited the slugging Yankees to four hits over seven innings, and Jurickson Profar and Ronald Guzman homered for the Rangers in a 6-4 win Tuesday night.Photo Credit: CSNPhilly.com
  
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• Kids, 13 & 14 Allegedly Kill Woman For Phone And Video Game

  23-05-2018 06:57
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A phone and a’video gaming device’… that’s what two teenagers were allegedly after, in a burglary that turned into a murder according to the Fort Worth Police. Officials with the department said in a statement released Tuesday that two boys, aged thirteen and fourteen, were arrested on a capital murder charge in the fatal shooting of a woman in her Fort Worth apartment.
  Officials withheld the suspects names.
  According to the report th
  
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• List of Possible School Security Upgrades After Gov. Meeting

  23-05-2018 06:45
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had a list of possible school security upgrades after a meeting at his office Tuesday with school and government officials.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• White Concedes to Valdez in Democratic Primary Runoff

  23-05-2018 06:05
  
  At his campaign watch party in Houston, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew White conceded the race for his party's nomination to Lupe Valdez Tuesday night.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• How Teens Deal With Pressure from Social Media

  23-05-2018 06:05
  
  North Texas teens discuss the pressures they've felt from social media, how to push through them, and an expert gives advice to parents on how to help.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Allred Defeats Salerno in Primary; Will Face Sessions

  23-05-2018 06:04
  
  Colin Allred defeated Lillian Salerno, both Democrats, in the U.S. House - District 32 runoff. Allred was put in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue program following the March primary....Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Fort Worth ISD Tells 150 Teachers They Have to Move Schools

  23-05-2018 05:45
  
  About 150 teachers in the Fort Worth ISD are ending the school year with a lot of uncertainty. They've been told they still have a job but not at their current campus, and it could be months before they...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas Mom Died Protecting Son, 3, From Burglars: Family

  23-05-2018 05:44
  
  Chicago-area relatives of a 31-year-old mother fatally shot inside her Texas apartment say Yesenia Gutierrez died trying to protect her 3-year-old son from armed burglars.Emotionally overcome, Lorena Gutierrez...Photo Credit: Yesenia Gutierrez
  
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• Vet Says He's Being Evicted for Pulling Gun in Self-Defense

  23-05-2018 05:41
  
  A McKinney veteran says he's being evicted because he pulled a gun to defend himself.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Lupe Valdez Wins Democratic Primary Runoff For Governor, Will Face Abbott

  23-05-2018 04:48
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Former Dallas County sheriff Lupe Valdez has won the Democratic primary runoff for governor. She has become the first openly gay and Latina gubernatorial nominee in Texas history. She will face current Gov. Greg Abbott in November.
  Valdez advanced despite losing the support of some Hispanic activists over her record on immigration and will be a heavy underdog against Republican Gov. Abbott in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat for governor in nearly 30 ye
  
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• Body Of Exchange Student Killed In Texas School Shooting Arrives In Pakistan

  23-05-2018 04:39
  KARACHI, Pakistan (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The body of a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School arrived in the port city of Karachi, where her family lives.
  Sabika Sheikh was among 10 students and staff slain Friday at the school that’s about 30 miles southeast of Houston. The alleged shooter is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who is being held on capital murder charges.
  Sabika had planned to return home in a few weeks for Eid al-Fitr
  
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