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• Cowboys Release Tentative Training Camp Schedule

  31-05-2018 23:56
  
  The Dallas Cowboys released their tentative training camp practice schedule for this summer.
  
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• Police: Theft Suspect Attacks, Bites Loss Prevention Officer

  31-05-2018 23:49
  ROWLETT, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Rowlett Police are looking for a woman they say stole items from the Target at 4701 Lakeview Parkway and attacked the loss prevention officer who approached her.
  Police said the officer was injured when the suspect attacked and bit the officer around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30.
  The wanted woman was wearing a light purple hat, white tank top, blue jeans and white sandals at the time.
  She drove away in a black Ford Expedition with “Greek Letter”
  
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• Idaho Youth Football Team Helps Rescue Couple In Car Crash

  31-05-2018 23:47
  BOISE, Idaho (CBSDFW.COM) – Players from an Idaho youth football team used their teamwork off the field after they came across an overturned vehicle on their way back home from a championship tournament.
  The Boise Black Knights were on their way home after winning the championship on Memorial Day when they saw a couple in distress at an accident scene near Jordan Valley, Oregon.
  (Courtesy: Regan Magill/Boise Black Knights)
  The players first pulled a man out of the overturned vehicle and he
  
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• President Trump Arrives at Dallas Love Field

  31-05-2018 23:22
  
  President Donald Trump arrived at Love Field shortly before 4 p.m. ahead of an afternoon fundraiser in Dallas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Ex-Boyfriend Gets 50 Years In Prison For Murder

  31-05-2018 23:11
  McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Richardson resident Jose Ynes Oliba-Cabrera was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of a Plano woman.
  “I’m proud of our Domestic Violence Unit’s hard work, which guarantees that this murderer will never again harm another woman,” said Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis.
  Jose Ynes Oliba-Cabrera
  In May 2017, Oliba-Cabrera, 51, stabbed his former girlfriend, Ludivina Frias, 48, multiple times and then stabbed himself i
  
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• US Secretary Of Education Betsy DeVos Announces $1 Million Grant For Santa Fe ISD

  31-05-2018 23:00
  SANTA FE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced a $1 million grant for recovery efforts at Santa Fe ISD, following a school shooting that killed 10 and injured 13.
  The federal funds will be provided through the department’s Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) grant.
  “No student, parent or educator should have to experience the trauma suffered by so many at Santa Fe High School and other schools throughout the country,&rd
  
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• Suspect In Deadly Texas Church Bus Crash Pleads No Contest

  31-05-2018 22:54
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas say the driver of a pickup truck that struck a church minibus on a rural highway last year, killing 13 people, is not contesting manslaughter charges.
  Jack Dillon Young will face up to 270 years in prison when sentenced in November.
  Uvalde County District Attorney Daniel Kindred told the San Antonio Express-News on Thursday that Young pleaded to 13 counts of intoxication manslaughter and one count of intoxication assault. Only one person on the bus
  
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• All That Glitters is Gold at the Dallas Museum of Art

  31-05-2018 22:39
  
  Nothing less than a royal delegation would be appropriate to introduce The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana, now on display at the Dallas Museum of Art through August 12.Photo Credit: Dallas Museum of ArtThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• DFW Spellers Are 1/4 of Bee Finalists

  31-05-2018 22:33
  
  Five children from North Texas have made it to Thursday's finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• What It Costs To Attend A Fundraiser With The President

  31-05-2018 22:11
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Ever wonder what people pay to go to those private fundraisers with a president of the United States?
  Well, CBS11 political reporter Jack Fink got hold of a “contributor form” for the fundraiser in Dallas on Thursday.
  The cost of “An Evening with President Donald J. Trump” varies depending how much access donors want.
  Trump fundraiser contributor form – Click To Enlarge Image (Jack Fink – CBS11)
  For instance, for a couple to have VI
  
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• Missing Swimmer's Body Found In Dallas Park Lake: DFR

  31-05-2018 22:06
  
  Divers have recovered the body of a man who went into a Dallas lake and never resurfaced.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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• Body Of Woman Shot By US Border Agent Returns To Guatemala

  31-05-2018 21:52
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The body of a young Guatemalan woman who was shot dead last week by a U.S. border agent near Laredo has arrived in her home country.
  Parents Lidia and Gilberto Gomez received the white coffin carrying their daughter Claudia Patricia Gomez on Thursday. They opened its cover partway to kiss and caress the glass pane in which she was encased.
  They were taking the body later to her hometown of San Juan Ostuncalco, outside the western highland city of Quetzaltenango, for a
  
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• Arlington ISD Offering Free Meals To Students This Summer

  31-05-2018 21:42
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) –  The Arlington Independent School District is trying to make sure students who rely on free breakfast and lunch at school during the school year, still get those meals during the summer.
  The district is participating in the Summer Food Service Program, which means meals will be provided to all children, ages 1 through 18, without charge at various schools.
  A student prepares her daily breakfast of Rice Krispies during a meal at school. (credit: Justin S
  
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• Texas Getting $23M For Public Transportation Rebuilding After Harvey

  31-05-2018 21:26
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation will provide more than $277 million to help hurricane-damaged public transportation in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin islands.
  The funding announced Thursday is earmarked for response and rebuilding projects related to last year’s hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and Maria — plus for emergency preparedness.
  Harvey made landfall in South Texas on August 25. Torrential rain swamped parts o
  
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• Trump Meets With Texas School Shooting Families Before Heading To Dallas

  31-05-2018 20:45
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — President Donald Trump began a trip to Texas today by meeting privately with families of some of the 10 people killed in a school shooting earlier this month.
  A White House spokesman said Trump was “moved” by the May 18 shooting at Santa Fe High School, which left eight students and two substitute teachers dead. A student faces capital murder charges in the attack.
  “These events are very tragic, whenever they happen. And you know, the president w
  
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• Kindergarten Hand shaking

  31-05-2018 20:36
  Five children from North Texas have made it to Thursday's finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
  
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• Texas Couple Won’t Abide By State’s Definition Of A Pickle

  31-05-2018 20:01
  AUSTIN (AP) — A Texas couple claims in a lawsuit that burdensome state regulations have put them in a pickle because they’re prevented from supplementing their income by selling more of their produce at farmers’ markets.
  Jim and Anita McHaney say in their lawsuit filed Thursday against the Texas Department of State Health Services that the so-called cottage foods law only permits them to sell one pickled item: cucumbers.
  The law governs the sale of produce, pies and other goods
  
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• Samantha Bee Refers To Ivanka Trump Using Vulgar Slur

  31-05-2018 19:19
  NEW YORK (AP) – Samantha Bee is under fire for referring to Ivanka Trump with a vulgar word on her TBS comedy show.
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday called Bee’s language “vile and vicious” and said executives at TBS and corporate parent Time Warner “must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned.”
  Bee called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—” toward the end of a s
  
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• Comic Samantha Bee Apologizes To Ivanka Trump For Slur

  31-05-2018 19:19
  NEW YORK (AP) – Samantha Bee apologized to Ivanka Trump and viewers on Thursday for using an obscenity to describe her on a segment of her TBS comedy show.
  Bee said her language was “inappropriate and inexcusable.
  “I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it,” she said.
  Bee called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—” toward the end of a segment about President Trump’s immigration policies on her show, “Full Frontal,” on Wednesday. She used the slu
  
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• Sarah's Weekend Picks May 31-June 3

  31-05-2018 19:09
  
  The Dallas Morning News' Editor Sarah Blaskovich is here with what to do this weekend, including freebies for National Donut Day, a health fair and plenty of concerts.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Texas-Based H-E-B Grocer Recalls Some Ice Cream Treats

  31-05-2018 19:04
  SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The H-E-B grocery chain has issued a voluntary recall for some ice cream distributed to stores in Texas and Mexico because of concerns about metal possibly being in the products.
  San Antonio-based H-E-B announced the recall for certain flavors and container sizes of EconoMax and Hill Country Fare ice creams and Creamy Creations sherbets.
  (credit: David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
  H-E-B says broken metal was discovered in processing equipment during routine
  
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• Scientists Say Your Body Has A ‘Second Brain’ In Your Butt

  31-05-2018 18:41
  AUSTRALIA (CBS Local) – You’ve probably had a “gut feeling” during your life, but did you know your gut is actually “thinking” too? According to scientists in Australia, the human body has a “second brain” in its rear end and it may be smarter than we think.
  A study published in the journal JNeurosci says that the gastrointestinal tract contains millions of neurons, which independently control muscle movement in the colon.
  
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• Poll Shows Older Americans Ready For Virtual Doctor Appointments

  31-05-2018 17:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Every morning, 92-year-old Sidney Kramer wraps a blood pressure cuff around his arm and steps on a scale, and readings of his heart health beam to a team of nurses — and to his daughter’s smartphone — miles from his Maryland home.
  Red flags? A nurse immediately calls, a form of telemedicine that is helping Kramer live independently by keeping his congestive heart failure under tight control.
  “It’s reassuring both psychologically and physicall
  
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• Back the Blue With BBQ Fundraiser in Dallas

  31-05-2018 16:53
  
  The Dallas Police Department is rallying behind their own in the most Texan way possible.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News Dallas PD
  
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• Frisco Police Investigate Threat at Heritage H.S.

  31-05-2018 16:52
  
  Frisco police say they're investigating a potential threat to Heritage High School.Photo Credit: NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Trump Administration Imposes Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum Imports From Europe, Canada, Mexico

  31-05-2018 16:51
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNEWS.COM) – The Trump administration announced that the U.S will impose tariffs on steel, aluminum imports from Europe, Canada and Mexico, as a previously designated exemption expires tonight at midnight. Mr. Trump announced back in March that the United States would slap tariffs on such imports, citing national security interests. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Canada, Mexico and the EU will now be placed under a 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 precent on alumi
  
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• Trump To Meet With Families Of Santa Fe School Shooting Victims

  31-05-2018 16:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump headed Thursday to Texas, where he plans to meet with families of the victims of a school shooting that left 10 people dead.
  The White House says he’ll meet with families and community members after the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18. Eight students and two substitute teachers were killed.
  The president said he would work to improve school safety in the wake of the shooting, but has not called for any new gun control legislation.
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• Junior Ninja Warrior Training in North Texas

  31-05-2018 16:25
  
  American Ninja Warrior season 10 debuted on NBC last night. While grown-ups all over the world have taken to the ultra-obstacle course competition, kids are also getting in on the action.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Tom Cruise Tweets As Production Starts On ‘Top Gun’ Sequel

  31-05-2018 16:18
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Tom Cruise is back on the flight line for a sequel to the film “Top Gun.”
  The actor on Thursday tweeted a photo of himself as Navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in a flight suit, looking at a fighter jet.
  #Day1 pic.twitter.com/7jjPL277Es
  — Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) May 31, 2018The photo includes the phrase “feel the need.” In the original movie, Cruise’s character talks about how he feels the need for speed.
  The o
  
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• Gas Prices In Texas Continue To Increase, By 2 Cents This Week

  31-05-2018 16:13
  COPPELL (AP) – Retail gasoline prices in Texas rose 2 cents this week to reach an average price of $2.78 per gallon.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported the nationwide price at the pump held steady at an average $2.96 per gallon.
  The association survey found Midland has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $3.10 per gallon. Drivers in Wichita Falls have the cheapest gasoline statewide at an average $2.65 per gallon.
  AAA experts say drivers across Texas are paying the hig
  
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• Garrett Must Fix Broken Passing Game

  31-05-2018 16:02
  
  Coach Jason Garrett knows the playoffs won't happen if he doesn't fix the Cowboys' passing game that was broken during the second half of last season.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Study Says Pregnancy Complications Might ‘Turn On’ Child’s Schizophrenia Genes

  31-05-2018 15:54
  BALTIMORE (CNN) – Schizophrenia is thought to be caused by a mixture of genetic and environmental factors. But new research suggests that complications during pregnancy could increase nearly five-fold the child’s risk of developing schizophrenia later in life in high-risk individuals.
  These complications appear to ‘turn on’ genes in the placenta that have been associated with schizophrenia, the researchers said.
  “The complications that mattered were very serious obs
  
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• 6-Year-Old Boy From Texas Helps Save More Than 1,000 Dogs

  31-05-2018 15:45
  He’s only 6 years old, but Roman McConn has already helped save more than 1,000 dogs from kill shelters. He and his mom, Jennifer McConn, started the project in Texas when they lived there in 2016.
  His mom says the family’s dog inspired her to help other pups. “In July of 2015 we adopted Luna from a Texas ‘kill’ shelter. I was sunk! I became heavily involved with volunteering at the local shelter,” McConn writes on Facebook.
  Roman helped his mom make vide
  
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• Extreme Texas Heat Brings A Number Of Health Risks

  31-05-2018 15:43
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Temperatures are really starting to heat up here in North Texas. Everyone knew the end of May would be hot, but not this hot! Remember, the extremely hot weather brings a number of health risks for anyone moving around outdoors.
  Heat stress, heat fatigue, heat cramps and heat exhaustion are all forms of hyperthermia. It’s important to find ways to stay cool and know the signs of hyperthermia. In addition to feeling uncomfortably hot, you may
  
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• Study Says Sleeping In On Weekends Could Help You Live Longer

  31-05-2018 15:39
  STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) – Your pets may be pestering you to get up and feed them, and your spouse may want you to get started on that honey-do list, but tell them that you’re sleeping in this weekend. Science says that it may help you live longer, especially if you don’t get enough rest during the week.
  Scientists have long known about the connection between sleep and life span. Lack of sleep can have dire consequences for your health. It can give you heart problems or hurt you
  
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• High Schoolers Share Throwback Pic to Kindergarten Teacher

  31-05-2018 15:18
  
  Students getting ready to graduate from high school shared a picture to give props to their kindergarten teacher, who is still in the classroom today.
  
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• Brigitte Nielsen Says She’s Expecting 5th Child At 54 Years Old

  31-05-2018 15:14
  LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Brigitte Nielsen shared that she will become a mother for the fifth time. The 54-year-old actress and model recently posted photos of herself sporting a baby bump on her Instagram account. “Family getting larger,” she wrote in the caption of one picture.
  The caption on another photo reads “happy time” and “positive vibes.”
  Nielsen is already the mother of four adult sons, including one with ex-fiancé, former NFL playe
  
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• Sears To Close Another 72 Stores As Sales Continue To Plunge

  31-05-2018 15:03
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Sears will close another 72 stores as sales plunge and losses grow.
  The beleaguered retailer said that it has identified about 100 stores that are no longer turning a profit, and the majority of those locations will be shuttered soon.
  Sears lost $424 million, or $3.93 per share, for the period ended May 5. It earned $245 million, or $2.29 per share, a year earlier, a quarter that included a $492 million gain tied to the sale of the Craftsman brand.
  Revenue tumble
  
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• Texas Weather Presents Challenge For Globe Life Park Grounds Crew

  31-05-2018 14:35
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – With the recent lack of rainfall, many people across North Texas have probably had a hard time keeping their lawns green. But imagine if it was your job to keep an entire MLB field green into the fall. That’s the task that the Globe Life Park grounds crew faces each year.
  They’re not in charge of the main show during a Texas Rangers game, but they are responsible for setting the stage. The field is actually a blend of two different grasses —
  
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• Driver Shortage Hikes Up Shipping Costs

  31-05-2018 14:12
  
  According to the American Trucking Association, there is a shortage of roughly 50,000 truck drivers across the country.
  
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• Super Kids of North Texas: Brinley

  31-05-2018 13:53
  
  After overcoming the challenge of learning how to swallow medications, Brinely, 6, wanted to help teach others about getting better and giving back.
  
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• Current Lava Flows Are Hottest, Fastest Of Latest Eruption

  31-05-2018 13:12
  HONOLULU (AP) — The hottest and fastest-moving lava of Kilauea volcano’s latest eruption spread across new parts of the Big Island Wednesday, forcing officials to order evacuations in two coastal neighborhoods over fears that the rapidly advancing flows could cut off dwindling escape routes.
  Overnight, the lava was moving fast enough to cover about six football fields an hour, according to U.S. Geological Survey scientist Wendy Stovall.
  “Hawaii County Civil Defense decided to e
  
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• UN Says People Disappearing In Northern Mexico Border City

  31-05-2018 13:00
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jessica Molina has not seen or heard from her husband since March, when Mexican marines broke through their door in Nuevo Laredo and took him and a friend away.
  Molina, a U.S. citizen, said Wednesday that her 41-year-old Mexican husband, Jose Daniel Trejo Garcia, is a mechanic with an established business in Laredo, Texas, where they live. They were only in Nuevo Laredo because she had recently had surgery in Monterrey and was returning to have stitches removed.
  The offi
  
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• Peacock Flock Struts Down Philadelphia Highway

  31-05-2018 12:40
  PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Four peacocks escaped from the Philadelphia Zoo and casually took a stroll on a nearby highway.
  The birds were spotted walking on Interstate-76 around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. State police arrived and shut down two lanes of traffic on the highway, causing backups for miles.
  .@PAStatePolice I LOVE you all for the work you are doing right now in trying to help these Peacocks make it safely across 76. !!! We are watching. pic.twitter.com/8DtxlO5sfP
  — Alexandri
  
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• Hollingshead's Goal, Assist Lead FC Dallas Past Galaxy

  31-05-2018 12:21
  
  Ryan Hollingshead had a goal and an assist, helping FC Dallas beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-2 on Wednesday night.
  
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• Chirinos' 2-Run Single Completes Rangers' Rally

  31-05-2018 12:21
  
  Chirinos' tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh inning capped another late-inning rally, and the Rangers beat Seattle 7-6 on Wednesday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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