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• ‘Hostage’ Moving Company Warehouse Cleared Out

  04-06-2018 23:52
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Agents with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles were at an Arlington warehouse known as the headquarters for Presidential Movers as several customers came to get their things.
  The company is accused of giving customers quotes, then demanding more money after the items are loaded onto the truck. Investigators believe the company also operates under the names Unified Moving and Unified Van Lines.
  Presidential Movers (CBS11)
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• American Airlines Plane Damaged by Bad Weather

  04-06-2018 23:48
  
  An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing after hail damaged the windshield and caused some passengers to throw up.One of the pilots said they could barely see through the windshield.The airline...Photo Credit: Holly Rush
  
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• Students Return to McKinney North HS After On-Campus Suicide

  04-06-2018 23:39
  
  Students returned Monday to McKinney North High School after an on-campus suicide by a student sent them home early on Friday.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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• Apartment Pool Where 4-Year-Old Drowned Was Too Cloudy To See Through, City Says

  04-06-2018 22:48
  GARLAND, TX (CBSDFW.COM) – Disturbing new revelations about a swimming pool at a Garland apartment complex where 4-year-old Mariah Anthony drowned on Sunday.
  The City of Garland says the water was so cloudy, the child couldn’t be seen underneath and the Meadow Creek apartment complex failed to conduct a required test that should have closed the pool.
  Murky apartment pool (City of Garland)
  The pool is closed now.
  The city says maintenance workers admitted the water in the pool was clo
  
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• In-Sync's Birthday Bash Features Fun for the Whole Family

  04-06-2018 22:30
  
  You're invited to In-Sync Exotics annual birthday party where, in addition to visiting with the sanctuary's residents, guests can take part in a number of family-friendly events and even buy artwork created...Photo Credit: Vicky Keahey, In-Sync Exotics
  
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• Perry Defends Trump Directive On Coal, Nuclear Plants

  04-06-2018 22:28
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry is defending President Donald Trump’s call to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants, saying a rash of plant retirements is “alarming” and poses a looming crisis for the nation’s power grid.
  Experts disagree and say Trump is attempting to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.
  In a speech Monday in Austin, Texas, Perry said coal and nuclear plants “are retiring at an alarming rate that
  
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• ‘I Stand Behind The Decision’: Sara Gilbert Reacts to ‘Roseanne’ Cancellation

  04-06-2018 22:22
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM) — Actress Sara Gilbert, who co-hosts the popular CBS talk show “The Talk,” reacted Monday to the cancellation of the ABC sitcom “Roseanne” after the star – and namesake – of that show posted a racist tweet last week. Gilbert also played Roseanne Barr’s daughter on the show.
  “In addition to my statement, I would like to say this has been a very difficult week,” Gilbert said on Monday’s show. “A lot of
  
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• Done Deal: Ebby Halliday Companies Sold

  04-06-2018 22:03
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Ebby Halliday Companies, touted as the largest independently owned residential real estate company in Texas, has been sold to HomeServices of America.
  Minneapolis-based HomeServices announced the agreement Monday.
  Ebby Halliday (ebby.com)
  Financial terms of the transaction were not released.
  Plans for the sale were disclosed last month.
  The deal includes Dallas-based Ebby Halliday’s three real estate brands — Ebby Halliday Realtors, Dave Perry-Mille
  
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• Sanders Repeatedly Claims Trump ‘Did Nothing Wrong’

  04-06-2018 21:36 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeatedly claimed President Trump "did nothing wrong" Monday in response to his tweets about his ability to pardon himself.
  
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• Supreme Court Refuses Appeal From Texan Who Raped, Stabbed Teen In ’96

  04-06-2018 21:32
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused an appeal from a San Antonio man on Texas’ death row for the gang rape and deadly stabbing of a 15-year-old girl in 1996.
  The high court decision upholds a 2-1 ruling last year from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which rejected arguments from lawyers for condemned prisoner Carlos Trevino that his trial attorneys were deficient for not showing jurors his mother’s drinking while she was pregnant with him l
  
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• Trump Tweets ‘Absolute Right’ To Pardon Himself

  04-06-2018 21:16
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – President Donald Trump says he has “absolute right to PARDON myself” but says has “done nothing wrong” in the Russia probe.
  As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDon
  
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• It's Official, Warren Buffett Buys Ebby Halliday Companies

  04-06-2018 20:59
  
  Legendary billionaire investor Warren Buffett's company has officially acquired another legend – Dallas’ Ebby Halliday Companies.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Parkland Students To Make Bus Tour To Register Young Voters

  04-06-2018 20:42
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A day after graduating, a group of Florida high school shooting survivors announced they’ll spend their summer crisscrossing the country, expanding their grass-roots activism from rallies and schools walkouts to registering young voters to help accomplish their vision for stricter gun laws.
  David Hogg, Emma Gonzalez, Cameron Kasky, Jaclyn Corin and about two dozen other students who have become the faces and voices of bloodshed in American classrooms stood toget
  
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• Southwest Airlines Still Losing Business After Fatal Accident

  04-06-2018 19:49
  DALLAS (AP) – The fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines flight this spring appears to be hurting the carrier’s business more than expected.
  Southwest said Monday that based on booking trends it expects a key revenue measure to fall 3 percent for the second quarter compared with last spring.
  That’s at the outer limit of Southwest’s previous prediction of a 1 percent to 3 percent decline in revenue for every seat flown one mile.
  Southwest says ticket sales are down because
  
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• FW to Spend $181K on Barriers to Prevent Terrorist Attacks

  04-06-2018 19:27
  
  Fort Worth is set to spend $181,628 on portable vehicle barriers to be used to prevent a terrorist attack at large gatherings.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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• Family Spokesman Says George H.W. Bush Is Leaving Hospital

  04-06-2018 19:17
  BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush is leaving a Maine hospital after being treated for low blood pressure and fatigue.
  A Bush spokesman tweeted Monday that the president “deeply” appreciates the care and good wishes he has received.
  President @GeorgeHWBush was discharged from @SMHCHealth today after being treated for low blood pressure. The president is deeply appreciative both for the terrific care and the many good wishes he has received.
  — Jim Mc
  
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• Watchdog: Golf Club on Dallas-Owned Land for Members Only

  04-06-2018 19:13
  
  Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas is the much-anticipated course that was promoted as a luxury club. Producer Marina Trahan-Martinez joins us with more details.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texas Church Targets ‘Dangerous Isms’ Like Judaism

  04-06-2018 19:03
  RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A North Texas church has distributed flyers advertising a series of weekly seminars it plans to host condemning “dangerous isms,” such as Judaism, Islamism and liberalism.
  Greenville Avenue Church of Christ in Richardson says in the fliers that the Wednesday seminars — a part of their Summer Series — will “provide a proper response for the Christian.”
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  — Danny Litwak (@LitwakDanny) June 2, 2018
  
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• Small Asteroid Hits Earth Hours After Being Spotted By Astronomers

  04-06-2018 19:02
  AFRICA (CBS Local) – A small asteroid slammed into Earth’s atmosphere on June 2 just a few hours after it was discovered racing toward the planet, according to NASA.
  The cosmic boulder, named asteroid 2018 LA (and previously listed as ZLAF9B2), was estimated to be only about 6 feet across. It was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona.
  Newly Discovered Small #Asteroid Hits the Earth Near #Botswana–#SouthAfrica Borderhttps://t.co/GcIQWz7gr7#ZLAF9
  
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• Bill Clinton Bristles At Questions On Lewinsky, #MeToo

  04-06-2018 18:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says the #MeToo movement is overdue. Just don’t ask him about Monica Lewinsky.
  In an interview with NBC’s “Today Show” released Monday, Clinton bristled at questions over whether he should have resigned 20 years ago over his sexual relationship with the White House intern and whether the #MeToo movement has changed his perspective.
  At the same time, the former Democratic president claimed credit for empowering women in
  
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• Tarrant County Traffic Pressure Points Monday Night

  04-06-2018 17:50
  
  There are two traffic pressure points you should plan ahead for on Monday.
  
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• Fort Worth City Hall Makeover Could Include 'Molly' Benches

  04-06-2018 17:44
  
  An ongoing makeover of Fort Worth's City Hall will continue this year with a series of new benches shaped like the city's Molly logo.Photo Credit: City of Fort WorthThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Hail Damage Forces American Airlines Emergency Landing In Texas

  04-06-2018 17:35
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing after hail damaged the windshield and caused some passengers to throw up.
  One of the pilots said they could barely see through the windshield.
  The airline says no injuries were reported after the Sunday night flight from San Antonio to Phoenix, Arizona landed in El Paso. There were 130 passengers and five crew members. Another plane finished the trip to Phoenix a few hours later.
  A spokesman for the Fort Worth-ba
  
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• Live Radar: More Pop-Up Storms Possible Monday

  04-06-2018 17:26
  
  Heavy storms are developing over DFW this morning. Tarrant and Parker counties saw heady storms at about 7 a.m. Grab the umbrella as the storms move to Dallas and Collin counties.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Justices Side With Colorado Baker On Same-Sex Wedding Cake

  04-06-2018 17:14
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people.
  Jack Phillips, owner of “Masterpiece Cakeshop” in Lakewood, Colorado speaks outside the US Supreme Court as Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is heard on
  
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• Watch Live: Heavy Storms Hit DFW Monday Morning

  04-06-2018 17:01
  
  Heavy storms are developing over DFW this morning. Tarrant and Parker counties saw heady storms at about 7 a.m. Grab the umbrella as the storms move to Dallas and Collin counties.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Scientist Working To Harness The Silk Abilities Of Spiders

  04-06-2018 16:59
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A spider’s silk is as strong as the Kevlar woven into bulletproof vests and more elastic than nylon, making it tougher than any material made by human hands. Generations of scientists have tried to mass produce it and failed.
  Amanda Brooks, though, may be close.
  Brooks, an assistant professor at North Dakota State University, has developed an intriguing device she thinks will be a big advance in the effort to spin synthetic spider silk and recreate the strong, stre
  
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• Microsoft Paying $7.5 Billion For Software Development Platform GitHub

  04-06-2018 16:47
  NEW YORK (AP) – Microsoft says it’s paying $7.5 billion in stock for the popular coder hangout GitHub.
  GitHub is a platform where software developers can go to host and review each other’s code.
  The San Francisco startup was founded in 2008 and has grown sharply since announcing its first outside investment in 2012. It now counts about 27 million software developers around the world who use its platform to share code and build businesses. It’s free to use GitHub for open-
  
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• Facebook Under Scrutiny Over Data Sharing After NYT Report

  04-06-2018 16:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is pushing back against a media report saying that it provided extensive information about its users and their friends to third parties like phone makers.
  The New York Times reported Sunday that Facebook struck data-sharing deals with at least 60 device makers, including Apple and Amazon, raising more concerns about what users give up when they use Facebook.
  Facebook says it disagrees with reporting by the paper regarding software it rolled out 10 years ago that he
  
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• SpongeBob Wants To Know How ‘The Rock’ Became ‘The Rock’

  04-06-2018 16:23
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a new friend on social media and he lives under the sea.
  SpongeBob Squarepants on Friday tagged Johnson in a tweet asking what inspired his nickname.
  Hey @TheRock, what inspired your nickname…Patrick Star's home? Either way, we love it! #SaySomethingNiceDay pic.twitter.com/PLL5VzfWGc
  — SpongeBob (@SpongeBob) June 1, 2018Johnson on Sunday responded asking exactly what name SpongeBob was referring to –mea
  
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• FBI Agent’s Gun Goes Off On The Dance Floor In Denver

  04-06-2018 16:09
  DENVER, CO (CBS4/CBS LOCAL) – Police are investigating an off-duty FBI agent after his gun went off on the dance floor at a nightclub in downtown Denver.
  (credit: CBS)The single shot rang out around 12:45 a.m. inside Mile High Spirits Tasting Room on Lawrence Street and 22nd Avenue.
  CBS4’s Brian Maass was the first to break this story.
  (credit: CBS)According to Denver Police, the dancing agent’s firearm fell from its waistband holster onto the floor. When the agent pi
  
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• New License Center Opens in Grand Prairie

  04-06-2018 15:53
  
  The Texas Department of Public Safety has opened a new driver license center in Grand Prairie as of Monday morning.
  
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• Fort Worth Celebrates 30-Year Relationship With Japan City

  04-06-2018 15:45
  
  Fort Worth residents journeyed thousands of miles to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their sister city relationship with Nagaoka, Japan.
  
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• The Colony Police Get Toilet Paper, Eggs as Senior Prank

  04-06-2018 15:15
  
  The Colony police thanked graduates of 2018 for their “generous donation of toilet paper and eggs for breakfast,” the police department wrote in a Facebook post.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• McKinney Students Return To Class Days After Campus Suicide

  04-06-2018 15:15
  McKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – Students at McKinney North High School are returning to class today, after a student brought a gun to school last week and took his life while in an empty classroom.
  There will be grief counselors and extra security at the school as youngsters return for the last week of class before summer break.
  Over the weekend a vigil was held on the campus. More than 600 students, teachers, parents and staff lit candles, sang and remembered the student who took his life.
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• Facebook Group Aims to Fix Dallas Roads

  04-06-2018 14:38
  
  Residents are snapping pictures and posting them to a "Fix Dallas Roads" Facebook page, hoping to bring attention to potholes around the city.
  
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• Super Kids of North Texas: Chase and Ty

  04-06-2018 14:18
  
  Two North Texas teens receive their high school diplomas and associates degrees at the same time!  
  
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• Viewers Help Family Battling Medical Debt Get New Home

  04-06-2018 13:58
  
  Imagine having a child who has battled cancer twice, fighting to keep your kid alive while facing thousands of dollars in medical debt. It’s a struggle one Burleson family knows all too well.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Being Honored In Bronze

  04-06-2018 13:40
  INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician whose calculations helped bring Apollo astronauts back to Earth, is being honored at her alma mater with a bronze statue and a scholarship in her time.
  West Virginia State University says a dedication ceremony is planned for August 25, the day before Johnson’s 100th birthday.
  President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician and physicist Katherine Johnson at the White House in Was
  
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• Several People Injured After Shooting At Dallas Football Field

  04-06-2018 13:06
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The crowd at a football game in south Dallas was sent running Sunday night after shots started to ring out. Police said that at least five people were struck by gunfire, including a pregnant woman. The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. at a park along Spring Avenue, behind the Juanita Craft Recreation Center in the Fair Park area.
  According to police, a group of young adults had been meeting at the park for the past two weekends for a football game.
  A witness share
  
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• 5 People Injured After Shooting At Dallas Football Field

  04-06-2018 13:06
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The crowd at a football game in south Dallas was sent running Sunday night after shots started to ring out. Police said that at least five people were struck by gunfire, including a pregnant teen. The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. at a park along Spring Avenue, behind the Juanita Craft Recreation Center in the Fair Park area.
  According to police, a group of young adults had been meeting at the park for the past two weekends for a football game.
  A witness shared
  
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• Study: Many Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemotherapy

  04-06-2018 13:05
  CHICAGO (AP) — Most women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of beating the disease, doctors are reporting from a landmark study that used genetic testing to gauge each patient’s risk.
  The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer treatment, and the results are expected to spare up to 70,000 patients a year in the United States and many more elsewhere the ordeal and expense of these drugs.
  “The
  
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• Girl, 4, Drowns in Murky Garland Apartment Pool

  04-06-2018 13:01
  
  A 4-year-old girl drowned in a murky pool at an apartment complex in Garland Sunday night, police say.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Jimmy Fallon To Parkland Students: ‘Don’t Let Anything Stop You’

  04-06-2018 12:57
  SUNRISE, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Graduating seniors at the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February received diplomas Sunday and heard from surprise commencement speaker Jimmy Fallon, who urged them to move forward and “don’t let anything stop you.”
  Four Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School families received diplomas on behalf of loved ones slain in the attack that gave rise to a campaign by teens for gun control. Principal Ty Thompson underscored th
  
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• Severe Weather Forces American Airlines Flight to Land

  04-06-2018 12:28
  
  An American Airlines flight was diverted to El Paso Sunday night due to severe weather, officials say.Photo Credit: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 5 Shot at Football Game in Fair Park

  04-06-2018 12:14
  
  Five people were wounded in a shooting at a football game in the Fair Park neighborhood of Dallas Sunday night.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Colony Police Thwart High School ‘Attack’

  04-06-2018 12:10
  THE COLONY (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in The Colony thwarted an “attack” by three students outside the high school early this morning.
  Police tell us about 2 a.m. they were alerted by Lewisville ISD security, who saw three juveniles on camera near the school.
  When officers arrived, the kids ran, leaving behind dozens of rolls of toilet paper along with crates of eggs.In a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post, the department thanked the students “for their generous donation of to
  
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• Residents Return to Dallas Shelter After Saturday Fire

  04-06-2018 06:59
  
  People are returning to Dallas' largest homeless shelter following a transformer fire in the parking lot that forced more than 250 people to evacuate.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Group Calls for Metal Detectors in McKinney Schools

  04-06-2018 06:47
  
  Hours after a student used a gun to commit suicide on campus, parents of a junior at McKinney North High School formed a group on Facebook called McKinney Parents and Students for Metal Detectors.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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