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• Arrest Made in Irving Apartment Shooting

  06-06-2018 23:48
  
  Two men who were shot and killed Tuesday in Irving, following an attempted robbery gone wrong, have been identified, police say.Photo Credit: Irving Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Police Rescue Dog From Drowning In White Rock Lake

  06-06-2018 23:36
  
  A dog that was rescued from drowning in White Rock Lake needs the public's help to get back on his feet again.Photo Credit: East Lake Pet Orphanage
  
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• Overturned Concrete Mixer Snarls Traffic In Dallas

  06-06-2018 22:44
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Traffic snarled along eastbound U.S 175 at east Prairie Creek where a concrete mixer overturned.
  The driver was transported to the hospital in stable condition, according to the Dallas Sheriff’s Office.
  Concrete spilled onto the shoulder of the road.
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• 5-Day Rainfall In Texas Unprecedented In US: ‘We Have Never Experienced A Storm Like Harvey’

  06-06-2018 22:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The U.S. has never experienced the amount of rainfall across such a vast area as that brought by Hurricane Harvey when it struck Texas, according to a report released this week.
  More rain fell over a five-day period, and on such a broad area, than at any time since records have been kept, the report by the Harris County Flood Control District said. The area extends roughly from Victoria in South Texas northeast to Houston and over to the Louisiana border — a
  
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• AT&T's is taking a pop-up approach at a new Dallas store

  06-06-2018 21:38
  For telecom giant AT&T, smaller may be better for some stores.
  The Dallas company has unveiled its first pop-up-designed retail spot that uses a fraction of the size of traditional stores. These types of units – which companies such as Alphabet and Amazon.com have used – are assembled quickly to get into key areas where customers may not have easy access to AT&T shops. The first such location is in the Sylvan | Thirty development in West Dallas.
  “It’s part of our
  
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• Watershed Pump Makes for Incredible Roadside Visual

  06-06-2018 21:35
  
  Watch the insane water being spouted during these city tests of watershed pumps. it is part of the Able Stormwater Pump Station, which is being built on Riverfront Blvd. Commuters may have noticed these...
  
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• Lawsuit alleges fraud by Toyota Music Factory developer, seeks to block payment of $44M from Irving

  06-06-2018 21:35
  An Irving taxpayer advocacy group, represented by the lawyer for legendary honkytonk developer Billy Bob Barnett, is attempting to block the North Carolina-based developer of the Toyota Music Factory from receiving $44 million in public money.A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Dallas County District Court by prominent attorney Larry Friedman alleges fraud and suggests that Charlotte-based ARK Group cut corners during construction to gain certificates of occupancy by certain deadlines.Under a 2015 econ
  
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• Fugitive Grandma Captured In Texas Indicted For Murder

  06-06-2018 21:21
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Minnesota woman accused of killing her husband and a Florida woman and leading authorities on a cross-country manhunt was indicted by a grand jury in Florida on Wednesday.
  Officials in Lee County, Florida, said a grand jury indicted 56-year-old Lois Riess on first-degree murder with a firearm. The charge carries a mandatory life sentence in prison if she is convicted.
  Lois Riess (Lee County, FL Sheriff’s Dept.)
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• GameStop turns to comic books as it looks for new revenue growth

  06-06-2018 21:08
  GameStop may get more help from the likes of Batman, Wonder Woman and Iron Man.
  The video game retailer is looking at how traditional comic books will sell under a test program for about 40 stores, the company said in a prepared statement. GameStop (NYSE: GME) already sells super hero-themed collectibles such as shirts and toys, but this is its first foray into offering the panel-filled pages.  “Comics are often a part of our promotional entertainment industry environment, including v
  
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• Safelite buys North Texas auto glass-repair chain

  06-06-2018 20:44
  Safelite has bought a North Texas-based auto glass repair chain.The company announced it has purchased Richardson Auto Glass, which offers windshield and glass repair services at 10 locations in the Dallas area and western Louisiana. Terms of the deal, which was completed June 4, were not disclosed.
  "This acquisition nicely leverages the strengths of both businesses and enhances the opportunity to expand our customer base while increasing the value provided to our clients," Tom Feeney, president
  
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• Pig Loose On Texas Highway

  06-06-2018 20:40
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A pig stranded near southbound Interstate 35E at Interstate 635 in North Dallas was the subject of a social media frenzy stirred by CBS 11 traffic reporter Madison Sawyer.
  It all started as Sawyer monitored the traffic cameras and noticed something pink…
  So there is a pig on 35E in North Dallas…See the man on the side of the road? @Txdot says he has the pig cornered next to the guardrail…No word on where the pig came from or where he was
  
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• Will North Texas See More Storms Tonight?

  06-06-2018 20:36
  
  Early this morning a strong low level jet stream developed over North Texas. That gave us a lot of energy and lift, causing a big updraft in the storms. Big updrafts cause large hail.Photo Credit: Tammy Chan
  
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• Europe To Impose Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S. Imports From July

  06-06-2018 20:29
  BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union says it will start imposing duties from July on a list of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe.
  European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said Wednesday that formalities in finalizing the list should be completed this month and that “the new duties start applying from July.”
  The EU says it will introduce “rebalancing” tariffs on a
  
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• Trump Commutes Sentence of Great-Grandmother After Meeting With Kim Kardashian

  06-06-2018 20:25 via nbcdfw.com
  
  President Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson Wednesday after meeting with Kim Kardashian in the Oval Office last week. Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother, had served 22 years of a...
  
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• How rich is Jeff Bezos? In DFW he could buy every home for sale, and then some

  06-06-2018 20:24
  How rich is Jeff Bezos? With his net worth, he could buy every home that's for sale in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area right now. And then some.Realtor.com figured out that Bezos is worth $112 billion. The real estate site estimated how much real estate the Amazon CEO could buy in each of the markets that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is looking to place its new HQ2.In the Dallas-Fort Worth region, Realtor.com estimated that Bezos could buy every one of the 20,247 current active listin
  
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• Hot and Humid After Overnight Hail Storms

  06-06-2018 20:14
  
  Damaging hail storm last night, hot and humid today.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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• Southwest Airlines sees bump in May traffic

  06-06-2018 19:52
  Despite a fatal accident in mid-April that caused the airline to reduce its financial expectations, Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) carried 11.9 million revenue passengers in May, a 5.4 percent increase year-over-year.The airline saw other metrics rise last month, including number of enplaned passengers (up 5.3 percent), revenue passenger miles (up 4.2 percent) and trips flown (up 2.9 percent). The Dallas-based airline did see its load factor decrease by 0.8 percentage points to 84.6 percent&
  
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• Fired Waco Officer On Trial For Grabbing Man’s Throat

  06-06-2018 19:45
  WACO (AP) — The trial has started for a Waco police officer fired after grabbing a handcuffed man by the throat during a 2016 traffic stop.
  The jury was selected Tuesday in the trial of George Neville on misdemeanor assault and official oppression charges. He faces up to a year in jail if convicted.
  An investigation found Neville grabbed Qualon Deshon Weaver by the throat during the traffic stop. The incident was captured on video.
  Defense attorney Bill Johnston told the jury that Weaver w
  
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• Trump Commutes Sentence For Kardashian-Backed Drug Offender

  06-06-2018 19:39
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — President Donald Trump commuted the sentence Wednesday of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses whose cause was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West in a recent visit to the White House.Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, two White House officials said. The 63-year old spent more than two decades behind bars and is not eligible for parole. The move comes amid a recent flurry of pardons issued by Trump, who has seemed dra
  
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• NBC 5 Interviews Star of New Show 'Reverie'

  06-06-2018 19:36
  
  Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy of NBC show Reverie joins us to discuss the premise of the sci-fi show and its virtual reality world. We also discuss how he's a Texas native and says he certainly misses the Texas...
  
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• Why Did Restaurant Close at New Toyota Music Factory?

  06-06-2018 19:28
  
  A new restaurant in Irving called Big Beat Dallas closed after two months. It was part of a new entertainment district including the Toyota Music Factory. A list of problems forced the $30 million restaurant...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Comments By “Impatient” Passenger Shuts Down Houston Airport

  06-06-2018 18:58
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Houston police have detained what they call an “impatient” passenger at a ticket counter at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport whose comments about explosives prompted the police bomb squad to shutdown an airport terminal for nearly an hour.
  Terminal D is cleared as safe and open following comments from an impatient passenger at a ticket counter. There are no other delays or impacts to flights at this time. #fly2houston
  — Houston Bush
  
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• Manufacturer to bring 600 jobs to Dallas in exchange for incentives, pending city approval

  06-06-2018 18:48
  A Dutch manufacturer is asking for $1.6 million in economic incentives in exchange for bringing a facility to southern Dallas that would yield 625 jobs.Vistaprint, a subsidiary of Cimpress N.V. (NASDAQ: CMPR), is a manufacturer that prints things like business cards, food labels and signs. The company and the city of Dallas have been in negotiations about bringing a 322,000 square foot facility to southern Dallas since January, according to the city council agenda posted for its June 13 meeting.
  
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• Residents Dealing With Aftermath of Hail Damage

  06-06-2018 18:33
  
  After the hail storm that swept through the area Wednesday morning, residents surveyed the damage, especially in Coppell. One woman says her daughter’s car was hit by hail the size of a small cantaloupe.
  
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• Texas Court Reinstates Baylor Player’s Sex Assault Conviction

  06-06-2018 18:28
  AUSTIN (AP) — Texas’ highest criminal appeals court has reinstated the 2015 sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player whose case ignited a scandal that engulfed the nation’s largest Baptist school.
  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said Wednesday that a lower court erred by overturning the conviction of Sam Ukwuachu based on text messages between the victim and a friend that had not been allowed in trial.
  The trial court only allowed into evidenc
  
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• Storms Drop Baseball-Sized Hail On North Texas, Shattering Windows: ‘Sounded Like God Was Throwing Rocks’

  06-06-2018 18:13
  CARROLLTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Severe storms, including hail the size of baseballs, left a trail of damage from Carrollton to Coppell to Arlington early Wednesday. Windows and skylights were shattered, car lights were cracked or smashed, and tree branches were knocked to the ground.
  “It actually sounded like God was throwing rocks at us,” said Coppell resident Brandi Rafael.
  (credit: Brandi Rafael)
  The storms turned severe at around 12:30 a.m. when the National Weather Service poste
  
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• Pearland Police Fatally Shoot Suspect In Parking Lot Gunfire

  06-06-2018 18:10
  PEARLAND (AP) — Houston-area police responding to reports of gunfire in a business parking lot have fatally shot a suspect after authorities say he pointed a firearm toward an officer.
  A Pearland police statement says 55-year-old Able Guzman was shot Tuesday and died at a hospital.
  Officers in Pearland, about 20 miles south of Houston, were dispatched on a report about a firearm discharged in the parking lot of a Walmart. Authorities say officers made contact with the suspect and that he h
  
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• Texas Court Reinstates a Baylor Sexual Assault Conviction

  06-06-2018 18:00
  
  Court of Criminal Appeals said Wednesday that a lower court erred by overturning the conviction of Sam Ukwuachu, a former Baylor football player.Photo Credit: McLennan County Jail/NBC 5 News/Getty Images
  
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• Data Breach Affects 92M MyHeritage DNA Testing Service Users

  06-06-2018 17:50
  Israel (CNET) – Data breaches are always problematic, but they can be especially troubling when they happen on platforms with access to supersensitive information — like your DNA.
  On Monday, MyHeritage, a platform that offers DNA testing and genealogy services, learned it had been breached, after a security researcher reported finding a file that contained email addresses and hashed passwords on a private server.
  (credit: myheritage.com)
  The Israeli-based company’s informa
  
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• Ariana Grande Talks About Her PTSD After Manchester Attack

  06-06-2018 17:20
  MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (CNN) – Pop singer Ariana Grande has spoken out about suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following a suicide bombing that killed 22 people at her concert in Manchester last year.
  “I know those families and my fans, and everyone there experienced a tremendous amount of it as well,” Grande explained of suffering symptoms of PTSD in an interview with British Vogue set to be released Friday. “I feel like I shouldn’t even be tal
  
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• ACLU Sues Over Plans For Citizenship Question On 2020 Census

  06-06-2018 16:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights lawyers have sued the U.S. Commerce Department to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
  The Manhattan federal court lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of immigrants’ rights groups says racial animus was behind a March announcement that the census will include a citizenship question for the first time since 1950.
  The lawsuit claims the question intentionally discriminates against immigrants and will increase fear in their communities.
  
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• Democrats Hope For ‘Blue Wave’ Push From 8-State Primary Day

  06-06-2018 16:23
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Holding hopes of a “blue wave” in November, Democrats fought to shape the political battlefield in primaries across eight states, none more important than California where Republicans avoided an embarrassing setback in the race for governor.
  Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, easily advanced on Tuesday to the general election, with business executive John Cox coming in second. Cox’s strong finish put to rest GOP fears that no Republican would qualify fo
  
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• Say Goodbye To IHOP & Hello To IHOB, Whatever That Is

  06-06-2018 15:46
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – All-day breakfast lovers, say goodbye to IHOP. The restaurant posted a tweet suggesting that it is changing its name to IHOB.
  So, the International House of Pancakes will become the International House of… something.
  For 60 pancakin’ years, we’ve been IHOP. Now, we’re flippin’ our name to IHOb. Find out what it could b on 6.11.18. #IHOb pic.twitter.com/evSxKV3QmT
  — IHOP (@IHOP) June 4, 2018The change is supposed to take place on
  
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• Newest Gerber Baby Poses For Sweet Pic With 1st Gerber Baby

  06-06-2018 15:14
  NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) – Lucas Warren was named the newest poster baby for Gerber baby food earlier this year, now he’s in the spotlight again for taking an adorable photo with the original Gerber baby. The picture shows Ann Turner Cook embracing baby Lucas — with the duo going for big smiles.
  Cook’s grandson, Chris Collin, shared the image over the weekend, racking over 56,000 likes on Twitter and quickly going viral. It was also featured on Gerber’s 
  
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• UPS Union Votes to Strike If Necessary

  06-06-2018 15:10
  
  The online retail community and consumers are watching negotiations between UPS and their workers’ union closely.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• TMSG: Van Alstyne Officer Given Top Honors

  06-06-2018 15:10
  
  Officer Mary Ann Jones received top honors at the Van Alstyne Police Department awards ceremony. She is the department's "Officer of the Year" for 2017. Her mother Ida says she loves her job and...
  
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• UPS Workers Vote to Strike

  06-06-2018 14:55
  
  Over 280,000 employees for the United Parcel Service, which is currently in contract negotiatons, voted to strike if an agreement cannot be reached. In total, over 250,000 votes were casted in favor of...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• DeVos Says School Safety Panel Will Not Look At Role Of Guns

  06-06-2018 14:39
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The federal school safety commission set up after the deadly shooting at a Florida high school will not examine the role of guns in school violence, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday.
  DeVos’ testimony to a Senate subcommittee came amid criticism by Democrats and some educators that the panel, set up by President Donald Trump in March, was focused more on distracting public attention rather than truly addressing gun violence.
  During a hearing on
  
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• USA Gymnastics Executive Says She Was Told To Keep Quiet About Nassar

  06-06-2018 14:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The former president of USA Gymnastics refused to answer questions Tuesday from a Senate subcommittee about how he handled allegations of sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar, and another former executive sat next to him and asserted that her former boss instructed her and others to keep quiet about athletes’ claims.
  Rhonda Faehn, the former senior vice president of USA Gymnastics, said she first reported an allegation against Nassar to Steve Penny, her t
  
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• Vehicles Damaged by Hail in Carrollton

  06-06-2018 13:51
  
  Several vehicles along Homestead Lane in Carrollton, near Old Denton Road and northeast of Interstate 35E, sustained serious damage to their windshields.At least one vehicle’s back windshield had...
  
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• Judge Who Sentenced Swimmer Recalled Amid #MeToo Movement

  06-06-2018 13:41
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The beginning of the end for the first California judge recalled since 1932 began almost exactly two years ago, when Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sentenced a former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault to six months in jail instead of a long prison term.
  A statement from the victim captured the national spotlight, recounting the ordeal of the investigation and trial, where she was cross-examined about her drinking habits and sexual experience.
  “Y
  
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• Kate Spade Remembered As Vibrant And Colorful, Like Her Creations

  06-06-2018 13:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bright. Vibrant. Colorful. And, most essentially, fun.
  The same words used so often to describe Kate Spade’s enormously popular handbags — “It” bags that were both aspirational and affordable — were an apt description of the woman herself, say many in the fashion world. And that only contributed to the sense of shock and loss in the industry upon hearing the news on Tuesday that Spade had apparently taken her own life at 55.
  Designer Kate Spade
  
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• Beltre Tiebreaking HR Among 5 for Rangers, Who Beat A's 7-4

  06-06-2018 13:23
  
  Adrian Beltre led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking homer for the Texas Rangers, who went deep a season-high five times in a 7-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Severe Storms & Baseball-Size Hail Hit Parts Of North Texas

  06-06-2018 13:13
  CARROLLTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Severe storms, including hail the size of baseballs, left a trail of damage from Carrollton to Coppell to Arlington early Wednesday. Windows and skylights were shattered, car lights were cracked or smashed, and tree branches were knocked to the ground.
  “It actually sounded like God was throwing rocks at us,” said Coppell resident Brandi Rafael.
  (credit: Brandi Rafael)
  The storms turned severe at around 12:30 a.m. when the National Weather Service poste
  
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• Man Sues After CVS Worker Told Wife About Viagra Rx, Ruining Marriage

  06-06-2018 13:05
  MERRICK, N.Y. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A New York man alleges in a lawsuit that a CVS pharmacy worker told his wife about his Viagra prescription and it ruined his marriage.
  Michael Feinberg took a prescription for the erectile dysfunction medication to a CVS store last year.
  The New York Post reports the Nassau County Supreme Court lawsuit alleges a pharmacy employee mentioned the prescription to Feinberg’s wife a few days later in idle conversation, allegedly letting her know the pre
  
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• Regulators In Texas Accuse Musician Of Defrauding Investors

  06-06-2018 12:52
  DALLAS (AP) — A musician who defrauded investors by claiming to develop sound wave technology that would revolutionize the oil and gas industry used money he collected to support his “lavish” personal spending habits, federal regulators in Texas allege.
  In a lawsuit filed Monday in a federal court in Dallas, the Securities and Exchange Commission says Paul Gilman, a self-described music visionary, raised about $3.3 million from approximately 40 investors across the country, inc
  
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• Severe Storms, Hail Hit North Texas

  06-06-2018 12:46
  
  Storms moved into North Texas overnight, bringing damaging hail and high winds. Only a slight chance for a storm for the rest of the morning.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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• Train to Be a Ninja Warrior!

  06-06-2018 12:31
  
  There are gyms popping up all across North Texas that are designed to get you ready to crack the daring obstacle course.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• How to Protect Your Tires in the Texas Heat

  06-06-2018 12:11
  
  NBC 5’s Samantha Chatman shows us how we can all protect our wheels during the hot weather months in Texas.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Severe Storms, Baseball-Size Hail Hit North Texas

  06-06-2018 09:46
  CARROLLTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Severe storms, including baseball-size hail, have left a trail of damage from Carrollton to Coppell this morning.Photo: Adam Levin – More Weather Images – Click HereThe storms turned severe around 12:30 a.m. when the National Weather Service posted warnings for parts of Denton and Collin Counties.The storms tracked south and west, bringing high winds and heavy rain and dumping large hail in its path.So far there have been no reports of injuries, but Ca
  
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