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• Fired Leader Won’t Speak At Southern Baptist Convention

  08-06-2018 23:31
  DALLAS (AP) — A former seminary president dismissed over his response to two rape allegations made by students says he won’t give the featured sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting next week in Dallas.
  The convention’s official news service, Baptist Press, says Paige Patterson announced the decision Friday.
  Patterson was dismissed last month from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, because of his response to the two rape allegatio
  
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• Texans Safety Andre Hal Diagnosed With Hodgkin Lymphoma

  08-06-2018 23:24
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Houston Texans safety Andre Hal has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and insists he “will beat it.”
  He received the preliminary diagnosis of cancer of the blood cells from team physician Dr. James Muntz and has consulted with doctors at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center, the team said Friday.
  The Texans said Hal is “undergo testing and evaluation and is discussing his treatment options.”
  Hal is 26 and starting his fifth year wit
  
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• Toddler Struck By a Vehicle in Dallas: Police

  08-06-2018 23:19
  
  Breaking news from NBC 5. Police are investigating after a 2-year-old was struck by a vehicle in Dallas.Photo Credit: Texas Sky RangerThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Love Lost, Love Found in ‘The Last Five Years’ at WaterTower

  08-06-2018 23:19
  
  There is a wedding in The Last Five Years, now playing at WaterTower Theatre in Addison through July 1, but instead of being the fairytale ending, it’s in the middle of the show.Photo Credit: Evan Michael Woods
  
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• IKEA Scraps Plans To Build New Store In Cowtown

  08-06-2018 22:55
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – IKEA has scrapped plans to build a massive new store at the southwest intersection of I-35 and North Tarrant Parkway.
  The proposed 289,000 square foot store would have given the chain coverage across the Metroplex since they already have a store in Frisco and Grand Prairie.
  But plans for the store — complete with 900 parking spaces covering 27 acres — are no more.
  Sr. Public Affairs Specialist for IKEA sent CBS 11 News the following stat
  
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• Family That Lost 9 In Sutherland Springs Mass Shooting Suing Government

  08-06-2018 22:42
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The family that lost nine loved ones in the Sutherland Springs Baptist Church shooting last November blames the federal government for the mass shooting that killed 26 people.
  The Holcombe family says it will sue the federal government for damages.
  Man prays at memorial in Sutherland Springs. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  In court documents they claim, “While the shooter pulled the trigger… it was failures of the United State
  
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• Ex-Texas Officer Convicted Of Using Chokehold On Man

  08-06-2018 22:20
  WACO (AP) — A former Texas police officer was convicted on two misdemeanor counts for grabbing a handcuffed suspect by the throat during a 2016 traffic stop.
  The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that a jury on Thursday found former Waco officer George Neville guilty of assault and official oppression for using a chokehold on Qualon Weaver. The misdemeanors are punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
  Neville has claimed that he acted in self-defense after an altercation with the su
  
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• Granbury Not Conducting Residential Water Tests Despite Mystery Form

  08-06-2018 21:52
  GRANBURY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Granbury residents have received blue slips of paper about water testing, but the city wants the public to know, the form titled, “Community Water Test,” did not come from the city or its water utility services.
  The city tweeted Friday it has nothing to do with the notices that instruct people to fill a bottle of water for testing and then sign the slip and provide a phone number.
  NOTICE: Blue notices placed at many residences in Granbury wer
  
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• New Hawaiian Coastline Created by Lava

  08-06-2018 21:25
  HAWAII (CBSDFW.COM) – The landscape and coastline of the Big Island have changed since the eruption of the Kilauea volcano began five weeks ago.
  The USGS released video of the changing coastline.
  changing Hawaiian coastline (USGS)
  Scientists said: “Beginning on June 3, lava from fissure 8 entered the ocean at Kapoho Bay. By June 6, lava had completely filled Kapoho Bay and built a delta that now extends over a mile from shore. A helicopter overflight of Kilauea Volcano’s lower
  
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• See the highest-paid public company CEOs in North Texas

  08-06-2018 21:21
  Things that set CEOs apart from rest of their employee pools could be their exceptional knowledge of a market, clarity in defining a goal, talent to connect and influence a cohort, and the ability to make an impact.
  The difference is also evident in their earnings. CEOs earn millions of dollars each year — an average $13.9 million if the executive was among the 25 highest-paid North Texas CEOs last year. Together, the region's 25 top-paid chief executives made close to $350 million in tota
  
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• Family Honors Man Dragged To Death In Jasper, Texas 20 Years Later

  08-06-2018 20:55
  JASPER, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Relatives have dedicated a bench to honor a black man who was chained to a pickup and dragged to his death in East Texas 20 years ago.
  A photo of James Byrd Jr., the Texas man dragged to his death in Jasper in 1998. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)
  James Byrd Jr. was 49 on June 7, 1998, when he was killed by three white men in Jasper, Texas. During the trials of the three, prosecutors detailed how the men drove Byrd to an isolated spot in Jasper County, beat him, t
  
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• New $2.5B Contract Awarded To Manage Nuclear Weapons Lab

  08-06-2018 20:30
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Overseeing a top nuclear weapons laboratory that has had security and safety problems is now the responsibility of a new management team that includes Texas A&M University and the University of California, plus a research firm with offices around the world, the U.S. government announced Friday.
  The National Nuclear Security Administration chose Triad National Security LLC as the winning bidder to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory, the b
  
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• Fox News’ Charles Krauthammer Writes He Has ‘Weeks To Live’

  08-06-2018 20:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News contributor and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer says he has “only a few weeks to live” because of an aggressive form of cancer.
  Krauthammer disclosed his doctors’ prognosis in a letter released Friday to colleagues, friends and viewers.
  Charles Krauthammer (CBS News)
  Krauthammer wrote that he underwent surgery in August to remove a cancerous tumor in his abdomen. While thought to be successful, he said there were complications t
  
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• Smithsonian Exhibit Highlights Mega Star Oprah Winfrey

  08-06-2018 20:19
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The stage set where Oprah Winfrey interviewed thousands of her television guests is now part of an exhibition at the Smithsonian.
  The exhibit, “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture,” opened Friday at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Winfrey toured the yearlong exhibit on Wednesday, and told “CBS This Morning” that she was honored by the exhibit and the response to it.
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• Person Dies At Bonnaroo Music Festival In Tennessee

  08-06-2018 20:14
  MANCHESTER, Tenn. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Officials say a person has died while attending the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee.
  News outlets report Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves confirmed a body was found Friday morning at a festival campground. Coffee County sheriff’s spokesman Lucky Knott says officials are investigating the cause of death but foul play is not suspected.
  Officials did not release the person’s name.
  Graves said dozens of people have been treated fo
  
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• Form D Friday: New Dallas venture capital firm raising $125M, may be eyeing scooter rentals

  08-06-2018 20:08
  Dallas’ Goldcrest Capital is raising $125 million for a venture capital fund, according to a filing. The firm was started by Daniel Friedland, who was previously a partner at California law firm Orrick and now sits on the board of electric scooter rental company Bird.
  
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• Police: Witness Saw Gator Drag Woman Into Florida Pond

  08-06-2018 19:45
  DAVIE, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Authorities searched a Florida pond Friday after a witness told police an alligator attacked a woman walking her dogs and dragged her into the water.
  The caller reported seeing the alligator drag her into the pond in Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park in Davie, Florida.
  According to Detective Viviana Gallinal the caller said, “He had seen a woman walking two dogs and a short time later he sees that the dogs were by themselves and one of them had a fresh inj
  
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• Jury Selection Begins In Murder Trial Of Ex-Deputy’s Husband

  08-06-2018 19:32
  HOUSTON (AP) — Jury selection started in the murder trial of a former Texas sheriff’s deputy’s husband charged in the death of a man he and his wife confronted a year ago outside a Houston-area restaurant.
  Terry Thompson and his wife, Chauna Thompson, are accused of holding down 24-year-old John Hernandez in a chokehold. He died three days later. Chauna Thompson, off duty during the confrontation, was later fired. She’s set for trial in October.
  Terry Thompson faces up to
  
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• Houston Offers Draft Plan For Harvey $1.1B Housing Recovery

  08-06-2018 19:12
  HOUSTON (AP) — The city of Houston has released a Hurricane Harvey recovery draft proposal on how to spend more than $1.1 billion in government funds meant for housing.
  A city statement says public comment will be accepted through June 21 on use of block grants following Harvey, which hit South Texas last August.
  The top of a fire hydrant sticks out of floodwaters in front of a home on September 7, 2017 in Richwood, Texas. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
  Heavy rain blamed on Harvey
  
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• Woman Accused Of Using Sex As Weapon In Bank Robbery Attempt

  08-06-2018 18:45
  FORESTDALE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama authorities are investigating a bank robbery where sex was the weapon of choice.
  Al.com reports the case of a woman who allegedly presented a bank manager with a choice: Either give her $6,000 and be rewarded with a sexual favor, or turn her down and face an assault accusation.
  Twenty-four-year-old Rachel Camille Calhoun was charged Thursday with attempted extortion and theft.
  Jefferson County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Randy Christian says deputies respon
  
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• First Floating Water Park Coming to North Texas

  08-06-2018 18:16
  
  North Texas will soon be getting its first floating water park,Photo Credit: @altitudeH2O
  
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• $450M Alamo Plan Would Triple Size Of Plaza At Historic Site

  08-06-2018 18:05
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Officials overseeing the $450 million facelift of the Alamo want to triple the size of the historic plaza in downtown San Antonio, close streets, raze up to four buildings and move a 60-foot monument.
  Details of the plan were released Thursday by the city, the nonprofit Alamo Endowment and General Land Office, which manages the Texas shrine.
  The ground in some places would be lowered more than a foot to the level at the time of the 1836 battle with Mexican forces. Plans
  
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• Texas DPS Launches Mobile App To Report Suspicious Activities, Behaviors

  08-06-2018 18:01
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched a mobile app so that the public can report suspicious activities or behaviors that might indicate ongoing or future criminal or terrorist activity.
  Texas DPS says the iWatchTexas app was created as a partnership between communities and law enforcement.
  iWatchTexas app (App Store)
  According to Texas DPS, the app was developed at the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott so that the public can easily report any kind of suspicio
  
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• Texas Father, Friend & Coach Killed After Tree Falls On Sports Car

  08-06-2018 17:59
  McKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – People in McKinney and across North Texas are mourning the loss of a father and popular coach, who died after a tree fell on his car during a powerful storm.
  The freak accident happened in Collin County as severe weather moved through the area Thursday evening.
  Friends tell CBS 11 News that Anthony Rex – known to his friends as Tony – had just dropped his 7th grade son off at baseball practice and was leaving when people in the parking lot hear
  
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• Kia Recalls More Than 500K Vehicles; Air Bags May Not Inflate

  08-06-2018 17:27
  DETROIT (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Kia is recalling more than a half-million vehicles in the U.S. because the air bags may not work in a crash.
  The recall apparently is related to federal investigation into air bag failures in Kia and partner Hyundai vehicles that were linked to four deaths.
  Vehicles covered by the recall include 2010 through 2013 Forte compact cars and 2011 through 2013 Optima midsize cars. Also covered are Optima Hybrid and Sedona minivans from 2011 and 2012.
  A Hyundai spokesman
  
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• Facebook Bug Changed Millions Of Privacy Settings To “Public”

  08-06-2018 16:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook said a software bug led some users to post publicly by default regardless of their previous settings. The bug affected as many as 14 million users over several days in May.
  The problem, which Facebook said it has fixed, is the latest privacy scandal for the world’s largest social media company.
  It said the bug automatically suggested that users make new posts public, even if they had previously restricted posts to “friends only” or another private
  
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• Lawsuit claims funeral home wrongfully moved 80-year-old’s parents’ remains

  08-06-2018 16:23
  The 80-year-old scion of a Dallas oil and gas production company has sued the owners of Restland Cemetery for allowing the removal of his parents’ remains to another cemetery without his consent.In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Dallas County, Dallas businessman and animal rescue activist Louis Dorfman claims Restland Funeral Home & Cemetery knowingly signed false consent forms that allowed Dorfman’s niece and nephew, Stacey Dorfman Kivowitz and Samuel Grant Dorfman, to move their gr
  
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• Trump Says He May Pardon Boxing’s “Greatest” Muhammad Ali

  08-06-2018 15:35
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — President Donald Trump says he may pardon another late heavyweight boxing champion — this time, Muhammad Ali.
  Trump tells reporters he’s looking at “thousands of names” of people who could be granted clemency.
  Trump’s already granted a posthumous pardon to boxing’s first black heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson — convicted of violating a law that made it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral&r
  
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• Dirk Hosts 7th Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game for Charity

  08-06-2018 15:29
  
  Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki is hosting his 7th Heroes Celebrity baseball game - the 17th overall - at Dr. Pepper Ballpark Friday night.
  
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• More than 130 Local Cats & Dogs Flown to Washington

  08-06-2018 15:23
  
  The quest to find "fur-ever" homes for nearly 150 local pets took to the skies Friday morning. The Humane Society of North Texas says DFW animal shelters are becoming extremely overcrowded, which is why...
  
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• 'Affluenza Mom' Tonya Couch Jailed After Failing Drug Test

  08-06-2018 15:21
  
  The so-called "affluenza mom" Tonya Couch was arrested Thursday evening after she was accused of violating conditions of her release on bond for failing a urinary test.Photo Credit: Tarrant County Jail
  
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• George H.W. Bush Honors Late Wife, Barbara, On Her Birthday

  08-06-2018 15:03
  (CBSDFW.COM) – Former President George H.W. Bush is honoring his late wife, Barbara, on her birthday Friday by thanking those who are carrying on her legacy.
  The former first lady died on April 17 at the age of 92. At her funeral, she was eulogized as “The First Lady of the Greatest Generation.”
  On Friday, Bush tweeted his gratitude to everyone carrying on her work. She was known for being an advocate for literacy with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.
  “Sen
  
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• Amazon Unveils Nearly Hands-Free Streaming TV Device

  08-06-2018 14:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alexa for couch potatoes is coming: Amazon’s new streaming TV device will let users shout out when they want to turn on the TV, flip channels or search for sitcoms — all without pushing any buttons.
  The Fire TV Cube is not entirely hands-free yet, however. Some apps or streaming services may require viewers to pick up the included remote to rewind or stop a show. Amazon says it’s working with those services to integrate voice commands.
  Amazon’s other
  
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• TMSG: Beekeeper Asked to Relocate Hive

  08-06-2018 14:40
  
  ACH Child and Family services asked a local beekeeper to relocate a hive and let nature take its course. The beekeeper estimates the hive is three to five years old.
  
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• North Texas Remains in Moderate Drought Despite Storms

  08-06-2018 14:03
  
  Parts of Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin and Wise counties remain in moderate drought while most of the surrounding area is abnormally dry, according to data released this week by the U.S. Drought Monitor.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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• Plano Will Throw You a Block Party for Free

  08-06-2018 13:39
  
  What better way to get to know your neighbors than to throw a party? And what better way to throw a party than to do so for free? That is the exact experience the City of Plano is offering to its citizens,...Photo Credit: Ben Russell
  
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• Dallas-based investment company buys San Antonio apartments

  08-06-2018 13:37
  Dallas-based real estate investment company Westmount Realty Capital LLC bought the Three Fountains apartments, a 19-building, 272-unit apartment complex on San Antonio's Far West Side.While the price was not disclosed, the Bexar County Appraisal District recently assessed the property at $18.4 million. The property was sold by 7935 Pipers Creek Owner LLC, a Chicago-based investor, according to public records.Located at 7935 Pipers Creek St., the community was built in 1998 and feature
  
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• Celebrity Chef, Television Personality Anthony Bourdain Dead At 61

  08-06-2018 13:31
  PARIS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef and citizen of the world who inspired millions to share his delight in food and the bonds it created, was found dead in his hotel room Friday in France while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions. He was 61.
  CNN confirmed the death, saying that Bourdain was found unresponsive Friday morning by friend and chef Eric Ripert in the French city of Haut-Rhin. It called his death a suicide.
  CNN statement regarding the death o
  
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• North Texas Remains in Moderate Drought Despite Recent Storm

  08-06-2018 13:25
  
  Parts of Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, Collin and Wise counties remain in moderate drought while most of the surrounding area is abnormally dry, according to data released this week by the U.S. Drought Monitor.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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• Detention Centers Fill Up; Border Detainees Sent To Prisons

  08-06-2018 13:25
  SEATTLE (AP) — More than 1,600 people arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border, including parents who have been separated from their children, are being transferred to federal prisons, U.S. immigration authorities confirmed Thursday. They said they’re running out of room at their own facilities amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
  The move drew condemnation from activists who said the detainees may have legitimate claims to asylum and don’t deserve to
  
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• Deals Day: Toyota expands DFW presence with new distribution center

  08-06-2018 13:22
  Toyota made headlines nationwide in 2016 when it announced plans to relocate its North American headquarters to Plano.
  Today, the company continues to grow its presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.ML Realty Partners announced it has leased a 121,188-square-foot distribution facility to Toyota Motor Sales USA. Known as 121 Riverview Crossing, the property is located at 1825 Midway Road in Lewisville.“We’re pleased to welcome Toyota to 121 Riverview Crossing and support their busin
  
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• Schools Buying Insurance Against Mass Shootings On The Rise

  08-06-2018 13:19
  (CBSNEWS) – Here’s yet another impact of the rash of school shootings that has plagued America in recent years: Interest in insurance coverage against such incidents is on the rise from both public and private schools. That’s especially so in the wake of the latest high-profile mass shootings that left more than two dozen dead at high schools in Florida and Texas, according to companies that sell this type of insurance.
  Officials at McGowan Cos., which says it’s the large
  
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• IKEA scraps plans for Fort Worth store

  08-06-2018 13:16
  A 27-acre piece of land on the corner of I-35W and North Tarrant Parkway in Fort Worth, intended for an IKEA furniture store, is staying untenanted for now.The company has reverted their initial decision to open a 289,000-square-foot location in Fort Worth.  “While this is an extremely difficult decision, we will not be moving forward with our plans to build a store in Fort Worth,” IKEA spokesperson Latisha Bracy said in an emailed statement to the Dallas Business Journal.The Sw
  
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• E-Cigarette Sellers Turn To Scholarships To Promote Brands

  08-06-2018 13:15
  NEW YORK (AP) – A growing number of e-cigarette and vaporizer sellers have started offering college scholarships as a way to get their brands listed on university websites and to get students to write essays about the potential benefits of vaping.
  The tactic is taken from a method that was once believed to improve a site’s ranking in search results, and it has successfully landed vaping brands on the sites of some of the nation’s best-known universities, including Harvard. It a
  
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• Scientists: No Way To Know When Hawaii Eruption Will End

  08-06-2018 13:08
  HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from the Kilauea volcano that flowed into Kapoho Bay has created nearly a mile of new land and officials with the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday the flow is still very active and there’s no way to know when the eruption will end or if more lava-spewing vents will open.
  The fast-moving lava poured into the low-laying coastal Hawaii neighborhoods in just two days this week, destroying hundreds of homes.
  “Lava continues to enter the ocean along a broad f
  
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• 2 NTX Baseball Teams Go Head-to-Head in State Championship

  08-06-2018 13:04
  
  The state 5-A high school baseball championship will be a showdown between two North Texas teams thanks to an exciting ending for Eaton High School yesterday.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Justice Department Says Heart Of Health Law Unconstitutional

  08-06-2018 12:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said in a court filing late Thursday that it will no longer defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including the requirement that people have health insurance and provisions that guarantee access to health insurance regardless of any medical conditions.
  The decision, announced in a filing in a federal court in Texas, is a rare departure from the Justice Department’s practice of defending federal laws in court. Texas and other Republica
  
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• Big Rig Accident Spills Wire In Allen, Blocks Freeway Ramps

  08-06-2018 12:53
  ALLEN (CBSDFW.COM) – An 18-wheeler carrying a load of wire broke in two in Allen Friday morning, blocking major freeway ramps and spilling the wire onto the road.
  The accident happened at around 4 a.m. on the transition from northbound Sam Rayburn Tollway to southbound Highway 75.
  Allen police say the truck was overloaded when it broke apart. Crews are working to clear up the spools of wire.
  Police expect the ramps to southbound Highway 75 from Sam Rayburn Tollway to be closed through rush
  
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• 'Affluenza Mom' Tonya Couch Arrested

  08-06-2018 12:22
  
  The so-called "affluenza mom" Tonya Couch was arrested Thursday evening after she was accused of violating conditions of her release on bond for failing a urinary test.Photo Credit: Tarrant County Jail
  
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• Officer Sits in Hot Car for 45 Minutes to Teach a Lesson

  08-06-2018 12:17
  
  A North Texas police officer took on the Texas heat to show others just how dangerous it can be.Photo Credit: Hickory Creek 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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