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• Mom Shoots Man Trying to Steal SUV With Kids Inside: Police

  05-07-2018 23:43
  
  Police say a mother shot a man who tried to steal her SUV while her two toddlers were still inside the vehicle in Dallas Wednesday night.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Alternatives To Home Warranties

  05-07-2018 23:31
  
  Complaints about home warranties come into the consumer investigative center often. There are other options to consider to help provide protection for the items in your home.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• DFW to Undergo $350M Disaster Recovery Construction

  05-07-2018 23:27
  
  The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers announced nearly $5 billion in funding for disaster recovery projects in Texas, including more than $350 million for Dallas-Fort Worth alone.
  
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• Gang Members Arrested With Wigs And Weed

  05-07-2018 23:23
  JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA (CBSDFW.COM) – Three alleged members of a multi-state burglary and fraud ring arrested in Jefferson Parish have been linked to break-ins on the Northshore, Louisiana State Police say.
  Tuesday, a Louisiana State Police trooper stopped a vehicle on I-10 near Veteran’s Boulevard for a seat belt violation. During the search of the vehicle, troopers found 11 driver’s licenses from Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Colorado and Illinois. Detectives linked som
  
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• 2 Killed In Head-On Crash On Highway 380 In Denton

  05-07-2018 23:14
  DENTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Highway 380 in Denton is shut down after a deadly crash Thursday afternoon involving a sedan and a CoServ Electric truck.
  The driver and a front passenger, a child, in the sedan were killed.
  deadly crash in Denton on Highway 380 (Chopper11)
  Police said the driver of the sedan, who was going westbound on Highway 380, crossed into oncoming traffic and hit the CoServ truck head on.
  deadly crash in Denton on Highway 380 (Chopper11)
  A child in the sedan was taken by
  
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• America’s Founding Paradox Coming to the African American Museum

  05-07-2018 23:07
  
  Stories of Monticello’s enslaved population are at the heart of Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty, an updated touring exhibition on view at the African American Museum in Dallas’ Fair...Photo Credit: Thomas Jefferson Foundation at MonticelloThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Fatal Crash Shuts Down U.S. Highway 380 in Denton

  05-07-2018 23:06
  
  A fatal crash shut down U.S. Highway 380 in Denton Thursday afternoon.Photo Credit: Jake King/Denton Record-Chronicle
  
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• Police: Woman Wearing ‘Greasy’ Shoes T-Bones Police SUV After Foot Slips Off Brake

  05-07-2018 22:44
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A woman who was wearing “greasy, slippery” shoes crashed into a Fort Worth police vehicle after her foot slipped off the brake, authorities say.
  The crash happened at around 2:30 p.m. near Trinity Boulevard and Highway 157. Police say the woman tried to stop her car, but her foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas pedal, which caused her car to t-bone the police SUV.
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  The woman’s car crashed into the passenger side of the SUV which
  
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• FW Officer's Patrol SUV T-Boned by Another Vehicle

  05-07-2018 22:11
  
  Fort Worth police are on scene after an officer's patrol SUV was t-boned by an oncoming vehicle.Photo Credit: Robert McMurrey - NBC 5 News
  
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• To See & Do: Hidden Gems for North Texas Newcomers

  05-07-2018 21:59
  
  North Texas covers a lot of communities that all have unique gems well worth a visit. Here are a few places we wish we would've known of sooner. Where are some must-sees in North Texas? Send suggestions with an...
  
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• Baby Gorilla Makes Dallas Zoo Debut

  05-07-2018 21:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The newest baby capturing hearts at the Dallas Zoo made her official public debut Thursday.
  The baby gorilla is the first critically endangered lowland gorilla born at the zoo in 20 years. It came into the world on Monday, June 25.
  Mom Hope was out in the morning holding her new baby close.
  baby gorilla and mom Hope at Dallas Zoo (CBS11)
  For now, this is the only time of day they’ll be in the exhibit, due to the extreme summer heat.
  “We would love to share
  
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• EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Ethics Scandals

  05-07-2018 21:48
  WASHINGTON (CBSNEWS) – Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency who was key to implementing President Trump’s conservative agenda but came under intense scrutiny for a series of questionable ethical decisions, resigned Thursday afternoon. Pruitt’s deputy at the EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will serve as the agency’s acting administrator starting Monday, President Trump said in a tweet.
  “I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great
  
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• Loft-style live/work condos replace aging office building near Dallas' medical district

  05-07-2018 21:44
  Developer Alice Murray and real estate agent David Griffin have teamed up to convert a 40-year-old building near Dallas' medical district into a modern mixed-use community with condo units for sale at prices starting about $350,000.The 55,000-square-foot building near the intersection of Stemmons Freeway and Mockingbird Lane has been carved into 22 loft-style units ranging from roughly 2,200 square feet to 3,500 square feet, Griffin said in an interview with the Dallas Business Journal. The aver
  
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• Baby Gorilla at Dallas Zoo Makes Public Debut

  05-07-2018 21:39
  
  The baby gorilla that was born last week at the Dallas Zoo made its public debut on Thursday.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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• DFW-area brewery expands distribution to San Antonio

  05-07-2018 21:36
  San Antonio-based alcohol distributor Hops and Vines Distributing has forged a partnership with Keller, Texas-based microbrewery Shannon Brewing Co. to bring its beers to the San Antonio area starting July 1.Located on a natural spring, the 4,000-barrel-a-year Shannon Brewery makes a diverse range of beers, including the Shannon Irish Red, the Shannon Mór IPA, the Blackberry Crystal Wheat and the Pussy Willow Pilsner. The brewery will distribute cans and kegs to San Antonio, including sel
  
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• 19 Dead After Fireworks Explosions Near Mexico City

  05-07-2018 21:25
  MEXICO CITY (AP) – Nineteen people were killed and at least 31 were injured Thursday when two explosions ripped through fireworks workshops in a town just north of Mexico City. The dead included four firefighters and two police officers who rushed to the scene after the first explosion, only to be killed by the second blast.
  Video shot from a nearby highway showed a massive plume of smoke rising up from the area of the explosion in the town of Tultepec. Other images released by local
  
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• Plankton Light The Sea In Wales: ‘It Really Is Something Magical’

  05-07-2018 21:14
  ANGLESEY, Wales (CBSDFW.COM) – Photographer Kris Williams captured a bioluminescence off the coastline of Anglesey in Wales on June 25 and June 26.
  In videos shared to YouTube and Facebook, the waves off the coast of Anglesey Island can be seen turning electric blue, with glow caused by a type of plankton as a defense mechanism to ward off predators.
  Williams used a Sony A7s camera to film the phenomenon in lowlight.
  He also captured his friend’s dog who enjoyed a brightly lit swim.
  
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• Starbucks Employee Fired After Mocking Customer With Stutter

  05-07-2018 20:31
  NEW YORK (AP) – Starbucks says an employee in Philadelphia has been fired after reportedly mocking a customer with a stutter.
  The coffee chain says the behavior did not reflect the experience customers should have and the employee is no longer with Starbucks.
  A customer posted Sunday on Facebook that his friend stuttered when giving his name. He said the barista then made light of it verbally and then spelled the name with extra letters. The friend emailed Starbucks and was offered $5 as a
  
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• Multiple Women Report Man in Red Truck Exposed Himself

  05-07-2018 20:16
  
  Dallas police are searching for a man in connection with two incidents of indecent exposure.Photo Credit: DPDThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 45+ Texas Gas Stations Accused Of Harvey Price Gouging Settle

  05-07-2018 19:24
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Four dozen Texas gasoline stations accused of Hurricane Harvey-related price gouging have agreed to issue refunds to purchasers.
  Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced the nearly $167,000 settlement in an investigation in which some stations allegedly charged as much as $8.99 for a gallon of gasoline.
  Harvey made landfall in South Texas last August 25. Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster as the storm approached, activating a provision of the Te
  
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• Bank Restores Stolen Funds To 112-Year-Old Texas Veteran

  05-07-2018 19:15
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Bank of America has credited the account of a Texas resident who is believed to be the oldest man in the U.S. after his family reported that thieves had stolen his identity and drained the account.
  Richard Overton’s family said Social Security and bank account numbers for the 112-year-old Austin man were used to make seven withdrawals over the past several months. The family filed a police report Friday.
  Richard Overton (credit: CBS Newspath)
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• Dog Days of Summer - July 5, 2018

  05-07-2018 19:13
  
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• Automakers Fight Tariffs, Strongly Against Plan

  05-07-2018 19:00
  
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• #PlaneBae: Flight Seat-Swap Romance Goes Viral

  05-07-2018 18:43
  
  This modern-day love story all unfolded on social media and captured the world's attention in real time.Photo Credit: @roseybeemeThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man Stabs Neighbor Who Kept Shooting Fireworks: PD

  05-07-2018 18:30
  
  A man stabbed his neighbor in the neck because he wouldn't stop shooting off fireworks and then barricaded himself inside his home, police said.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• Texas Gas Prices Hold Steady This Week At $2.65 Per Gallon

  05-07-2018 18:00
  COPPELL (AP) – Texas retail gasoline prices held steady this week at an average $2.65 per gallon.
  AAA Texas on Thursday reported that compares to the nationwide retail gasoline price of $2.87 per gallon, which is up 2 cents this week.
  The association survey found Midland has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $3.09 per gallon. Drivers in San Antonio and Wichita Falls have the state’s cheapest prices at the pump at an average $2.53 per gallon.
  AAA experts say
  
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• Dozens of DFW Gas Stations to Refund Customers

  05-07-2018 17:47
  
  Dozens of North Texas gas stations accused of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey will pay refunds to consumers, attorney general Ken Paxton's office announced Thursday.
  
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• Major Apple supplier continues hiring at new DFW plant

  05-07-2018 17:32
  Finisar Corp. (NASDAQ: FNSR) is almost halfway through hiring the workforce for its new Sherman facility, where it will make iPhone parts.So far, Sunnyvale, California-based Finisar has hired 200 workers of the roughly 500 it intends to employ in Sherman. Finisar is a major supplier for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and makes the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or VCSELs, that power things like Face ID, Animoji and Portrait mode selfies for the iPhone X."Finisar is excited to unveil this&he
  
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• Dallas Police Seek Pantsless Man Who Followed Women

  05-07-2018 17:29
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Authorities in Dallas are searching for a man who, they said, exposed himself to two women in two separate incidents last week. The suspect has been described by police as a Latin male in his early-to-middle 30s with short hair, driving a red Dodge Ram.
  (credit: Dallas Police Department)
  The first incident happened at about 6:20 a.m. on June 27. A woman told police that she was followed by the suspect in his vehicle. She noticed that the man was covering his face with
  
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• As DFW's population booms, $26B Swiss firm acquires Fort Worth concrete company

  05-07-2018 17:25
  North Texas' booming population was a big reason why a Swiss company decided to acquire a Fort Worth-based concrete business.Tarrant Concrete Co. will now be part of LafargeHolcim Ltd., a building products company that recorded sales of more than $26 billion last year, the companies announced Tuesday.
  LafargeHolcim noted that the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area has averaged a 2 percent annual population growth rate over the last decade, adding a total of 1.3 million residents during that time. That
  
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• Texas Family Welcomes Home Quadruplets On July 4th

  05-07-2018 17:12
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/CBSNEWS.COM) – A family in Texas had four reasons to celebrate this Fourth of July. Linda and Thomas Agi welcomed home their newborn quadruplets Wednesday, four weeks after they were born.
  The three girls and one boy were born at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston on June 1. Two of the babies weighed less than four pounds each at birth, and the two others weighed less than three pounds each, the hospital said.
  This July 4th, Linda and Thomas welcomed home ne
  
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• Moment Of Silence Set For Capital Newspaper Shooting Victims

  05-07-2018 15:47
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Newsrooms around the world have been urged to observe a moment of silence for the five employees of The Capital who were killed in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.
  The moment of silence will be observed Thursday at 2:33 p.m — exactly one week after a gunman attacked the Annapolis newspaper with a shotgun.
  The Baltimore Sun Media Group is observing a moment of silence at its offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, and Carroll Count
  
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• 81-Year-Old Texas Man Stung About 1,000 Times By Bee Swarm

  05-07-2018 15:36
  CLEVELAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – An 81-year-old man from Liberty County, located just northeast of Houston, is still recovering aftering being stung about 1,000 times by a swarm of bees. Thomas Mizell was at his farm alone, with no phone on him, when the attack took place.
  “He farms from dusk ’til dawn,” said Tresha Holt, the man’s daughter. “He was clearing out the land for a fence line and, all of a sudden, he didn’t know where they came from, the bees
  
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• Mom Shoots Suspected Carjacker Trying To Take SUV With Kids Inside

  05-07-2018 15:14
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A suspected carjacker is in the hospital after a North Texas woman shot him as he tried to take off in her SUV with her two children in the backseat.
  The incident happened just after 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, when Dallas police say the woman stopped for gasoline at a Shell station on Camp Wisdom Road.
  The mother, who does not want to be identified, left her children in the SUV while she ran inside the convenience store. Before she returned a man jumped into her
  
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• Mom Shoots Suspected Car Thief Trying To Take SUV With Kids Inside

  05-07-2018 15:14
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A suspected car thief is in the hospital after a North Texas woman shot him as he tried to take off in her SUV with her two children in the backseat.
  The incident happened just after 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, when Dallas police say the woman stopped for gasoline at a Shell station on Camp Wisdom Road.
  The mother, who does not want to be identified, left her children in the SUV while she ran inside the convenience store. Before she returned a man jumped into her
  
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• TMSG: Athletes Represent North Texas

  05-07-2018 15:02
  
  North Texans are competing in the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle, Washington.
  
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• Gift Cards Offered at Businesses Affected by Construction

  05-07-2018 14:55
  
  Colleyville mailed out 9,000 $10 vouchers to residents to be used at affected businesses.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Teen Says Drink Thrown at Him for Wearing MAGA Hat

  05-07-2018 14:50
  
  A San Antonio teenager says he was attacked and verbally assaulted for wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat at a Whataburger. The 16-year-old says the attack was unprovoked.
  
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• Texas Mother Accused Of Selling Child, Trying To Sell 2 More

  05-07-2018 13:43
  CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — Authorities are accusing a Texas mother of selling her 7-year-old son and trying to sell her two young daughters.
  Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that 29-year-old Esmeralda Garza of Corpus Christi was arrested Friday. She remained in the Nueces County jail on Wednesday on a charge of sale or purchase of a child. Bond was set at $100,000. Jail records did not list an attorney for her.
  DPS says that agents were executing a drug search warrant in Corpus Ch
  
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• 2 Arrested After Fleeing Police With Baby in Tow

  05-07-2018 13:41
  
  Two people from Dallas led police on a chase with a 6-month-old baby onboard after fleeing a Walmart in Terrell on Wednesday.
  
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• Facebook’s Dating App Revs Up Romance Scams

  05-07-2018 13:35
  NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) – Finding a soulmate is already pretty tough, but here’s another reason to keep your guard up. Facebook is launching a dating application later this year, and users are already perceiving a rise in “catfishers” — crooks pretending to be lovelorn in an attempt to pull off a romance scam.
  Michelle Amburgey, a 56-year-old who runs a holistic healing business, said she received six sketchy Facebook “friend requests” over just one recen
  
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• Pygmy Hippopotamus Francesca Dies At Oklahoma City Zoo

  05-07-2018 13:22
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Francesca, a female pygmy hippo that “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas” singer Gayla Peevey welcomed to Oklahoma City’s zoo in December, has died at age 26.
  The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced Francesca’s death Wednesday and said caretakers examined the hippo last week after she showed signs of illness. Veterinarians diagnosed her with dental and severe gastrointestinal disease and progressive kidney failure.
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