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• Growth in Northlake Means Traffic Until Expansion of FM 407

  16-07-2018 23:56
  
  Like many North Texas communities, Northlake is growing -- and so is the potential for traffic headaches. The Texas Department of Transportation is considering an expansion of FM 407.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• New Lava Island Forms Off Coast Of Big Island in Hawaii

  16-07-2018 23:27
  HAWAII (CBSDFW.COM) – The U.S. Geological Service says a new tiny lava island has formed off the coast of the Big Island in Hawaii.
  Scientists say the island is located a few meters offshore and is about 20 to 30 feet in diameter.
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  Scientists say the new lava island is most likely part of the fissure 8 flow that’s entering the ocean—and possibly a submarine tumulus that built up underwater and emerged above sea level.
  The U.S. Coast Guard recently lifted restr
  
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• Dallas County Confirms 2nd Human West Nile Case of 2018

  16-07-2018 23:24
  
  Health officials in Dallas County are reporting this year's second human case of West Nile Virus. The patient lives in the 75061 zip code in Irving.Photo Credit: WikimediaThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Another Round of Saharan Dust Passes Through Texas

  16-07-2018 23:24
  
  More African dust is on the way to Texas and will likely be more concentrated Sunday through the first half of next week.Photo Credit: NOAAThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Massive Hammerhead Shark Caught Off Texas Coast

  16-07-2018 23:09
  
  Photos show a Texas man posing with a giant hammerhead shark he caught in Corpus Christi. The man says he had trouble getting the 14-foot, 400-pound shark back in the water, and it died.Photo Credit: Poco Cedillo
  
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• Amazon Prime Day Brings Deals, But Also an Outage

  16-07-2018 22:55
  
  Amazon Prime Day 2018 started on July 16 at 3 p.m. ET, although an outage brought error messages to some shoppers.Today.com has done a round-up of good deals and will keep updating this page as new top...Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images
  
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• Video: Bats Cling To Wall Outside Office Window In Houston

  16-07-2018 22:54
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) – A wall full of bats paid its annual visit to an office in Houston last Friday.
  The video was shot by Dave Rojas shortly after 9:00 a.m.
  “Every year the bats make a visit to our office. It must be that time of the year again. I think they are migrating,” Rojas told Reuters.
  Bats are known find shelter in caves, crevices, tree cavities and buildings.
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  Workers aren’t exactly sure what type bats are perched outside the wi
  
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• San Antonio Store Owner’s Killer Set For Execution

  16-07-2018 22:24
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – Condemned Texas prisoner Christopher Young says there’s no question he fatally shot a San Antonio convenience store owner but insists he never intended to kill the man whose slaying was recorded on a surveillance camera.
  “I’ve never denied the crime,” Young said recently from a visiting cage outside Texas death row. “You have video of me shooting somebody. That’s pretty damaging.”
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  Young, 34, set for lethal
  
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• Abandoned Newborn's Mother Faces Attempted Murder Charge

  16-07-2018 22:03
  
  The mother of a newborn baby boy found abandoned inside a plastic bag at the bottom of a dumpster last month is behind bars, charged with attempted capital murder.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Amazon’s Prime Day Runs Into Snags Swiftly

  16-07-2018 21:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s website has run into some snags quickly on its much-hyped Prime Day.
  Shoppers clicking on many Prime Day links Monday got only an abashed-looking dog with the words, “Sorry. Something went wrong on our end.”
  It wasn’t clear how widespread the outage was, and an Amazon spokesman didn’t immediately respond to an email but eventually did on Twitter.
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  — Amazon.com (@amazon) July 16, 2018Shoppers took to
  
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• Sick Leave for Dallas Workers Petition Ruled Insufficient

  16-07-2018 21:43
  
  A petition to get paid sick leave for workers in Dallas on the November ballot has fallen short by fewer than 1,000 signatures, Dallas city officials say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Plano-based unit of Boeing scores $2.1B worth of orders

  16-07-2018 21:39
  The Global Services business unit of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announces several agreements Monday that combined are worth up to $2.1 billion.
  
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• Google can't find enough workers, so it's working with a local community college to help

  16-07-2018 21:36
  Google is collaborating with a North Texas community college to bring its professional certificate course to students, in an attempt to develop a qualified IT labor pool.When the Silicon Valley tech company found it challenging to find and hire qualified IT support specialists, it started training workers on the job, on the Google campus. The training program proved successful, so Google started offering the training program as an online course earlier this year. Now, it has announced that about
  
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• North Texas Mother Accused Of Putting Baby In Dumpster Charged With Attempted Capital Murder

  16-07-2018 21:35
  HURST, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Hurst Police have arrested the 28-year-old mother who allegedly abandoned her infant in a dumpster last month and charged her with attempted capital murder.
  Alyssa Hazel Baker is in the Tarrant County Jail with bond is set at $50,000.
  Alyssa Hazel Baker
  On Friday, June 15, police responded to the 900 block of Melbourne Road after around 9:30 a.m. in regards to a medical issue. Officers arrived at the scene and met with Baker.
  Officers found the baby inside
  
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• Sea-Doo, Evinrude maker BRP ramping up to 100 employees in new North American Hub in Plano

  16-07-2018 21:16
  BRP Inc., the Canada-based maker of Sea-Doo, Ski-Doo, Evinrude and other snow, water and land vehicles, is scaling up to 100 employees in its new Plano office, which officially opened last week.BRP chose Plano for its central location, access to top talent and proximity to DFW International Airport, as well as to better connect the Valcourt, Quebec-based company with Texas, its top off-road vehicle market, said Sandy Scullion, senior vice president and general manager for the global retail
  
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• Trump Defends Putin From Claims Of Election Interference

  16-07-2018 21:05
  HELSINKI, Finland (CBS NEWS) – Following a day of discussions between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, Mr. Trump left Monday’s summit neglecting to hold Putin accountable for Russia’s role in interfering in the 2016 presidential election — saving most of his criticism for America itself.
  “I hold both countries responsible. I think that the United States has been foolish. I think that we’ve all been foolish. We should have h
  
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• Texas Shrimp Industry Crippled By Immigrant Visa Cap

  16-07-2018 21:01
  BROWNSVILLE (AP) — The Texas shrimp industry is facing a worker shortage as a result of the federal cap on U.S. visas for immigrant seasonal workers.
  Andrea Hance is executive director of the Texas Shrimp Association. She tells the Brownsville Herald that an estimated 70 percent of the Brownsville-Port Isabel shrimp fleet is starting off this season short-handed. The shrimp industry relies heavily on H-2B visa workers, which are limited by a decades-old law to 66,000 for the whole country.
  
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• Mother Not Guilty by Insanity in Death of Her Two Children

  16-07-2018 20:47
  
  The estranged wife of an internationally known pianist was found not guilty by reason of insanity Monday in the March 2016 deaths of the couple's two young daughters.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Adidas Promises To Use Only Recycled Plastic By 2024

  16-07-2018 20:41
  NEW YORK (CNN Money) – Adidas is racing to make its products more sustainable. The global sportswear maker said on Monday that it has committed to using only recycled plastic by 2024.
  The pledge to eliminate the use of ‘virgin’ plastic, which was first reported by the Financial Times, includes polyester. Used in everything from T-shirts to sports bras, the material is popular for sportswear because it dries quickly and weighs little.
  Adidas also said that it would stop usi
  
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• Wife Of Acclaimed Texas Pianist Not Guilty Of Murdering Daughters

  16-07-2018 20:18
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) –  A judge in Tarrant County has found the wife of world famous pianist Vadym Kholodenko not guilty by reason of insanity in the deaths of their two daughters.
  It was in 2016 when Kholodenko went to pick up his oldest daughter for school and found his estranged wife, Sofya Tsygankova, “going crazy” and “covered with blood” and then found the bodies of his daughters.
  The insanity determination continues a lot of b
  
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• TDMN: Radio Show Host Heading to Jail

  16-07-2018 20:13
  
  The host of a financial radio show "Dollars and Sense" hasn't been on the air since state and federal investigators started looking into accusations of fraud. Now Bobby Eugene Guess is heading to jail....Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Endangered White Lion Cub On Display At Texas Sanctuary

  16-07-2018 20:06
  TYLER (AP) – A rare 7-week-old white lion cub is on public display at an animal sanctuary in northeastern Texas.
  The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports that Luna, a white African lioness, made her debut last week at the Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary in Tyler. She is among fewer than 500 white lions left in the world.
  Sanctuary director Emily Owen says white lions are endangered due to over hunting. Only about a dozen white lions are left in the wild due to poachers and “canned hunting fa
  
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• Dog Days of Summer - July 9, 2018

  16-07-2018 19:59
  
  Taya and Abby as well as Gemma were featured during the Dog Days of Summer segment on Monday, July 9, 2018.
  
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• Dog Days of Summer - July 16, 2018

  16-07-2018 19:59
  
  Dany and Drogo as well as Kane were featured during the Dog Days of Summer segment on Monday, July 16, 2018.
  
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• North Texas Cities Among the Best for First-Time Home Buyers

  16-07-2018 19:11
  
  Two North Texas cities are among the top 10 list for best cities for first-time home buyers.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Iran Arrests 46 In Fresh Crackdowns On Instagram Models

  16-07-2018 19:07
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have arrested dozens of people in fresh crackdowns on models and associated colleagues posting “immoral images” online.
  The official IRNA news agency reported Monday that officials in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, some 1250 kilometers, or 630 miles, south of the capital Tehran, arrested eight women and 36 other people in the photography, beauty salons and wedding businesses who used Instagram to share what they considered indece
  
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• Texan Accused Of Killing Boss Surrenders In Louisiana

  16-07-2018 18:59
  GRAND PRAIRIE (AP) — Police in North Texas say a man accused of fatally shooting his boss on the Fourth of July and then fleeing has surrendered in Louisiana.
  Grand Prairie police say Jimmie Reynolds, 57, turned himself in over the weekend to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. Jail records show Reynolds was being held without bond Monday while awaiting extradition to face a murder charge.
  Authorities believe 57-year-old Carlos Aparicio and Reynolds argued before the victim was sh
  
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• ‘Credible Fear’ For U.S. Asylum Harder To Prove Under Trump

  16-07-2018 18:54
  LOS FRESNOS, Texas (AP) — Patricia Aragon told the U.S. asylum officer at her recent case assessment that she was fleeing her native Honduras because she had been robbed and raped by a gang member who threatened to kill her and her 9-year-old daughter if she went to the police.
  Until recently, the 41-year-old seamstress from San Pedro Sula would have had a good chance of clearing that first hurdle in the asylum process due to a “credible fear” for her safety, but she didn&rsquo
  
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• Texas Traffic Stop Leads To $4.8M In Drugs Inside Tires

  16-07-2018 18:24
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police say a traffic stop in Central Texas has led to $4.8 million in drugs found smuggled inside the tires of a pickup.
  Austin police on Monday announced the arrest of the driver during a July 10 stop for allegedly speeding on southbound Interstate 35. The vehicle also lacked a front license plate.
  (credit: Austin Police Department)
  Police say 43-year-old Armando Martinez of Weslaco gave officers permission to search the vehicle and narcotics K-9 “alerted&rd
  
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• Women Talk About Rare Cancer From Breast Implants

  16-07-2018 18:17
  
  Three women from around North America gathered in Dallas to talk about a rare cancer they got from their breast implants. It's a certain kind of lymphoma, detected in just the last ten years.
  
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• Chuck Norris Visits With Local Police

  16-07-2018 17:38
  
  Chuck Norris paid the Garland Police Department a visit Monday, the department tweeted.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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• Mother Accused Of Killing Baby With Drug-Laced Breast Milk

  16-07-2018 17:36
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania mother killed her 11-week-old son with a lethal mix of drugs in her breast milk.
  Samantha Jones was charged with criminal homicide in the April 2 death of her baby.
  The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office says an autopsy found the baby died from a combination of methadone, amphetamine and methamphetamine.
  (credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office)
  According to an affidavit, the 30-year-old told police s
  
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• UNT Professor to Attempt to Teach Longest History Lesson

  16-07-2018 17:34
  
  University of North Texas history professor Andrew Torget plans to teach a full semester of Texas history in less than two days.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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• The U.S. Is Facing A Serious Shortage Of Airline Pilots

  16-07-2018 16:59
  WASHINGTON (CNN) – The national security of the United States relies on a healthy airline industry. That requires modern reliable airplanes, and highly skilled pilots to operate them. However, the U.S. has a shortage of those pilots, particularly at the regional airline levels.
  According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there were about 827,000 pilots in America in 1987. However, in the past three decades, that number has decreased by 30 percent.
  Meanwhile, during this same per
  
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• Dallas Area Will Have Three Players in MLB All-Star Game

  16-07-2018 16:59
  
  The rosters for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game were announced Sunday night, and several players from Dallas-area high schools were chosen to play in the 89th MLB All-Star Game on July 17 in Washington...Photo Credit: CSNPhilly.com
  
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• Workers Look Out To Wall Of Bats On Texas High-Rise

  16-07-2018 16:49
  HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) – If I said I’d seen a wall of bats in Texas you’d probably assume I was talking about the South Congress Bridge in Austin… but alas that is not the case this time.
  This wall of bats paid what has become an annual visit to a high-rise in Houston.
  Worker Dave Rojas said, “Every year the bats make a visit to our office. It must be that time of the year again. I think they are migrating.”
  Workers aren’t exactly sure what type bats
  
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• Streets in Fort Worth's West 7th Area Become One-Way

  16-07-2018 16:27
  
  Four two-way streets in Fort Worth's West 7th neighborhood became one-way streets starting Monday.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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• Cowboys' Demarcus Lawrence Will Play Under Franchise Tag:JJT

  16-07-2018 16:14
  
  Demarcus Lawrence and the Dallas Cowboys were unable to reach a long-term deal, a source told NBC 5's Jean Jacques-Taylor, meaning the defensive end will play under the Franchise Tag.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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• 4 Streets in West 7th Neighborhood Become One-Way

  16-07-2018 15:57
  
  Four two-way streets in Fort Worth's West 7th neighborhood will become one-way streets starting Monday. Morton, Bledsoe, Norwood and Foch streets will be changed to one-way streets to improve crowd control...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• 2 Arrested in Chase on I-635

  16-07-2018 15:28
  
  The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is investigating a late night chase after a driver chose to evade a Highway Patrol Trooper attempting to stop the car for a traffic violation on Interstate Highway
  
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• TO Sends Shoes to Fellow HOF Inductees, Still Won't Attend

  16-07-2018 15:13
  
  Terrell Owens announced on Twitter that he will be sending them custom shoes, despite his choice to protest the ceremony by not attending.Photo Credit: CSNPhilly.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Super Kids of North Texas: Tristan

  16-07-2018 14:31
  
  Tristan, 14, started mowing lawns when his mom had surgery and his parents told him that they would match any money he saved for a car. He now has his own lawn business with several customers.
  
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• TMSG: Bowlers in NTX for Championship

  16-07-2018 14:21
  
  The 2018 Junior Gold Championship is taking place at eight bowling centers across North Texas. More than 4,000 youth bowlers from across the globe will be here.
  
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• “Hotel Transylvania 3” Tops Box Office As “Skyscraper” Stumbles

  16-07-2018 14:03
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” has checked into the No. 1 spot at the box office in its opening weekend and left the Dwayne Johnson action thriller “Skyscraper” in the dust.
  Sony Pictures estimated Sunday that the animated family movie earned $44.1 million from North American theaters. As the first in the franchise to open in the summer, it’s just slightly under the previous installment’s $48.5 million debut in September 2015.
  
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• Dallas doctor scores second court victory in patent dispute with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary

  16-07-2018 13:34
  Lawyers from McKool Smith have scored a Patent Trial and Appeal Board win against a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson over claims that the company infringed on technology for sinus surgery developed by a Dallas ear, nose and throat specialist.It is the second time for the McKool team, led by shareholder Ashley Moore, to score an inter partes review win for Dr. Ford Albritton IV against Irvine, California-based Acclarent, a company that develops devices for the field.A final ruling by the
  
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• Prime Time: A Day Of Deals At Amazon, And At Its Rivals

  16-07-2018 13:30
  NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Amazon is extending its annual “Prime Day” promotion to 36 hours this year and will try to lure more deal-seekers to the aisles of Whole Foods. Shoppers will have plenty of sales to choose from as other retailers offer promotions to try to take a share of the spending.
  This year’s sales event, which starts Monday afternoon, will be six hours longer than last year’s and will launch new products. Amazon hopes to keep Prime attractive for cur
  
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• From $300,000 to over $3M, find out how much home you can afford in Grapevine

  16-07-2018 13:28
  Sam Houston signed a treaty in Grapevine in 1843 that opened North Texas for settlement. The region's first families and homeowners sprouted out from the city.Today, it's still attracting settlers, thanks to its convenient location, business-friendly environment and entertainment and tourism offerings.Grapevine is located approximately half an hour away from Dallas', Fort Worth's, Denton's and Frisco's downtowns, which makes the city a central part of the Metroplex.Apart from having a large&hell
  
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• 10 Straight Days of 100 Degrees Predicted for DFW

  16-07-2018 13:25
  
  Triple digit temperatures are here to stay for the next several days, according to the NBC DFW Weather Experts.Photo Credit: NBC10
  
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• Price for new batch of F-35s reduced 'significantly,' Lockheed Martin says

  16-07-2018 13:23
  Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) reached a handshake agreement with the F-35 Joint Program Office for Lot 11 of F-35 aircraft for a reduced price, the company announced Sunday.The goal has been to reduce the cost of an F-35 to $80 million by 2020 so the price will be comparable with fourth-generation fighter jets. The F-35, a fifth-generation jet, is considered to be one of the most technologically advanced military jets in the world.The company is not releasing details about the specific price
  
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• Staying Cool & Safe During Dangerous North Texas Heat

  16-07-2018 13:20
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Brace yourself, because dangerous heat is in the North Texas weather forecast nearly every day this week. In fact, this will be the hottest week that the DFW area has seen in the last two years. Over the next seven days, at least, temperatures will reach into the triple digits.
  The thermometer could even hit 106 degrees on Thursday and Friday.
  With those sweltering temperatures comes the risk of heat-related injuries and illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heat stro
  
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