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• NBC 5 Forecast: Hot and Humid Weekend

  18-08-2018 23:36
  
  Hot weather continues through the weekend, but we may see a few showers and storms Sunday and Monday.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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• 2-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Bedford Apartment Pool

  18-08-2018 23:33
  BEDFORD, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 2-year-old girl drowned Friday evening after she went missing at an apartment complex in Bedford, police say.
  Police received a call at around 10 p.m. about a child who had been missing for about two and a half hours at the Amherst Apartments in the 1100 block of Amherst Circle.
  As officers responded, they were told that the little girl was found in the apartment pool. They performed CPR on her until medics arrived.
  The 2-year-old was transported to Cook Chi
  
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• 16 Nurses Who Work In The Same ICU Are Pregnant

  18-08-2018 23:04
  MESA, Ariz. (CBSNEWS) – Sixteen nurses who work in the intensive care unit of an Arizona hospital are pregnant, CBS Phoenix affiliate KPHO reports. And the majority of them are due between October and January.
  “They’re wondering what’s in the water,” nurse Ashley Atkinsm said, according to the station.
  The nurses at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, just east of Phoenix, said they didn’t know so many were expecting until members kept getting added to a Fac
  
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• Denton Pets Find Forever Homes at Clear the Shelters

  18-08-2018 22:53
  
  Dozens of people came out to the Linda McNatt Animal Care and Adoption Center in Denton on Saturday for Clear the Shelters.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• ICE Detains Man Driving Pregnant Wife To Hospital To Deliver Baby

  18-08-2018 22:36
  SAN BERNARDINO (CBSNEWS) — A California woman says her husband was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while he drove her to the hospital to deliver their baby this week. Joel Arrona was arrested Wednesday in San Bernardino, California, and remains in custody pending “removal proceedings,” the federal agency said in a statement.
  Arrona was driving his wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to the hospital for a scheduled cesarean section when they stopped to g
  
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• ICE Detains Man Driving Pregnant Wife To Hospital, Says He Is Wanted For Murder In Mexico

  18-08-2018 22:36
  SAN BERNARDINO (CBSNEWS) — A California woman says her husband was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while he drove her to the hospital to deliver their baby this week. ICE said in a statement Friday that Joel Arrona-Lara was arrested for being in the country illegally, and the federal agency said Saturday that he was wanted for murder charges in Mexico.
  Arrona-Lara was driving his wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to the hospital for a scheduled Cesarean sect
  
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• Child, 2, Dies After Being Pulled From Apartment Pool

  18-08-2018 22:23
  
  A 2-year-old child died Friday after being pulled from a community pool in the mid-cities.
  
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• 2 Killed In Head-On Crash In Dallas

  18-08-2018 22:22
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two drivers in Dallas have died after a head-on crash early Saturday morning.
  The crash happened on South Prairie Creek Road near C F Hawn Freeway at around 2 a.m. Police say the driver of a white Chevy pickup was speeding when the truck hit a curb and went over the median into southbound lanes.
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  The pickup struck a gray Chrysler 300 head on, killing both drivers. Their identities have not been released.
  
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• Man Taken into Custody After Leading Deputies on Chase

  18-08-2018 21:30
  
  The suspect stopped in the middle of I-635 SB and surrendered to deputies without further incident.
  
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• Telemundo 39 Anchor Norma Garcia Adopts a New Family Member

  18-08-2018 21:22
  
  Thousands of animals are adopted every year during the Clear The Shelters campaign across the nation. Sometimes those animals even end up going home with NBC and Telemundo employees.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Head-On Collision Kills Two Drivers in Dallas

  18-08-2018 20:52
  
  One vehicle struck a curb at a high rate of speed, causing it to veer off the road and collide with another oncoming vehicle.
  
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• DFW-Bound Flight Turns Around After Strange Smell

  18-08-2018 20:47
  
  An American Airlines flight headed to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport had to turn around Saturday morning after the crew noticed a strange smell on the plane.
  
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• NBC 5 Forecast: Isolated Weekend Storms Possible

  18-08-2018 17:49
  
  This weekend will be the last of the very hot weather with isolated storms possibleThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Time to Clear the Shelters & Give a Pet a Loving Home

  18-08-2018 17:49
  
  NBC Owned Television Stations and Telemundo are teaming up Aug. 18, 2018 to host the second annual Clear the Shelters event, a nationwide pet adoption initiative that aims to find loving homes for animals...Photo Credit: ShutterstockThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Doctor pleads guilty for his role in $40M scheme; lawyer’s death delays Forest Park case

  18-08-2018 16:47
  A founding surgeon in the Forest Park Medical Center case has agreed to plead guilty for his role in what prosecutors claim was a massive $40 million criminal bribery and kickback conspiracy that involved 21 doctors, hospital administrators and outside consultants.Dr. Wade Barker is the second physician and the seventh individual to plead guilty to participating in a scheme in which the now bankrupt Forest Park, a private hospital that performed expensive specialty bariatric and spinal surgeries
  
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• It's Saturday, Time to Clear The Shelters!

  18-08-2018 15:57
  
  On Saturday, August 18, NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 team up to Clear the Shelters in North Texas. Corey Price, Animal Services manager for the City of Irving discusses the annual national event that started in North...
  
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• NBC 5 Forecast: Spotty Weekend Storms Possible

  18-08-2018 14:04
  
  This weekend will be the last of the very hot weather with isolated storms possibleThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• North Texas School Receives Backlash About Video Showcasing Dress Code

  18-08-2018 05:37
  FLOWER MOUND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A video some considered sexist is shown at a high school to show students what not to wear. The school says the dress code video wasn’t meant to be offensive but is apologizing anyway.
  “Live fast, die young. Bad girls do it well,” played a song in the video as high school girls in shorts are escorted into a dress code violators room filled with only other girls.
  The video continues: “Repeat after me: I will not wear athletic shorts
  
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• Arlington Council Calls Two Meetings on Term Limits Battle

  18-08-2018 05:37
  
  The push for term limits in Arlington has hit a new point of contention. The city council is scrambling to meet a Monday deadline to get its own alternative term limits measure on the ballot, after a judge...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Football Team Prepares for Season Despite Losing Field

  18-08-2018 05:34
  
  South Oak Cliff High School is preparing for football season while their own practice fields are off limits. It's a unique challenge they say won't deter their dream of going all the way this season.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Apology: Video On School Dress Code "Missed the Mark"

  18-08-2018 05:24
  
  The principal of a North Texas school issues an apology over "stereotypical" dress code video.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Teen Charged With Reckless Endangerment After Pushing Girl Off Bridge

  18-08-2018 04:27
  VANCOUVER, Wash. (CBSNEWS/AP) – A woman accused of injuring her 16-year-old friend when she pushed the teen off a bridge in Washington state has been charged with reckless endangerment following a shove captured on video that went viral. KGW television station reported Friday that charging documents filed by the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s office say Taylor Smith, 18, created “a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury” to the 16-year-old girl.
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• Vietnam POWs Gather In North Texas For Reunion

  18-08-2018 03:32
  FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — More than 120 Vietnam War-era prisoners of war are reconnecting with one another at a Dallas-area reunion hosted by developer Ross Perot Jr. and a nonprofit veterans’ organization.
  The “Return to Freedom” reunion marks the 45th anniversary of the repatriation of the 662 American POWs held by the North Vietnamese government. NAM-POWs Corp., the nonprofit veterans’ group co-hosting the reunion, said 458 of those POWs are alive today wit
  
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• Kennedale Student Charged With Terroristic Threat After Pointing BB Gun At Another Student

  18-08-2018 03:27
  KENNEDALE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Kennedale Junior High School student was charged with making a terroristic threat after, authorities say, he pointed a BB gun at another student on a school bus.
  School resources officers were made aware of the incident Tuesday after a Kennedale ISD administrator received an email from a parent that said a student pointed a gun at another student on the bus ride home. The parent told them the student was scared and reported it to her.
  Kennedale officers an
  
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• New Bariatric Procedure Helps Frisco Woman Lose Unwanted Weight

  18-08-2018 02:30
  
  Doctors say millions of Americans who do not qualify for bariatric surgeries or do not want bariatric surgery have fueled an increased interest in minimally invasive bariatric therapies.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dallas Earmarks $1 Million to Combat Gentrification

  18-08-2018 02:06
  
  The new City of Dallas budget plan includes $1 million to help keep existing affordable homes and neighborhoods more habitable for people already living there.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Witnesses: No Reason For North Texas Officer To Fire Into Car

  18-08-2018 01:31
  DALLAS (AP) — Teenagers who witnessed a police shooting that killed a high school freshman in Texas testified on Friday that there was no reason for the ex-officer to fire into the car carrying the victim and four other black teenagers.
  The testimony came during the second day of the murder trial for fired Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver, who fatally shot Jordan Edwards, 15, after police broke up a house party in April 2017.
  Body camera footage shows police having a
  
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• Integrating Your Smart Phone into Your Car

  18-08-2018 01:11
  
  Smart phone addiction is a real thing. It's hard for many of us to go very long without a smart phone near by. That addiction has led to issues with distracted driving and lately car makers have tried to combat...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Richardson To Break Ground On New, Inclusive Playground

  18-08-2018 01:10
  RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s a playground designed so all kids can play equally.
  An “inclusive playground” is coming to Richardson. For parents such as Stephanie Paresky, it’s a game changer.
  “There’s just not a lot of places where kids of all abilities can get together and play,” says Paresky, who lives in Richardson.
  Her 5-year-old son Solomon was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair or walker. They have to drive across the metroplex to
  
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• New, Inclusive Playground To Break Ground In Richardson

  18-08-2018 01:10
  RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s a playground designed so all kids can play equally.
  An “inclusive playground” is coming to Richardson. For parents such as Stephanie Paresky, it’s a game changer.
  “There’s just not a lot of places where kids of all abilities can get together and play,” says Paresky, who lives in Richardson.
  Her 5-year-old son Solomon was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair or walker. They have to drive across the metroplex to
  
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• Rare Sunday Council Meeting In Arlington Set Over Fight About Term Limits

  18-08-2018 00:49
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Arlington City Council has scheduled an unusual Sunday night meeting, as the mayor and council members battle a citizen-led push for term limits.
  According to a published agenda, the council is expected to suspend its own rules for passing an ordinance, so it can rush its own term limit proposal through in time to compete with one written by residents.
  Battle Over Term Limits In Arlington Gets Physical
  The move led to calls Friday for council members to
  
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• Mavs CEO Celebrates Change in Workplace Culture

  18-08-2018 00:47
  
  Dallas Mavericks CEO completes 100-day plan to change workplace culture while awaiting final report of allegations of a sexual harassment scandal in the front office.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Denton Fair, Rodeo Has Big Plans for the Future

  18-08-2018 00:40
  
  The North Texas Fair and Rodeo is now open in Denton. It draws thousands of people every year. An expansion plan for the future will mean the event will move – eventually.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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• North Texas Jury Awards More Than $242M For Lexus Seat Defect

  18-08-2018 00:39
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A North Texas jury has awarded more than $242 million to a Dallas-area family who sued Toyota over what they said were defective front seats in their Lexus sedan.
  Benjamin and Kristi Reavis alleged defects caused their front seat backs in a September 2016 rear-end collision to collapse on their two young children seated in child safety seats in the back.
  Their attorney said the 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son suffered severe head trauma and other injuries.
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• Controversial Portrait Of Dak Prescott To Appear In Fort Worth Art Exhibit

  18-08-2018 00:31
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A controversial portrait of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott that lit a fire on social media is back up again but this time in a different spot.
  Arlington-native and muralist Trey Wilder is putting the finishing touches on an exhibit that’s opening to the public this weekend inside Ridgmar Mall in Fort Worth.
  Wilder said he’s been planning the exhibit for some time, but he didn’t plan, until recently, to include a replica of his original c
  
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• GPISD Hints At Future Of Controversial Rental Home

  18-08-2018 00:25
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – “Specialized instruction and academic support.” Grand Prairie ISD says that’s how it plans to use the home it currently rents to Superintendent Susan Hull.
  Susan Hull – Grand Prairie ISD Superintendent (CBS11)
  The three-bedroom home, which comes with a pool and horse barn, is located near Garner Fine Arts Academy.
  Grand Prairie ISD Superintendent Susan Hull’s house (CBS11)
  Thursday night, the school board approved eliminatin
  
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• North Texas Academy Offers First Cannabis Science Class

  18-08-2018 00:22
  
  DFW Academy of Cannabis Science starts class on Saturday for a curriculum that spans cultivation to prescriptions.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• DSO Announces ‘Women in Classical Music’ Initiative

  18-08-2018 00:22
  
  As a part of DSO’s new strategic plan, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s first female President and CEO Kim Noltemy and Sanjiv Yajnik launched the “Women in Classical Music” initiative.Photo Credit: Sylvia ElzafonThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Miss America: Leadership Bullied, Manipulated, Silenced Me

  18-08-2018 00:20
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The reigning Miss America says she has been bullied, manipulated and silenced by the pageant’s current leadership, including Gretchen Carlson.
  In a letter sent Friday to former Miss Americas, Cara Mund says she decided to speak out despite the risk of punishment.
  Her letter is reminiscent of the movie “Mean Girls,” in which characters Gretchen and Regina bully the heroine and make her life miserable. That’s what happened to her in real lif
  
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