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• Company Takes Table, Doesn't Return Owner's Calls

  22-08-2018 23:56
  
  NBC 5 Responds to help a Fort Worth family get a table returned from a furniture repair shop that went silent for weeks.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Fire Ant Mounds Surface After Recent Rains

  22-08-2018 23:51
  
  Fire ants are prominent after recent rain -- what can you do treat the mounds and the stings.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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• Poll: Democrat O’Rourke Trails Ted Cruz by Four Points

  22-08-2018 23:41
  
  As Texas Democrats attempt to win a major statewide contest for the first time in almost three decades, a new NBC News/Marist poll finds Democrat Beto O’Rourke trailing Republican Sen.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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• Hurricane Harvey: One Year After The Storm

  22-08-2018 23:38
  
  It took John and Virginia Hickman 9 long months to get back into their home after the flood waters from Hurricane Harvey went down.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Food Pantry For DISD Students, Families Expands

  22-08-2018 23:31
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas school’s food pantry is growing its mission.
  A new “Peace Pantry” just opened. It’s on track to feed dozens of families this school year.
  “We want our students to have nice full bellies and come to school ready to learn,” says Geneva Heights Elementary School Principal Bert Hart.
  The original peace pantry started at Woodrow Wilson High School. It’s now branched out to its third location at Geneva Heights Elementary.
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• Trinity Habitat for Humanity Builds First Tiny Home

  22-08-2018 23:01
  
  Trinity Habitat for Humanity usually builds traditional houses for deserving families, but is experimenting with a growing trend -- tiny homes.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Denton Narcotics Unit Seizes $1.5M In Drugs

  22-08-2018 22:55
  Denton (CBSDFW.COM) – The Denton Police Department Narcotics Unit, with assistance from Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration busted a delivery driver who was stealing packages of bulk shipments of opiate-based prescription medication en route to pharmaceutical distributors in the area.
  They seized drugs with an estimated street value of $1.5 million from the home of freight delivery driver Floyd Wagner.
  More than 350,000 people died from opioid ove
  
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• White House Insists Trump ‘Did Nothing Wrong’

  22-08-2018 22:33 via nbcdfw.com
  
  In response to multiple questions about former campaign adviser Paul Manafort’s conviction and former fixer Michael Cohen’s guilty plea, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeated...
  
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• Dallas Officer Arrested For Indecency With A Child

  22-08-2018 22:25
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police said one of its officers turned himself in to DeSoto Police Wednesday on an active arrest warrant for two counts of indecency with a child by contact, a first degree felony.
  The officer is Senior Corporal Joe Ramos, Jr. who is out of jail on a $5,000 bond
  DeSoto Police began investigating the case in 2016.
  Ramos was also charged with two counts of indecency with or sexual assault of a child in 2006 in Ellis County and both counts ended with jury acquitta
  
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• Bat Signal: Lighting Bugs’ Glow Tells Bats They Taste Terrible

  22-08-2018 22:23
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW/AP) — Fireflies flash not just for sex, but survival, a new study suggests.
  Scientists wanted to find out if there’s more to the lightning bug’s signature blinking glow than finding a mate. Some experts had speculated it was a glaring signal to predators, like bats, that fireflies taste bad.
  To test out whether the glow acted like a flashing bad Yelp review, researchers at Boise State University put bats and fireflies in front of high-speed cameras. They publ
  
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• Man Steers Harley With His Feet On Florida Highway

  22-08-2018 22:07
  JACKSONVILLE, Florida (CBSDFW.COM) – A Jacksonville motorist posted video her son shot of a motorcycle rider steering the bike with his feet — at full speed — on I-95.
  The woman said that the motorcycle rider passed her, even as her own car was going 60 mph. The rider didn’t have on a shirt — or shoes.
  The woman was driving on I-95 when she saw the man next to her on the bike. She told her son to grab her phone and take video.
  “I passed him and couldn’t
  
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• Arlington to Offer Autonomous Transit in Entertainment Area

  22-08-2018 21:37
  
  Arlington city leaders say they've approved a contract with a California-based self-driving car company for a one-year pilot program to run autonomous public transit within the city's entertainment district...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Gov. Abbott Announces $1.8 Million in Grants to Santa Fe

  22-08-2018 21:11
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is awarding an additional $1.8 million in grant funding to the City of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe ISD for the development of a long-term resiliency center and additional school and...Photo Credit: KPRC
  
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• 87 Texas Driver License Offices Could Close In Cost-Saving Effort

  22-08-2018 21:03
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There’s a call to stop the Texas Department of Public Safety’s cost-saving plan to close dozens of driver license offices across the state, including several North Texas locations.
  If the Bonham and Greenville offices close, residents would have to go to McKinney or Paris to take care of driver’s license matters.
  Plano and Denton residents would be re-directed to Carrollton, Lewisville or McKinney.
  Fort Worth would go from having three offices,
  
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• Appeals Court Rules Against Alabama Abortion Restriction

  22-08-2018 20:51
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (CBSDFW/AP) — A federal appeals court has blocked an Alabama law, similar to a Texas law that would have banned a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure.
  The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s decision that the ban would cause Alabama women to lose access to abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
  The 2016 law banned the procedure known as dilation and evacuation abortions, in which the fetus is removed in pie
  
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• Longtime TCU Employee Pleads Guilty To Federal Theft Charge

  22-08-2018 20:43
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A longtime Texas Christian University employee has pleaded guilty to stealing $1,600 from an education program that helps high school students from low-income families.
  Federal court documents filed Tuesday show Margaret Faust admitted to stealing the money from the Upward Bound program and pleaded guilty to theft from a federal student assistance program.The program aims to increase the graduation rate of its participants. The records say Faust, who was the as
  
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• Governor Abbott Grants $1.8M More To Santa Fe After Shooting

  22-08-2018 20:25
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott has announced additional funding for the Houston-area community where a teenage gunman fatally shot eight students and two substitute teachers.
  Abbott said in a statement Wednesday that $1.5 million will be given to the City of Santa Fe for a “resiliency center” that will serve as a “focal point for the city’s mental health response.” Another $300,000 is earmarked for the school district to provide counseling services
  
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• New Year Brings New High School in Waxahachie

  22-08-2018 19:51
  
  More than 2,000 students at the new Waxahachie High School are finding their way around the massive campus. The new building features a performance hall, a classroom kitchen that can cook for 1,000 and...Photo Credit: Waxahachie High School
  
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• Drowning Danger Prompts Recall Of Pool Step System

  22-08-2018 19:49
  United States (CBSDFW.COM) – After receiving two reports of children’s arms becoming entrapped in the side panel openings of its curve in-pool step systems, Confer Plastics has recalled them.
  Despite reports of children suffering minor abrasions, no drownings were reported. But the company says children’s limbs can become entrapped in the side openings of the step systems, posing a drowning hazard.
  Thus, about 100,000 (about 2,100 were sold in Canada) in-pool step systems made
  
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• Nonprofit ‘AH17 Wings’ Helps Families, Single Parents

  22-08-2018 19:05
  
  AH17 Wings is a nonprofit by Dallas Cowboys Wide Receiver Allen Hurns and his mother, CEO and Founder Erica Wilson. Their mission is to help families and single-parents manage life challenges by giving...
  
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• NBC 5 Forecast: Heat Slowly Building

  22-08-2018 18:52
  
  Hotter weather building with a slow rise in humidity.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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• TDMN: American Airlines Adds Routes

  22-08-2018 18:47
  
  American Airlines is implementing new route changes in the next few months, including Dublin, Ireland and Munich, Germany.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Rangers Open 2019 at Home Against Cubs

  22-08-2018 18:43
  
  Rangers will also host Arizona, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis in interleague play; Red Sox and Yankees to be featured in final homestand ever at Globe Life Park.
  
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• New Waxahachie High School Opens Doors

  22-08-2018 18:41
  
  Students and teachers at Waxahachie High School were welcomed by a new school over 11 acres. Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Rowlett Police Search for Rock Throwers

  22-08-2018 18:39
  
  Rowlett police are investigating several cases where unknown people threw large rocks at vehicles on the George Bush Tollway. One person was injured and several vehicles were damaged in the incidents.
  
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• JJT: Mystery Surrounding Travis Frederick Sounds Alarms

  22-08-2018 18:33
  
  Until it’s resolved and the Cowboys can figure out why he’s getting stingers (pinched nerves) regularly and how they can prevent it, you have every right to be apprehensive.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Suspected Police Officer Impersonator Arrested In Grapevine

  22-08-2018 18:29
  GRAPEVINE (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Grapevine have arrested a 24-year-old man who they say impersonated a police officer and pulled over a woman driving in the city.
  Raimond Jett Nutz has been charged with one count of impersonating a public servant.
  Police say a lot of time and work went into identifying Nutz, who is accused of making the fake police stop on June 26.
  A woman was pulled over on State Highway 26 by a person in a white Ford Crown Victoria, with flashing red and blue
  
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• Student Walks 1.4 Miles to School Without Sidewalks: Dad

  22-08-2018 17:45
  
  According to state guidelines, students are only eligible to use the bus if they live beyond a 2 mile radius of their school. One family in Crowley ISD believes there should be exceptions to the guideline,...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Wayward Pig Seen Running Around Keller

  22-08-2018 17:42
  
  Authorities in Keller want to find the owner of a missing pig seen running around neighborhood streets this week.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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• Man, 64, Gets 99 Years For Fondling, Later Raping Child

  22-08-2018 17:15
  COVINGTON, La. (CBSDFW/AP) — An investigation by the sheriff’s offices in Rockwall and St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana led to the arrest and conviction of a 64-year-old Louisiana man for raping and otherwise sexually abusing a child.
  St. Tammany Parish District Attorney Warren Montgomery says in a news release Tuesday that a judge gave James Matthew Cole of Lacombe the maximum sentence for sexual battery — 99 years — of someone less than 13 years old,
  
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• U.S. Pilot & Jordanian Officer Killed In Texas Helicopter Crash

  22-08-2018 16:44
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Jordanian military officials say a fighter pilot from the Middle Eastern nation was one of two people killed in a helicopter crash in Texas.
  The Jordanian Armed Forces said in a statement Wednesday that First Lt. Ahmed Ali Mohammed Khalif al-Khawaldeh died during a training trip to Texas. Several military bases in Texas provide training to foreign armed forces allied with the United States.
  The Federal Aviation Administration says the helicopter struck a
  
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• Politicians Target Immigration Law After Arrest In Iowa Case

  22-08-2018 15:13
  MONTEZUMA, Iowa (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The disappearance of a well-liked college student from America’s heartland had touched many people since she vanished one month ago while out for a run. But the news that a Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally has allegedly confessed to kidnapping and murdering her thrust the case into the middle of the contentious immigration debate and midterm elections.
  President Donald Trump seized on the man’s arrest in the death of Mollie Tibbett
  
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• North Texas Driver Concerned About Ford Focus Transmissions

  22-08-2018 14:28
  
  A North Texas driver is raising concerns about his 2014 Ford Focus transmission, and he's not alone.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• TMSG: Ronald McDonald House of Dallas

  22-08-2018 14:23
  
  A $4.5 million investment is the largest single gift in the history of the Dallas nonprofit Ronald McDonald House.
  
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• More North Texas School Districts Turn to TRE for Funds

  22-08-2018 14:19
  
  Early voting begins Wednesday in five local school districts that are among a group of at least nine in North Texas looking to increase revenue for operating expenses by putting a Tax Ratification Election (TRE)...
  
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• Plano Driver License Center Remains Closed for Safety

  22-08-2018 14:09
  
  The Plano building’s foundation shifted over the weekend causing concerns about structural integrity of the building.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Is Santa Real? A Version Of Alexa Skirts Some Kid Questions

  22-08-2018 13:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — A version of Alexa won’t tell kids where babies come from or spill the beans about Santa. It also won’t explain some things kids might have heard on the news — like what Stormy Daniels does for a living.
  Amazon updated its voice assistant with a feature that can make Alexa more kid-friendly. When the FreeTime feature is activated, Alexa answers certain questions differently. Asked where babies come from, for example, the kid version tells youngsters to ask
  
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• New Cervical Cancer Guidelines Could Make Pap Smears Sparse

  22-08-2018 13:44
  
  New cervical cancer screening recommendations out Tuesday have started to make old-fashioned Pap smears a thing of the past for women over 30.
  
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• How to Cash in on Stock Market Rebound

  22-08-2018 13:42
  
  Derrick Kinney, a private wealth adviser, discusses what investors should do to make the most of the strong stock market.Photo Credit: Nicole Avella
  
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• Person in Wheelchair Hospitalized After Hit-and-Run

  22-08-2018 13:40
  
  A person who was in a wheelchair was hospitalized after a hit-and-run Wednesday morning, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Lotsa Pasta: Olive Garden Offers Year Of Never Ending Pasta

  22-08-2018 13:21
  ORLANDO, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Olive Garden customers who can’t get enough pasta have a chance to enjoy unlimited servings for a year.
  The restaurant chain is offering its first annual pasta pass as part of its never ending pasta bowl promotion. The pass is available to 1,000 customers who pay $300.
  (credit: KTVT/KTXA)
  The 52-week pass goes on sale along with 23,000 passes that offer eight weeks of unlimited access for $100 starting at 1 p.m. CST Thursday at www.PastaPass.com. Olive
  
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• Hawaii Residents Brace Themselves As Hurricane Strengthens

  22-08-2018 12:38
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a strengthening hurricane continued to churn toward the state.
  On Tuesday night, the National Weather Service announced that Hurricane Lane had become a Category 5 hurricane, which means that it is likely to cause catastrophic damage with winds 157 mph or above. The hurricane is about 500 miles southea
  
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• Plano Driver's License Center Remains Closed for Safety

  22-08-2018 11:35
  
  The Plano building’s foundation shifted over the weekend causing concerns about structural integrity of the building.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Telemedicine Program Gets Behavioral Help To Students

  22-08-2018 05:58
  
  Children's Health launches second year of pilot program that connects licensed behavioral specialists with at-risk students through virtual visits at 14 North Texas schools.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Family Gives Soldier Welcome Home Surprise At DFW Airport

  22-08-2018 05:50
  
  A North Texas soldier got a very warm welcome home on Tuesday night.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Injury Leads to Opportunity for Rookie Safety

  22-08-2018 05:46
  
  A few days ago, safety Dominick Sanders was sitting on his couch waiting for a call from an NFL team. After Cowboys safety Xavier Woods went down with a hamstring injury, Sanders got the call he was...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• The Worthy Co Helps Survivors of Human Trafficking

  22-08-2018 05:43
  
  Now more than ever, people are recognizing the scope and severity of human trafficking and the sex trade right in our own communities. But one Fort Worth non-profit found that it's not enough to help victims out...
  
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• Frisco One Step Closer to Welcoming Brewpubs

  22-08-2018 05:34
  
  Tuesday Frisco City Council held a public hearing to join several neighboring cities in allowing brewpubs within city limits.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Wings Fall to Mercury, Eliminated From WNBA Playoffs

  22-08-2018 05:16
  
  DeWanna Bonner had 29 points and 11 rebounds and Diana Taurasi collected 26 points and 12 assists, helping the Phoenix Mercury beat the Dallas Wings 101-83 on Tuesday night in the opening game of the WNBA...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Sources: Dallas Police Launch Internal Investigation Into Chase That Ended In Fiery Crash

  22-08-2018 05:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas police have launched an internal investigation into a chase that ended in a fiery explosion near residences Tuesday morning, sources tell CBS 11. Investigators are questioning whether the officers involved violated department policy by pursuing their suspects.
  The charred dirt remains outside a family’s home where the suspects’ car caught fire. A Dallas police squad car was chasing what officers believed to be a stolen car. Both the police car and t
  
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