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• Students Take Control Of Bus After Driver Passes Out, Dies

  07-09-2018 23:57
  SEALY, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas school district says three of its students took control of a school bus after the driver became unconscious and later died.
  The Sealy school district said on Friday that the bus and its driver, Gerald Gardner, had just picked up students at a junior high school and was leaving the campus when he lost consciousness.
  The three students took the wheel and safely parked the bus.
  Three other individuals arrived at the scene and performed CPR on Gardner afte
  
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• Lone Star Politics: Sunday, September 9, 2018

  07-09-2018 23:48
  
  Senator John Cornyn talks Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings from D.C.  Plus, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins discusses the plan to ensure there is no meddling in the midterm...
  
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• Lone Star Politics: Is North Texas a Target for Election Interference?

  07-09-2018 23:40
  
  Is North Texas a target for election interference? Judge Clay Jenkins discusses the measures Dallas County has taken to make sure every vote is counted. You can watch Lone Star Politics Sundays at 8:30Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Family Of Man Shot, Killed Wants Arlington Officer Fired

  07-09-2018 23:30
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – After the release of police body cam video of an officer-involved shooting in Arlington, there are calls for the police officer to be fired after he shot and killed a man.
  The Arlington police officer who shot and killed the driver hasn’t been identified by the department at this time, but he has been with the department for eight years.
  The video shows the police officer firing into the SUV of a man who’s been pulled over for an expired registra
  
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• Former Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman Dies

  07-09-2018 23:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, who served under President George W. Bush, has died.
  Bodman, a chemical engineer and businessman from El Paso, also was deputy secretary of both Treasury and Commerce in the Bush administration. He was energy chief in Bush’s second term, from 2005 to 2009.
  Bush said in a statement that he and former First Lady Laura Bush were saddened by Bodman’s death, adding: “Sam had a brilliant mind, and we are fortunate that he
  
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• DPD Chief: Manslaughter Warrant Sought For Officer Who Killed Neighbor

  07-09-2018 23:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A local man has died after being shot inside his own apartment by an off-duty Dallas police officer.
  Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened but say it appears that after working a full shift, the officer went home to her apartment complex, the Southside Flats in the 1200 block of South Lamar, but went to the wrong unit.
  Chief U. Renee Hall said at a news conference Friday that “there are more questions than we have answers&rdquo
  
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• Former Trump Aide Papadopoulos Gets 14 Days In Prison For Lying To FBI

  07-09-2018 23:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for lying to the FBI.
  The sentence was imposed Friday in federal court in Washington.
  Former Trump Campaign aide George Papadopoulos arrives with his wife Simona Mangiante at the U.S. District Court for his sentencing hearing September 7, 2018 in Washington, DC (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
  He is the first former campaign aide to be sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller&rsq
  
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• High School Student Fights Off Would-Be Kidnapper

  07-09-2018 22:55
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – A 15-year-old Lamar High School student walking home from her bus stop was approached by a man who she said tried to kidnap her.
  It happened off Furrs Street.
  The student told police a black male in his 30s tried to pick her up but she stabbed him with he keys and ran home.
  Another man, also a black male in his 30s but with dreadlocks watched from a dark-colored, four-door sedan.
  Police said the incident likely isn’t connected to a serial groper in the a
  
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• Arlington Police Release Body Cam Video From Deadly Shooting

  07-09-2018 22:48
  
  Arlington police released body camera and dash cam footage Thursday of the officer-involved shooting that killed 24-year-old O'Shae Terry on Saturday.Photo Credit: Arlington Police Department
  
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• Family Plans Lawsuit Over Arlington Police Shooting

  07-09-2018 22:47
  
  The family of a man killed by Arlington police last Saturday is preparing a lawsuit against the department and called on the officer to be fired and arrested.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• North Texas Retiree Delivers Leftover Concessions to Mission

  07-09-2018 22:43
  
  Clarence Fink, a 90-year-old retiree from North Texas, shows how Texas Connects Us through his work of transferring leftover concessions from Cowboys and Rangers games to Mission Arlington.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dallas Teen To Be Charged With February Murder Of Young Woman Looking Out Window

  07-09-2018 22:21
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police obtained an arrest warrant for a young man they say shot and killed an 18-year-old woman who was looking out her window.
  Jeremy Lamont Warren, 19, faces charges for the murder of Nequacia Jacobs that happened at 5710 Highland Hills Drive on February 24.
  Jeremy Lamont Warren
  Warren was already in the custody of the Dallas County Sheriff for unrelated charges and his bail has been set at $150,000.
  Police said, the victim, Jacobs, and her sister were s
  
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• Warrant Coming for Officer Who Killed Man in Dallas Apt.

  07-09-2018 22:13
  
  A Dallas police officer shot and killed a man after entering an apartment unit she believed was her own, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/Harding UniversityThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Trainers Transform Wild Mustangs

  07-09-2018 22:12
  
  One of the most incredible horse shows in the country is happening Friday and Saturday in Fort Worth. The Extreme Mustang Makeover challenges trainers to transform wild mustangs and get them ready for adoption...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• The DMN's Britton Peele: New Spider-Man Video Game

  07-09-2018 21:57
  
  The Dallas Morning News Entertainment Editor reviews the new Spider-Man video game.
  
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• Heartbroken Mother Wants Answers, Justice in Son's Slaying

  07-09-2018 21:51
  
  The mother of a man killed by a Dallas police officer Thursday night who shot him after entering an apartment she believed was her own says her son loved everybody and that she wishes she could wake up from this...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Form D Friday: Richardson payments company gets $5M injection

  07-09-2018 21:28
  Richardson financial technology company ModoPayments has raised $5.2 million, a filing shows. The capital injection is related to the recent acquisition of Modo by Deutsche Bank, a spokesman for the banking giant confirmed. The German bank announced in August that it was purchasing a stake in the company, which develops a way to make payments easier and faster.
  
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• East Texas Baby Dies After Being Left In Hot Car, Father Charged

  07-09-2018 21:28
  BROWNSBORO, Texas (AP) –  A 6-month-old East Texas girl has died after being left in a hot car and officers arrested her father on a charge of criminal negligent homicide.
  The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Jackson Tetrick of Brownsboro said he forgot to leave his daughter with a baby sitter Thursday.
  Jackson Tetrick (Henderson County Jail)
  Tetrick was being held Friday on $100,000 bond.
  Authorities say Tetrick said he took his wife to work Thursday morn
  
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• Obama on Midterms: ‘The Biggest Threat to Democracy Is Indifference’

  07-09-2018 21:07 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama returned to the political stage Friday at the University of Illinois, where he delivered a speech about the importance of voting in the upcoming midterm elections.
  
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• 7 Firefighters, 2 Civilians Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Exposure

  07-09-2018 21:06
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A couple who left a car running in their garage for approximately 12 hours suffered from exposure to carbon monoxide and so did seven firefighters who responded around 1:25 a.m. Friday.
  It happened at condominium complex in the 4200 block of Holland Avenue.
  A man called 911 after waking up to his wife experiencing a medical emergency.
  As medics evaluated the patient, they began to suspect something else was going on when the husband, as well as one of the medics,
  
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• Two More Bats Test Positive For Rabies In Dallas

  07-09-2018 20:52
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two bats have tested positive for rabies in Dallas.
  Residents reported the bats to Dallas Animal Services (DAS) on Sept. 1 near the Dallas Arboretum and Oak Cliff.
  DAS field officers collected the bats and sent them to the Department of State Health and Health Services (DSHS) for rabies testing. DSHS confirmed both animals tested positive for the virus to DAS on Sept. 6.
  Two bats tested positive for rabies in late August.
  Dallas residents should report dead bat s
  
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• Vince Vaughn Charged With DUI, Failing To Comply With Police

  07-09-2018 20:38
  MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Vince Vaughn has been charged with drunken driving.
  Los Angeles County prosecutors announced on Friday that the 48-year-old “Wedding Crashers” actor is charged with three misdemeanors: driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher and refusing to comply with police.Authorities say Vaughn repeatedly refusing to get out of his car when officers asked him at a sobriety checkpoint in Manhatta
  
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• Lawyer Wants Criminal Charges After Body Cam Video Released

  07-09-2018 20:12
  
  Arlington police released body camera and dash cam footage Thursday of the officer-involved shooting that killed 24-year-old O'Shae Terry on Saturday.Photo Credit: Arlington Police Department
  
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• DPD Chief: Manslaughter Warrant Issued For Officer Who Killed Neighbor

  07-09-2018 20:10
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A local man has died after being shot inside his own apartment by an off-duty Dallas police officer.
  Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened but say it appears that after working a full shift, the officer went home to her apartment complex, the Southside Flats in the 1200 block of South Lamar, but went to the wrong unit.
  Chief U. Renee Hall said at a news conference Friday that “there are more questions than we have answers&rdquo
  
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• American Airlines now offers live TV on 100 planes

  07-09-2018 19:59
  Customers can watch live television on 100 domestic American Airlines aircraft, the airline announced Thursday.This is part of the Fort Worth-based airline's plan to add live television and high-speed Internet capability across its narrowbody fleet of 700 aircraft during 2019. A dozen channels are available for streaming on travelers' laptops, phones and tablets for free."Our customers have told us they want a living room experience in the air – the ability to watch free entertainment, str
  
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• Obama on Anonymous NYT Op-Ed: 'That's Not a Check' on Trump

  07-09-2018 19:48 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama reacted to the controversial New York Times op-ed written by an anonymous White House staffer who said they and others are resisting President Donald Trump’s worst urges.
  
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• Lawyer Representing Sini Mathews Withdraws as Counsel

  07-09-2018 19:45
  
  The attorney representing Sini Mathews has withdrawn as her counsel.
  
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• See the Latest Gear From the Dallas Cowboys Fan Shop

  07-09-2018 19:36
  
  Courtney Gilmore stopped by the Dallas Cowboys shop to check out all the latest fan gear available this season to cheer on the blue-and-silver!Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• FedEx credit union follows shipping boom with first branch in DFW

  07-09-2018 19:35
  The credit union serving employees of shipping giant FedEx is planning to open a branch in Fort Worth, the company said Friday.The branch will be located in the shopping center for Hillwood’s AllianceTexas development, near FedEx’s shipping center there. Alliance Airport has seen a rise in traffic over the past year, driven by nearby shipping companies like FedEx and its subsidiary, Plano-based FedEx Office.“With this new branch, we are pleased to have a presence near another o
  
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• AT&T not looking to 'recreate Netflix' for new service after Time Warner deal

  07-09-2018 19:28
  AT&T’s John Stankey signaled he’s readying a new video effort for consumers after the big Time Warner buy. Just don’t expect it to look like the most high-profile service out there, at least today.“I don’t want to recreate Netflix,” said Stankey, who is the CEO of WarnerMedia. “I don’t believe the Netflix that we know today is likely to be the Netflix of three years from today as the industry changes.”Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) is increasingl
  
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• Live: Dallas Officer Mistakes Apartment, Fatally Shoots Man

  07-09-2018 18:55
  
  A Dallas police officer shot and killed a man after entering an apartment unit she believed was her own, police said.Photo Credit: MetroThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 1 Firefighter, 2 Others Remain in Hospital After CO Exposure

  07-09-2018 18:55
  
  Two people and seven firefighters were hospitalized after encountering high levels of carbon monoxide at a home near Oak Lawn and Turtle Creek early Friday morning, officials said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Cleburne building boom to double city’s population, mayor predicts

  07-09-2018 17:45
  The mayor of Cleburne, located about a half-hour south of Fort Worth, predicts the city's population is on track to double as developers build 1,000 new homes.“Frisco planned for the growth really well, but they didn’t figure out how to maintain that small-town feel," Mayor Scott Cain said. "My hope is in 10 years we still have that small-town feel but with that growth that is inevitably coming."Cleburne is experiencing a renaissance.“There are five (new houses) there – e
  
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• Toyota grants $2M to launch new STEM-focused school in West Dallas

  07-09-2018 17:01
  Toyota USA Foundation is granting $2 million to help launch a new school in West Dallas, the company announced Friday morning.The money will go to Southern Methodist University’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, which will develop a curriculum focused on science, technology, engineering and math for the new school.
  The school, which doesn't have a name yet, will be operated and staffed by Dallas Independent School District and the DISD Office of Transform
  
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• Behind the project: Toyota, DISD and SMU share more details on their new West Dallas school

  07-09-2018 17:01
  Representatives from Dallas ISD, Toyota and SMU each said this project is the first of its kind they've worked on.
  
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• Former Dallas Cowboy Joseph Randle Arrested For Suspicion Of Rape

  07-09-2018 16:58
  WICHITA, Kan. (CBSDFW.COM) – Former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle has been arrested in Kansas for suspicion of rape.
  Sedgwick County Jail records show Randle was booked in just before 4:00 a.m. and as of Friday morning was still being held without bond.
  (credit: Irving Police Department)
  CBS television affiliate KWCH, in Wichita, Kansas, is working to gather more information on the arrest, but this isn’t Randle’s first brush with the law. In Kans
  
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• Pizza Hut launches NFL campaign with deals, interactive experiences

  07-09-2018 16:50
  Pizza Hut has launched its official sponsorship of the NFL, and it comes with a long list of deals and interactive experiences for pizza lovers and football fans.The brand will offer a $7.99 two-topping large pizza throughout the season, and it launched a new customer rewards platform for football fans, NFL star-studded commercials and pizza boxes that use augmented reality so customers can interact with the brand.
  The campaign is focused on the fan experience, Pizza Hut chief brand officer Mari
  
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• Weather Likely to Cancel Weekend Construction

  07-09-2018 16:35
  
  Two major construction projects are scheduled to take place in the Dallas-Fort Worth area this weekend.
  
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• 7 Firefighters, 2 Others Hospitalized After CO Exposure

  07-09-2018 16:30
  
  Two people and seven firefighters were hospitalized after encountering high levels of carbon monoxide at a home near Oak Lawn and Turtle Creek early Friday morning, officials said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Ex-Cowboys RB Joseph Randle Faces Rape Charge

  07-09-2018 16:28
  
  Former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle is accused of rape and was arrested Friday morning in Kansas, according to jail records.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• US Economy Added A Strong 201,000 Jobs In August

  07-09-2018 16:25
  WASHINGTON DC (CNN/CBS News) — The US economy added 201,000 jobs in August in another strong month of hiring.
  The unemployment rate stayed at a historically low 3.9%.
  According to CBS News the numbers beat economists’ predictions of about 190,000 jobs added.
  Wages grew 2.9% compared with a year ago, the strongest rate since 2009.
  Wage growth accelerated, with hourly earnings rising 2.9 percent year-over-year. Economists have been puzzled by wage growth that has appeared stuck between
  
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• Main California Highway Closed By Fire Until Declared Safe

  07-09-2018 15:41
  SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Interstate 5 usually swarms with trucks and traffic as it winds its way through California.
  But the main highway between Mexico and Canada was a ghost road Friday morning along a 45-mile northern stretch that remained closed since a fire two days earlier swept down and turned hills on either side into walls of flame.
  Drivers fled in terror and several big-rigs burned Wednesday as the Delta Fire erupted on both sides of the artery. Crews managed
  
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• Why It's the Height of Hurricane Season

  07-09-2018 15:19
  
  Right now we are tracking three tropical disturbances in the Atlantic Basin, plus the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon over Arkansas. Fitting, since we are in the peak of Hurricane season.Photo Credit: NBC 7This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Services Set For Amway Founder And Magic Owner Richard DeVos

  07-09-2018 15:00
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A private funeral service has been scheduled for billionaire Richard DeVos , the co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway, owner of the NBA’s Orlando Magic and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
  Details of next Thursday’s invitation-only services at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids were announced Friday, a day after his death. Others will be able to watch a simulcast at the city’s DeVos Place convention cen
  
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• Dallas Officer Mistakes Apartment, Fatally Shoots Man: PD

  07-09-2018 14:50
  
  A Dallas police officer shot and killed a man after entering an apartment unit she believed was her own, police said.Photo Credit: Metro
  
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• Homecoming Comes Early in Weatherford

  07-09-2018 14:14
  
  Homecoming came early for Weatherford. That means the return of a very Texas tradition -- homecoming mums!
  
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