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• First Female Sniper On North Richland Hills Police Force Shares What It Takes

  10-09-2018 23:50
  NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Richland Hills police officer is blazing a trail for women in law enforcement.
  While her marksmanship skills are getting her noticed, it is mindset that sets Amanda Kneisel apart.
  Kneisel has spent the past six years with the NRH force, but being a police officer is a lifelong dream.
  “When I was 4 years old my mom asked me what I wanted to do when I grow up and this is what I said. It’s been that way ever since,” she says
  
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• State Police: Texan Dies After 2-Car Crash In New Mexico

  10-09-2018 23:24
  HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas man has died after a car crash in New Mexico.
  New Mexico State Police on Monday identified the victim as 19-year-old Fabian Mendoza of Denver City.
  They say Mendoza was driving a vehicle that crossed into another lane of traffic on U.S. 62/180 and collided head-on with a pickup truck southeast of Hobbs on Saturday.
  Mendoza was taken to a Lea County hospital where he later died of his injuries.
  State Police say a passenger in Mendoza’s car su
  
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• Affidavit: Apartment Of Man Killed By Off-Duty Cop Was Unlocked

  10-09-2018 22:45
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, now charged with manslaughter in the death of a man in his own apartment, walked through an unlocked door she mistook for her own.
  According to the arrest affidavit CBS11 obtained Monday afternoon, Guyger said it was nearly completely dark inside the apartment when she entered it Thursday night and she thought she was encountering a burglar in her home.
  Off-duty, but still in uniform, Guyger told investigators that she yelled a
  
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• 5 Things You Need to Know After Cowboys Week 1 Loss

  10-09-2018 22:22
  
  The Cowboys laid an egg in Week 1 in a sloppy loss to the Carolina Panthers. NBC 5’s Pat Doney was with the team and offers his five things you need to know as the team turns its focus to a Week 2 showdown...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• White House Continues to Criticize Woodward Book

  10-09-2018 22:12 via nbcdfw.com
  
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday denied the truthfulness of elements of Bob Woodward's new book "Fear: Trump in the White House."
  
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• Robbery Suspect Shot, Killed By North Texas Man In Front Yard

  10-09-2018 21:53
  GARLAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A man suspected of trying to rob another man and his girlfriend during a transaction that began on line, was shot and killed outside a Garland home.
  It happened Sunday, September 9, just after 10:30 pm in the 3700 block of Hawaii Drive.
  Garland Police said when officers responded to a shooting call, they found an unidentified man shot in the front yard where Quan Tran and his girlfriend had been waiting.
  Police believe the unidentified man showed up at the hom
  
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• Officer Who Shot Botham Jean Charged With Manslaughter

  10-09-2018 21:35
  
  Texas Rangers arrested the Dallas police officer who fatally shot a man inside his own apartment Thursday night and charged her with manslaughter. Officer Amber Guyger was arrested Sunday at 6:37 p.m. in KaufmanPhoto Credit: Texas Department of Public SafetyThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Hurricanes Off Both US Coasts Have 39 Airports On Alert

  10-09-2018 21:32
  FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – American Airlines said it’s is monitoring three separate storms and has issued travel alerts to a total of 39 airports in different parts of the world.
  The airline issued a travel alert for 23 airports in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia due to Hurricane Florence.
  In this NOAA satellite handout image, shows Hurricane Florence (C) as it gains strength in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Bermuda moving west on September 10, 2018. H
  
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• Man Waiting to Buy Camera Fatally Shoots Armed Robber

  10-09-2018 21:31
  
  A man is dead, fatally shot in a confrontation with another man waiting to buy a camera from an unknown person he contacted online, police say.Photo Credit: Shutterstock
  
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• Ken Foote Remembers Lou Reed: I Love You Suzanne

  10-09-2018 21:12
  (CBS11) – Pop/rock music lovers from the 1970’s probably best remember Lou Reed from his song “Walk On The Wild Side” from 1973. It was a decent song for him, hitting at #16. But he was much more than that.
  Born Lewis Allan Reed on March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn NY and passed away on October 27, 2013 at age 71, Reed was part of the rock band Velvet Underground during the 60’s. If you lived in the DFW area during that time, you may have heard their music played on Gordon
  
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• California Highway Reopens After Blaze Forces 6-Day Closure

  10-09-2018 20:55
  SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — A major interstate that connects Northern California to Oregon reopened Monday, six days after a wildfire roaring along the roadway forced its closure, authorities said.
  California Department of Transportation spokeswoman Denise Yergenson said one lane in each direction of Interstate 5 reopened Monday at 8:30 a.m. but with some restrictions and warned of slow traffic through the area.
  Yergenson said vehicles carrying flammable materials, includ
  
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• Carolinas Brace For Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Florence

  10-09-2018 20:46
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Florence rapidly strengthened into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane on Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week.
  The first effects were already being seen on barrier islands Monday as dangerous rip currents and seawater flowed over the state highway. People were told to prepare to evacuate communities up and down a stretch of coastl
  
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• 'Seed Bombs' Bay Bring More Wildflowers to North Texas

  10-09-2018 19:54
  
  The seed bomb garden trend has exploded on the North Texas landscape lately.Photo Credit: G.J. McCarthy/TDMN Staff Photographer
  
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• Taste of Fall May Be Short-Lived

  10-09-2018 19:11
  
  The recent rain and cloud cover has it feeling like fall in North Texas. Take a look at the low temperatures this morning.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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• Texas Works To Finish Hurricane Ike Recovery Projects

  10-09-2018 19:10
  GALVESTON (AP) — Nearly 10 years have passed since Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston, and government agencies are still working to complete recovery projects before a state-imposed deadline.
  The Galveston County Daily News reports that Thursday marks a decade since Ike made landfall and swamped parts of the island city, leaving more than $29 billion worth of damage and 37 deaths.
  Officials are working to finish as many recovery projects as possible before the state’s December 2
  
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• ME Lists Cause Of Death For Man Killed By Off-Duty DPD Officer

  10-09-2018 16:34
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas County Medical Examiner has determined the cause of death for the 26-year-old man shot dead by a Dallas police officer who says she mistook her neighbor’s apartment for her own.
  Botham Shem Jean
  The manner of death for Botham Shem Jean has been ruled a homicide, with his cause of death being a gunshot wound to the chest and abdomen.
  Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has been arrested and charged with Manslaughter for Jean’s
  
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• DA: Texas Rangers Responsible For Manslaughter Charge In Botham Jean Case

  10-09-2018 16:34
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While the Dallas police officer who shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean in his own apartment last week has been arrested and charged, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson said today the final decision on what charge/charges Officer Amber Guyger will face has not been made.
  During a morning press conference Johnson said, “The Texas Rangers made the decision to issue an arrest warrant for Manslaughter. The ultimate decision, in terms of what
  
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• How Texas' top colleges stack up against national institutions

  10-09-2018 16:26
  U.S. News & World Report released its ranking of the best colleges across the nation Monday, and North Texas schools were absent from the top 50.
  U.S. News ranks colleges using a formula that measures factors like graduation rates, faculty information and admissions data. The schools with the highest rankings also had considerable reputations among their peers and high school counselors. So, it’s no surprise that the top spot went to the prestigious Princeton University, which has a gr
  
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• TMSG: UNT Student Debuts Album

  10-09-2018 14:36
  
  Bryson Cole, a student at the University of North Texas, put his poetry to music and created an album, "Stay Alive." Cole says his music preaches about the preservation of life and speaking...
  
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• Immigrant Families Struggling With Trauma Of Separation

  10-09-2018 14:23
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 6-year-old immigrant boy sobs at the school bus stop in suburban Maryland and begs his mother to promise she will not disappear again.
  A toddler in Honduras wakes up screaming and searches for the government social worker who cared for him for several months. Other children duck or hide their faces when they see a uniformed officer.
  Families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration and then reunited with their children say they are sufferi
  
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• Gas Explosion Rocks Western Pennsylvania Community

  10-09-2018 14:13
  CENTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a gas explosion in western Pennsylvania has spurred evacuations, but no injuries have been reported.
  Beaver County officials told news outlets a gas line caused the blast, which was reported shortly before 5 a.m. Monday in Center. Witnesses reported hearing a loud boom and an orange glow filling the sky.
  Homes near the site were being evacuated as a precaution, and the Central Valley school district canceled all classes for Monday due to the blast.
  At lea
  
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• Southwest, American Airlines improve on-time arrivals in August

  10-09-2018 14:05
  Delta Air Lines did it again. The airline soared above its three largest domestic competitors, American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines, in on-time arrival performance in August, a month especially notable for a lot of bad weather in parts of the country with congested airspace, like the East Coast.Results from airline data behemoth OAG show Delta (NYSE: DAL) finished August with 80.3 percent of its flights arriving on time for the month, making it the only one of the four
  
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• This DFW university features one of the top-ranked graduate programs in the nation

  10-09-2018 14:04
  One of the best graduate programs for students looking to enter the supply chain industry is right here in North Texas.In its list of the Top 25 North American Graduate Supply Chain Programs, Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) ranked the University of Texas at Dallas' program at No. 9. The ranking was the highest for a Texas school."Our No. 9 ranking reflects our strong relationship with our industry advisors," said Dr. Shawn Alborz, the UTD Naveen Jindal School of Management associate dean and d
  
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• Carmakers Urge Consumers to Replace Recalled Airbags

  10-09-2018 13:59
  
  Honda and Toyota are practically begging consumers to find out if their airbags are under recall.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Exclusive: Here's what a Texas Bullet Train station could look like

  10-09-2018 13:58
  As backers of the Texas Bullet Train continue to plug away at financing, environmental and other challenges that must be overcome for this ambitious project to happen, a Dallas-based architecture firm is jumping ahead of the curve on the design of the stations.
  
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• Arlington Cracks Down on Neglected Donation Bins

  10-09-2018 13:35
  
  City employees have found overflowing bins, discarded furniture and one bin torched by an arsonist.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Trial For 92-Year-Old Charged With Killing Son Over Nursing Home Move

  10-09-2018 13:23
  PHOENIX (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A March 13 trial has been set for a 92-year-old Arizona woman charged with killing her son because he wanted to put her into assisted living.
  Anna Mae Blessing has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the July 2 shooting death of 72-year-old Thomas Blessing at the home they shared in Fountain Hills.
  (credit: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)
  Investigators say Blessing was upset about her son’s plans to put her into an assisted living facil
  
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• Despite Trump Tweet, Ford Says It Won’t Make Hatchback In U.S.

  10-09-2018 13:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford won’t be moving production of a hatchback wagon to the United States from China — despite President Donald Trump’s claim Sunday that his taxes on Chinese imports mean the Focus Active can be built in America.
  Citing Trump’s new tariffs, Ford on Aug. 31 said it was dropping plans to ship the Focus Active from China to America.
  “Ford has abruptly killed a plan to sell a Chinese-made small vehicle in the U.S. because of the prospect of high
  
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• New Miss America Glad She Didn’t Have To Don Swimsuit To Win

  10-09-2018 12:55
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The first woman to win the Miss America crown without having to don a swimsuit says she’s glad she didn’t have to.
  Nia Imani Franklin, who won the title Sunday night in Atlantic City while competing as Miss New York, said the changes in the 98-year-old are a welcome modernization.
  Meeting reporters soon after winning the crown, Franklin said she’s glad there was no swimsuit competition because it enabled her to eat a little more.
  Miss New York N
  
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• 'Enough Evidence for a Charge of Manslaughter': Family

  10-09-2018 11:36
  
  The family of Botham Jean, the 26-year-old shot and killed in his own apartment by an off-duty Dallas police officer, held a press conference Saturday at Jean's church in Dallas.Photo Credit: Allie Spillyards
  
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• NBC 5 Forecast: Comfortable Start to the Week

  10-09-2018 11:13
  
  Clouds will help to keep temperatures at comfortable levels. A few showers may creep back into the area this week.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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• Officer Who Shot Jean Charged With Manslaughter

  10-09-2018 10:55
  
  Texas Rangers arrested the Dallas police officer who fatally shot a man inside his own apartment Thursday night and charged her with manslaughter. Officer Amber Guyger was arrested Sunday at 6:37 p.m. in KaufmanPhoto Credit: Texas Department of Public SafetyThis 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 Receivers Must Find Ways to Get Open: Thurman

  10-09-2018 07:59
  
  The Cowboys need to find ways to get their receivers open, says former Dallas defensive back Dennis Thurman. He tells NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs that could be a result of resting too many young...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• What Is the Cowboys Plan on Offense?

  10-09-2018 07:53
  
  Jason Garrett said the Cowboys offense would run smoothly without a number one receiver and after cutting kicker Dan Bailey. Now, NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs asks Cowboys Insider Jean-Jacques Taylor what...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Cowboys Must Cut Down on Mistakes, Penalties Before Week 2

  10-09-2018 07:51
  
  If the Cowboys are going to beat the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium in Week 2, former Dallas defensive back Dennis Thurman tells NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs, the team has to cut down on penalties and...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Cowboys Could Get Answers on Gregory This Week

  10-09-2018 07:50
  
  Randy Gregory met with an NFL doctor in Chicago before the Cowboys' final preseason game. Then, he suffered a concussion in Dallas' Week 1 loss at Carolina and is now under concussion protocol.Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• JJT: 10 Thoughts on the Cowboys’ 16-8 Loss to Carolina

  10-09-2018 07:48
  
  The Dallas Cowboys dropped their season-opener at Carolina 16-8. NBC 5 Cowboys Insider Jean-Jacques Taylor has 10 thoughts on the Cowboys loss -- including one that's "pathetic."Photo Credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images
  
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• Cowboys Offense Underwhelming in Week 1

  10-09-2018 07:47
  
  Dak Prescott, the Dallas receivers and the offensive line all underwhelmed in the 2018 season opener at Carolina, says NBC 5 Cowboys Insider Jean-Jacques Taylor. But he tells Newy Scruggs, there's one thing the...Photo Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
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• Families Remember Lives Lost on Eve of Shooting Anniversary

  10-09-2018 06:49
  
  The families of some of the victims of a mass shooting in Plano one year ago set up a folding table with candles, pictures and a placard with the names of the eight victims written across it in front of...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Denton Names New Police Chief

  10-09-2018 06:44
  
  Nearly two weeks after releasing a list of six finalists, the Denton Police Department has named a new chief. Frank Dixon will come to Denton from Austin, where he served as the city's assistant police chief.Photo Credit: Austin Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Highland Park Soda Fountain Closes Its Doors Sunday

  10-09-2018 06:40
  
  After 106 years in business, Highland Park Soda Fountain co-owner Gretchen Williams shares how it feels to close the doors. It will be replaced with a 12-story office building.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dallas Officer Amber Guyger Arrested For Fatally Shooting Botham Jean

  10-09-2018 02:42
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for her own has been arrested and charged with manslaughter, according to the Texas Rangers.
  She was booked into the Kaufman County Jail.
  Botham Jean
  Late Thursday evening, the off-duty Dallas officer, who was still in uniform, shot and killed Jean in his apartment after she apparently mistook his unit as her own.
  Dallas police put the Texas Rangers in charge of the inve
  
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• Dallas Officer Amber Guyger Arrested, Charged With Manslaughter In Death Of Botham Jean

  10-09-2018 02:42
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for her own was arrested and charged with manslaughter, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
  She was booked into the Kaufman County Jail on Sunday. The sheriff’s office said she posted her $300,000 bond Sunday evening and has been released.
  Amber Guyger mugshot (Kaufman County Jail)
  Late Thursday evening, the off-duty Dallas officer, who was still in
  
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• Leslie Moonves Departs As Chief Of CBS, Financial Package To Be Withheld Pending Investigation

  10-09-2018 02:06
  (CBSNEWS) – CBS Corporation announced on Sunday that chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves is departing the company, effective immediately. Moonves’ exit comes hours after The New Yorker published accounts from six women with allegations of sexual assault or misconduct, following allegations by six other women in July.
  A financial exit package for Moonves will be withheld pending the results of an ongoing investigation into the allegations against him. Moonves was eligible for as much as $
  
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• Instant Analysis: Cowboys vs. Panthers

  10-09-2018 01:49
  
  NBC 5 Cowboys Insider Jean-Jacques Taylor offers his instant analysis of the Cowboys’ 16-8 loss to Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.Photo Credit: Grant Halverson/Getty Images
  
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