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• Dogs Tested For Rabies After Dallas Attack

  20-06-2018 23:48 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Three dogs are being tested for rabies after they attacked a Dallas man who remains hospitalized.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Dallas Man Goes To Jail After Voter Fraud Plea

  20-06-2018 23:38
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A 28-year-old Dallas-area man has been sentenced to about six months in jail after pleading guilty to a charge in an ongoing voter fraud investigation.
  A statement Wednesday from the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office says Miguel Hernandez pleaded guilty to a single count of using an unlawful method of returning a marked ballot.
  He was accused of visiting a woman in April and collecting her blank absentee ballot, then filling it out and forging her sign
  
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• Bus Crash Causes Delay on Interstate 35

  20-06-2018 23:27 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A bus crash is causing delays on Interstate 35 in Hill County, officials say.Photo Credit: Ryan Cox
  
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• Officers Touched By Child’s Thank You Note For ‘Saving Us From Bad People’

  20-06-2018 23:04
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A simple, handwritten thank you note to police officers from a child after they removed a wanted criminal out of a rough Garland neighborhood, has touched officers.
  A Dallas Police officer posted a photo of a smiling child holding up a sheet of paper with the message, “thanks for saving us from bad people.”
  This little girl gave this to our squad after serving a warrant and arresting a monster in her neighborhood. Absolutely priceless! @bluelivesmtr pic.tw
  
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• Heavy Rains Bring Floods To Areas Of Texas Hit By Harvey

  20-06-2018 22:46
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Heavy rains along the Texas coast have caused flooding in areas that were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey less than a year ago.
  National Weather Service meteorologist Tyler Castillo said Wednesday that since Tuesday, rain of 5 to 10 inches was widespread along the Texas coast with up to 15 inches in isolated areas. Port Aransas, which was devastated when Harvey hit last August, is among the cities inundated.
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• Big Brother Season 20 House Tour Hosted By Julie Chen

  20-06-2018 22:43
  High tech takes over Big Brother for its 20th anniversary, as 16 all-new Houseguests face unexpected twists and upgraded power in a house inspired by Silicon Valley. The reality hit debuts with a three-hour, two-night premiere event Wednesday June, 27 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) and Thursday, June 28 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) only on CBS.
  “Big Brother has always been about innovation, and this season, technology, interactivity and powerful upgrades will give a charge to the Houseguests’ game
  
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• How You Can Help Migrant Families Separated at the Border

  20-06-2018 22:33 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Local and national organizations are fighting to help migrants families separated at the border. Here's how you can help:Photo Credit: Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo
  
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• TX Billboard Telling Liberals to Keep Driving to Be Removed

  20-06-2018 22:31 via nbcdfw.com
  
  After all the backlash and media attention the sign got, Burkett Outdoor Advertising said they are taking the sign down immediately.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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• Catholic Charities Dallas

  20-06-2018 22:31
  Catholic Charities Dallas has created a link to receive donations and accept volunteer applications.
  
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• Arlington to Spray for Mosquitoes Wednesday, Thursday

  20-06-2018 22:11 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The city of Arlington is spraying for mosquitoes Wednesday and Thursday after a mosquito trapped in the area tested positive for West Nile virus.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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• Woman found dead in Fort Worth may have been traveling with her killer, police say - Fort Worth Star Telegram

  20-06-2018 22:07 via star-telegram.com
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  Woman found dead in Fort Worth may have been traveling with her killer, police say
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  Police don't believe there is any immediate danger to the public stemming from the killing of a woman Tuesday in the Overton Woods neighborhood, they said Wednesday, adding that the victim is not from that area. "We feel that the victim and suspect ...
  
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• Hawaii Tourist: ‘It’s A Lavaberg, The Size Of A Van, Floating In The Sea!’

  20-06-2018 22:03
  HAWAII (CBSDFW.COM) – Tourists traveling in a boat were surprised by floating lava from Hawaii’s fissure in the sea.
  Video of the floating lava was posted on social media on Tuesday and has since gotten more than 16,000 views.
  Social media user, Joshua Burbank, who filmed the video captioned, “One of the strangest things I’ve seen this week. It’s a lavaberg, the size of a van, floating in the sea!”
  floating lava in Hawaii (Courtesy: Joshua Burbank)
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• EB I-30 in Rockwall Reopens

  20-06-2018 21:59 via nbcdfw.com
  
  All eastbound lanes of Interstate 30 are open in Rockwall after being closed earlier in the afternoon due to police activity.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Ken Foote Summer Song Extra: Endless Summer Nights

  20-06-2018 21:41
  (CBS11) – OK, you have probably figured out how I am selecting years for summer songs (1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, etc). Now I had not planned on writing another blog this week… until I heard this artist the other day on Sirius XM 80’s on 8.
  Richard Marx – singer in 2009 (Getty Images)
  Richard Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Chicago) was a pop singer/composer in the 80’s and 90’s. His style of music was adult contemporary and contemporary pop/rock. He sang
  
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• Five years ago, she stood in the Texas Capitol and talked for more than 11 hours. Now, what's next? - Fort Worth Star Telegram

  20-06-2018 21:41 via star-telegram.com
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  Five years ago, she stood in the Texas Capitol and talked for more than 11 hours. Now, what's next?
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  It has been five years since Wendy Davis stood on the Texas Senate floor for more than 11 hours, capturing the attention of countless across the state and nation as she talked to prevent a bill creating new restrictions against abortion from becoming law.
  
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• Where Do Kids Split From Parents At The Border Go?

  20-06-2018 21:35
  PHOENIX (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Trump administration has not figured out a way to reunite families separated by a new zero-tolerance policy enacted this year that’s resulted in more than 2,000 kids being taken from their parents.
  That’s raised concerns about what happens to them and how long it will take to reunite families.
  Critics of the administration’s zero-tolerance policy say that it’s not only cruel to split families up, but also unjust to not have a mechanism
  
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• Mesquite Police Investigating a Teen Shooting

  20-06-2018 21:25 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Mesquite police are investigating the shooting of a 17-year-old teen who was found in a car.
  
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• Not A Tattoo: Man Claims He Was Wearing Seat Belt During Accident, Troopers Found This

  20-06-2018 21:10
  WENATCHEE, Wash. (KDKA/CBS LOCAL) – There’s no doubt that seat belts save lives, and one state trooper posted a photo on social media showing just how important they are.
  Washington State Patrol trooper Brian Moore posted this incredible photo on Twitter.
  No, that’s “not a tattoo” Trooper Moore says.
  That’s actually an impression of a seat belt on a man’s skin after he was involved in an accident.
  "Not A Tattoo" Driver was lucky to receive only minor inj
  
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• CEOs Of AA And United Airlines Want No Part Of ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Immigration Policy

  20-06-2018 21:06
  DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and United Airlines say they have asked the Trump administration not to put migrant children who have been separated from their parents on their flights.
  The CEOs of both airlines said that the administration’s recent immigration policy of separating migrant families conflicts with their values.
  “We have no desire to be associated with separating families, or worse, to profit from it,” American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said in a statement.
  
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• Instagram Unveils New Video Service In Challenge To YouTube

  20-06-2018 20:54
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook’s Instagram app is loosening its restraints on video in an attempt to lure younger viewers away from YouTube.
  The expansion announced Wednesday will increase Instagram’s video time limit from one minute to 10 minutes for most users. Accounts with large audiences will be able to distribute programs lasting up to an hour.
  (credit: Instagram)
  Video will be available through Instagram or a new app called IGTV. It will give Facebook more opportunities t
  
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• Big Cat Family Moves in to Dallas Resident's Backyard

  20-06-2018 20:48 via nbcdfw.com
  
  A bobcat family seems to have found a new home under a North Texas man's patio deck.Photo Credit: Kristen Weaver
  
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• American Airlines Asks Gov’t Not To Put Migrant Children On Flights

  20-06-2018 20:37
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — American Airlines has asked the Trump administration not to put migrant children who have been separated from their parents on its flights.
  In a statement Wednesday, American said it doesn’t know whether any migrant children have been on its flights and doesn’t want to profit from the current immigration policy of separating families.
  Their statment said, in part —
  “While we have carried refugees for non-profits and the government, many of w
  
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• WHO To Stop Classifying Transgender People As Mentally Ill

  20-06-2018 20:30
  NEW YORK (CNN) – The World Health Organization will no longer classify transgender people as mentally ill.
  The United Nations health agency announced Monday in its 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) catalog that “gender incongruence” — the organization’s term for people whose gender identity is different from the gender that they were assigned at birth — has been moved out of the mental disorders chapter.
  It will now be found in the catalog&rs
  
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• Why downtown Fort Worth streets, restaurants will be more crowded this week - Fort Worth Star Telegram

  20-06-2018 20:29 via star-telegram.com
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  Why downtown Fort Worth streets, restaurants will be more crowded this week
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  Don't be surprised if it's hard to book a hotel room — or even eat at a restaurant — downtown this week. The Texas Democrats are coming to town. Not just a few of them. As many as 9,000 may converge on downtown, bringing with them a multimillion ...
  
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• UTA Student Kidnapped, Sexually Assaulted At Gunpoint

  20-06-2018 20:20
  ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – A UTA student was kidnapped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint Wednesday at 3 a.m.
  She was approached by a man with a gun at the Midtown Apartments at 1121 UTA Blvd.
  Police described the suspect as a black male, possibly in his 20’s with a thin build.
  He forced the victim to drive her car to an ATM and withdraw money from her account. He then sexually assaulted her at gunpoint. The victim was then forced to drive to a convenience store to withdraw more m
  
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• Dallas Civic Leaders to Visit Texas Child Detention Centers

  20-06-2018 19:58 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Community leaders will gather in Dallas Wednesday to announce several protests and actions to take place this weekend and a National protest to free the immigrant children held in centers planned on July 4.
  
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• Mickelson Apologizes For Intentionally Violating Golf Rules

  20-06-2018 19:56
  NEW YORK (AP) – Phil Mickelson has apologized four days after intentionally violating golf rules by hitting a moving ball on the green at the U.S. Open.
  In a statement released Wednesday by his representatives, Mickelson admits he should have apologized sooner. He says: “My anger and frustration got the best of me last weekend. I’m embarrassed and disappointed by my actions. It was clearly not my finest moment and I’m sorry.”
  Mickelson was struggling in the third ro
  
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• Unidentified Boy Found on Galveston Beach ID'd, Mom Arrested

  20-06-2018 19:52 via nbcdfw.com
  
  The body of a small boy found washed ashore on a Galveston beach in October 2017 has been identified and his mother and her partner have been arrested, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News/Galveston Police Department
  
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• Citak: It’s Time For The National League To Adopt The DH

  20-06-2018 19:35
  By Matt Citak
  Towards the end of his tenure as MLB commissioner, Bud Selig made great strides towards eliminating many of the differences between the National and American Leagues.
  Selig combined the two leagues’ umpire staffs, creating one large umpire staff. He brought interleague play to the sport. He even helped teams move from one league to the other, as the Brewers went from the AL to the NL in 1998, and the Astros switched from the NL to the AL in 2013.
  But there was one controversi
  
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• Wizards & Knicks To Visit London In January For NBA Game

  20-06-2018 19:34
  LONDON (AP) – The NBA will return to London next year with a regular-season game between the Washington Wizards and the New York Knicks.
  Tickets for the Jan. 17 game at the O2 Arena will go on sale in the fall.
  It will be the NBA’s ninth regular-season game in London, all sellouts. The Knicks have played there twice, facing the Detroit Pistons in 2013 and the Milwaukee Bucks in 2015. This will be the first game in London for the Wizards.
  International players on the rosters include W
  
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• ‘Snap Your Neck’: Man, Sign Company Threatened After Billboard Message To ‘Liberals’ Goes Viral

  20-06-2018 19:34
  FRITCH, TX (CBSDFW.COM) – A billboard in Texas has gone viral with a message for folks of a particular political persuasion and now the person who posted the image online – and the billboard company – are receiving threats.
  “Liberals, Please continue on I-40 until you have left our great State of Texas,” reads the sign.
  Kyle Mccallie of Fritch, TX posted the image on his Facebook page yesterday and the post quickly attracted attention on social media. “Billboa
  
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• Texas To Settle Former Track Coach’s Discrimination Lawsuit

  20-06-2018 19:28
  AUSTIN (AP) – The University of Texas has agreed to settle a race and sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney.
  Kearney attorney Jody Mask on Wednesday told The Associated Press that the case will be dismissed. University spokesman Gary Susswein confirmed the school agreed to settle. Terms were not immediately disclosed.
  Kearney was hired in 1993 but forced out in 2013 after school officials learned she had a relationship with one of her athletes
  
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• Ian Baker-Finch On Travelers Championship: “There Are Low Scores”

  20-06-2018 19:17
  By Dan Reardon
  The Travelers Championship, which tees off from TPC River Highlands on Thursday, is one of the biggest draws on the PGA TOUR. And it’s easy to see why.
  This year’s field features seven of the top 10 in FedExCup standings and five of the top 10 in the world. The reigning Travelers champion, Jordan Spieth, happens to be one of the game’s biggest names. The 24-year-old played the shot of the year in 2017 on TOUR, when he holed out from the bunker in sudden death to
  
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• Eva Longoria Feeling “Grateful” After Giving Birth To First Child

  20-06-2018 19:15
  LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Eva Longoria is a mom. The actress and husband Jose ‘Pepe’ Baston welcomed Santiago Enrique Baston into the world on Tuesday. They said that they are so grateful “for this beautiful blessing.”
  The couple shared the child’s first picture with the magazine Hola! USA. The baby, wearing a hospital cap, is shown resting on his mother’s chest.
  EXCLUSIVA MUNDIAL #HOLAUSA#EvaLongoria ya es mamá!Eva y su esposo #PepeBast&
  
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• Body Of Child Washed Ashore Identified, Mother Arrested

  20-06-2018 19:11
  DALLAS (AP) — Texas authorities have identified a dead child found washed ashore in South Texas last year, and accused his mother and her girlfriend of dumping his body.
  Galveston police on Wednesday identified the body as 4-year-old Jayden Alexander Lopez. His body was found eight months ago, and authorities named the child “Little Jacob.”
  Police also announced that his mother and her girlfriend have been arrested. Police say both are charged with fabricating or tampering with
  
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• American Airlines Plans To Cut Some Management Jobs

  20-06-2018 18:55
  FORT WORTH (AP) – American Airlines plans to cut an undisclosed number of management jobs that top executives say are no longer needed more than four years after merging with US Airways.
  The company says there will be a combination of layoffs and buyouts over the next several weeks.
  CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom told management and support employees Tuesday that the company needs to be more productive for its long-term success.
  American is the world’s biggest airline and
  
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• Viral Video: Woman Drinks Dogs Urine, Claims It Helps Her Acne

  20-06-2018 18:50
  (CBS Local)– A woman claims that she has a new remedy to counteract acne: dog urine!
  In a shocking viral video, a woman has her dog pee into a cup and then she drinks the urine from the cup. **Warning: Video may be disturbing to some.**“Until I first drank my dog’s pee, I was depressed, I was sad, and I had really bad acne. Dog pee also has vitamin A in it, vitamin E in it, and it has 10 grams of calcium, and it’s also proven to help cure cancer,” says the woma
  
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• We're No. 3! - Fort Worth Weekly (satire) (press release) (blog)

  20-06-2018 18:45 via fwweekly.com
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  We're No. 3!
  Fort Worth Weekly (satire) (press release) (blog)
  The math is pretty simple. As the oldest big city in North Texas, Dallas is the center of the universe. Denton is the tiny town with the long history of progressive, independent music. And Fort Worth? Well, we have “Cowboys and Culture.” Does that ...
  
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• Cubs Closer Morrow Hurt His Back While Taking Off His Pants

  20-06-2018 18:40
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  As we age, every day tasks become just a little bit more difficult, and in some cases, more painful, to complete. Chicago Cubs closer Brandon Morrow learned that lesson firsthand on Monday night when he injured his back while…taking off his pants.
  The story comes to us via Patrick Mooney of The Athletic:“Just undressing at my house,” Morrow said. “Taking my pants off yesterday morning after we got back in at like 3 a.m. Just in the closet, got my right leg off
  
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• 10 Tips For Growing Great Houseplants

  20-06-2018 18:35
  Master Gardener Jon VanZile’s articles on gardening have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Publications, the Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale), Orlando Sentinel, among others. He also was the houseplants and indoor gardening expert at About.com (now Spruce.com) for almost a decade. His book, A Healthy Home: 50 Indoor Plants To Help You Breathe Better, Sleep Better, And Feel Better All Year Round is available now wherever books are sold from CBS s
  
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• Bishop Of Catholic Diocese Of Fort Worth Talks Separated Child Immigrants

  20-06-2018 18:31
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas-based charity has been called upon to help the children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  CBS 11 News learned that Catholic Charities in Fort Worth is already caring for some of those youngsters here in North Texas.
  The head of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Bishop Michael Olson, weighed in today on the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy on illegal border crossings.While Olson said immigration reform i
  
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• President Trump Announces Executive Order To End Family Separations

  20-06-2018 18:26
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – President Donald Trump said he will sign something “in a little while” to address the spike in the number of migrant children being separated from their families at the border.
  “I’ll be doing something that’s somewhat pre-emptive,” said President Trump. “We want to keep families together but we also need to be very strong on the border.”
  The comments come amid news that Homeland Security Secretary Kirs
  
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• In Reversal, Trump Signs Order Stopping Family Separation

  20-06-2018 18:26
  WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Bowing to pressure from anxious allies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending the process of separating children from families after they are detained crossing the U.S. border illegally.
  It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but to separate families apprehended at the border because of federal law and a court decision.
  The news in recent days has been dominated
  
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• Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Taking in Children Separated From Families at Border - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

  20-06-2018 18:18 via nbcdfw.com
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  Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Taking in Children Separated From Families at Border
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  Catholic Charities Fort Worth has received and is assisting children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S./Mexico border. (Published 5 hours ago). Catholic Charities of Fort Worth said they have received and are assisting children who ...
  
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