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Warm and muggy weather


July 8, 2021

weathe North Texas is in a rather inactive weather pattern, and that will be the case for the rest of the work week. The days will be warm but not overly hot. Rain chances will be slim and spotty, and mainly south of the DFW metro area. High temperatures will remain slightly below normal in the low 90s the next …

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Frisco alcohol sales are up 70% since Texas reopened. Here’s where people spent the most


July 8, 2021

Alcohol sales continue to skyrocket into the summer with more than $7.65 million spent at Frisco’s bars and restaurants in May. In February — before Gov. Greg Abbott ended the statewide mask mandate and reopened businesses and bars — local restaurants and bars reported roughly $4.5 million in alcohol sales, putting May’s sales 70% over that mark. May’s alcohol sales also soared …

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For Haitians in North Texas, assassination of president brings shock, uncertainty, painful memories


July 8, 2021

Fort Worth resident Ted Registre said he first heard about the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse when his 69-year-old mother phoned him from the Caribbean nation on Wednesday. “When she called me this morning to tell me the news, I thought someone in my family had passed away, because you could hear the fear and shock in her voice,” Registre said. …

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Houston Zoo welcomes a committee of six African vultures


July 8, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Six endangered vultures are making the Houston Zoo their new home. This is the first time in the Zoo’s history to house Old World vultures. The six vultures consist of two cape vultures, one Ruppell’s griffon vulture, and three hooded vultures. Although the Old World vultures have similarities, each species have distinguishing features: Cape vultures’ wingspan …

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Man took officer’s gun from holster before another officer shot him, HPD says


July 8, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man shot and killed by police in southeast Houston removed an officer’s weapon from his holster before the deadly shots were fired by another officer, according to HPD. On Wednesday, the police department offered new details a day after officers were confronted by a man they say was uncooperative while they responded to a family …

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Suspect in Houston family’s murder accused of carjacking 1 hour before killings


July 8, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police said the man accused of murdering a mother, father, and their 6-year-old daughter carjacked a man before driving to the family’s apartment in southwest Houston. According to investigators, Xavier Davis held a man at gunpoint near the 1000 block of Larkwood before taking off in the man’s Jeep. About an hour later, Davis showed up …

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Houston woman nearly missed daughter’s wedding due to passport delay


July 8, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The date was set, the dress was picked out, but there was one big problem for an Alvin mom trying to get to her daughter’s wedding in Cancun over the weekend. “I sent in my passport application requesting a new card and my passport back on March 8,” said Lisa Martinez-Heitman. Months passed and her passport …

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