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How 5 heart surgery patients risked their lives in order to save their lives

At Baylor Scott & White’s Heart Hospital in Plano, a group of five patients recently traveled a considerable distance for life-saving surgeries. Through a partnership with Haiti Cardiac Alliance, the hospital hosts several vulnerable heart patients from Haiti multiple times a year, providing critical care that is unavailable in their home country. “Without surgical intervention, many of them would not …

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1 Killed, 5 Hurt When Crane Collapses on Dallas Apartments

A woman was killed and five others were injured Sunday afternoon when a crane collapsed into an apartment building in downtown Dallas, leading to several collapses within the building and an adjacent parking garage, officials say. Kiersten Smith, 29, was killed Sunday, June 9, 2019, when a crane collapsed into her Dallas apartment building. Photo courtesy of Smith’s family. Photo …

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Amber Alert Canceled for League City 2-Year-Old

The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an Amber Alert Monday for a 2-year-old boy missing from the Houston area since Tuesday. Officials later canceled the Amber Alert, saying the boy had been found. Authorities were looking for Malakhi Bankhead, 2, who was last seen June 4 around 9:30 p.m. on Estella Court in League City, which is southeast of …

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1 killed, 5 injured when crane topples on Dallas apartments

DALLAS (AP) — A construction crane buffeted by high winds during a storm toppled on a Dallas apartment building Sunday, killing one woman in the building and injuring five other people, two of them critically, a fire official said. Crews searching the Elan City Lights building found the body of a woman inside after the crane collapsed and ripped a …

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Eric Johnson Is Dallas’ New Mayor

Texas State Rep. Eric Johnson defeated Dallas City Council member Scott Griggs by a wide margin Saturday to become the city’s new mayor. Johnson led by approximately 15 percentage points when Dallas County released early voting totals at 7 p.m. and the lead only widened as more votes were counted. With 99% of precincts reporting as of 10:45 p.m., Johnson …

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Soldiers, Families Recall 2016 Fort Hood Training Accident

It was a hot, sunny day on Saturday — a perfect day for a barbecue at Killeen’s Long Branch Park. The Killeen Daily Herald reports slowly, the guests began to arrive. As each person showed up, some bringing their families, smiles split faces and hugs were given as if they had not seen each other in years. They were all …

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Looking Back on a Wet and Active May

S Band Radar & Maps | Forecast | Weather Alerts Traffic | Send Us a Photo/Video | Skycams May 2019 will go down in the books as a wet month with more than 8 inches of rain falling at DFW Airport. The total of 8.15″ is the 16th-wettest May ever recorded at the DFW observation point and 3.25″ above what …

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Trump Begins British Trip With Tweets, Buckingham Visit

President Donald Trump arrived in Britain on Monday for a largely ceremonial visit meant to strengthen ties between the two nations, but the trip was immediately at risk of being overshadowed by Brexit turmoil and a political feud with London’s mayor. The agenda for Trump’s weeklong journey is mostly ceremonial: a state visit and an audience with Queen Elizabeth II …

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Woman Killed, 3 Hurt in Shooting at South Dallas Car Wash

A capital murder trial is set to begin Monday for a woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her ex’s new girlfriend in an ambush made to look like a robbery. Brenda Delgado, 36, faces life in prison if convicted for the 2015 slaying of Kendra Hatcher, a Dallas dentist who was killed in an Uptown parking garage. …

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