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Soccer team honors Denton brothers killed in crash

DENTON, Texas — In the game of soccer, goalies are protectors. That is what Diego Rivera is to his teammates. On Thursday, Diego and his younger brother, Daniel, were honored at a soccer tournament at Guyer High School. The two boys, 17 and 14 years old, were killed in a car crash. On Tuesday night, police say the boys were …

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Verna Bloom, actress in ‘Animal House,’ dies at 80

BAR HARBOR, Maine — Verna Bloom, the actress who portrayed the wife of the dean in the movie “Animal House,” has died. She was 80. Family spokesman Mike Kaplan tells The Hollywood Reporter that Bloom died Wednesday in Bar Harbor, Maine, of complications from dementia. In the 1978 John Landis film, Bloom played Marion Wormer, who flirted with and had …

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Trailer Full of Marijuana Bound for Dallas Stopped, Two Arrested: Police

A California couple is behind bars in Texas after they were caught traveling with a U-Haul trailer full of marijuana, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Texas Troopers stopped the pair as they were traveling east on US-287 near Clarendon for a traffic violation. A DPS drug dog came to the scene and pointed troopers in the …

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Former Tarrant County Commissioner Dionne Phillips Bagsby Dies at 82

Former Tarrant County Commissioner Dionne Phillips Bagsby, the first female and first African-American to serve on Tarrant County Commissioners court, died Thursday at age 82. Bagsby had been battling pancreatic cancer since April of 2018 and was surrounded by loved ones and close friends at the time of her passing. Bagsby is considered a community trailblazer and was among the …

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Reunion Tower attack on a Muslim woman reflects the rise in hate crimes

While most Americans were celebrating the new year, Jenan Ayesh, a Muslim visiting Dallas with her family from Oklahoma, is happy to be alive after a vicious verbal and physical attack. She may have been targeted because of she is a Muslim. Ayesh and her family visited Dallas to ring in the new year. They went to the observation deck of …

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Dallas Police Officer Trainee Arrested

A 27-year-old Dallas police officer trainee was arrested Wednesday and faces charges, the department said. He has since been released on bond. O’Shea Nelson faces charges of interference with emergency request for assistance and assault causing bodily injury (family violence), police said. Nelson has been with the department since June 2018 and is assigned to the Training Academy. He was …

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Sources: Jones Buys 109-Meter Yacht With 2 Helipads

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has purchased a 109-meter yacht, named for his wife, called the Bravo Eugenia, sources confirmed to NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs. The yacht, built last year by Netherlands-based Oceanco, can sleep up to 14 people and is taken care of by a 30-person crew, according to SuperYacht Times The Bravo Eugenia has two helipads and …

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Texas Lawmakers React to Trump Address on Border Security

Texas lawmakers are offering polarizing statements following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Tuesday night. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: “President Trump is absolutely right that Congress must pass his common sense border security bill and end this very real crisis at our southern border. In Texas, illegal immigration costs state taxpayers billions of dollars every year in health care, …

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Fort Worth Police Shot at While Investigating Prior Shooting

Fort Worth officers were investigating a shots fired call Sunday night at an apartment when another round of gunshots were fired through the window, police said. The first shots fired call came in about 7:20 p.m. and police were at the scene in the 1800 block of E. Robert Street when the second round of shots were fired about 8:30 …

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