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Video shows man randomly attacking bystander, bar employee in downtown Dallas

Surveillance footage from outside a downtown Dallas bar shows a man assaulting an innocent bystander with a long stick out of nowhere, then punching another man in the face before making his escape. It happened outside City Tavern on Elm Street just before 2 a.m. on Saturday. Dallas police are searching for the suspect. NBC 5 spoke with the first …

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Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech. But the decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is unlikely to be the last word in …

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Florida Gov. DeSantis faces questions on migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard

Questions continued to swirl Saturday around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation efforts, from his use of federal COVID aid to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, to the mysterious aviation company tasked with handling the trips. Vertol Systems Co. Inc. was paid $615,000 by the Florida Department of Transportation to ferry 48 Venezuelan migrants to the small Massachusetts …

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Late summer heat wave

The weekend has arrived but so has higher heat and humidity. North Texas will deal with above normal temperatures in the low to mid 90s this weekend with humidity levels making it feel even hotter. The hot and muggy weather will last through all of next week with highs almost 10 degrees above normal, in the mid to upper 90s. …

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17-year-old behind bars in fatal shooting at central Oak Cliff gas station

A 17-year-old is behind bars in connection with a fatal shooting at a central Oak Cliff gas station in June. Jeremy Wilson was booked into the Dallas County jail Thursday in the death of 43-year-old Cordney Dawson. He faces a charge of capital murder, with bail set at $500,000, and does not have an attorney listed in court records. Shortly …

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30-year-old man jailed in Grand Prairie hit-and-run that killed cyclist

A 30-year-old man was jailed Saturday in the death of a cyclist struck in a hit-and-run in Grand Prairie. Juan Robledo-Delgado was booked into the Grand Prairie Detention Center on a charge of an accident involving death, a second-degree felony. About 9:30 p.m. Friday in the 2500 block of West Jefferson Street, near Trailerdell Street, police say Robledo-Delgado was driving …

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VA defends new abortion policy, says its providers would be shielded from Texas laws

WASHINGTON — A top U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official Thursday defended the move to begin providing abortions to veterans and their beneficiaries in certain cases, even in states such as Texas where those services are illegal or tightly restricted. Testifying before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Shereef Elnahal, the VA’s undersecretary for health, also sought to address concerns VA providers in states with …

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Record-breaking Texas drought results in over $2 billion in losses to cotton crop

Cotton farmer Brian Adamek figures he’ll lose about $750 an acre on his 2,000-acre South Texas farm this year because of a summerlong drought that has plagued Texas. Record-high temperatures reaching over 100 degrees for 40 days this summer scorched the livelihoods of many Texas farmers and might affect next year’s crops, too. In the High Plains area around Lubbock and …

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How to register to vote in Texas’ November 2022 midterm elections

Texans will head to the polls in November to decide a slew of high-profile races. To be eligible, however, they must register to vote by Oct. 11. Although there is no presidential election, voters will choose the next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, land commissioner, agriculture commissioner and comptroller. All are four-year terms. In addition, all U.S. representatives, state senators, …

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