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A ‘major step forward’ for patients with esophageal cancer


April 1, 2021

Esophageal cancer has one of the poorest survival rates of any malignancy. Even among patients diagnosed before the disease has spread, fewer than half survive for five years. A new study led by doctors at Dallas’ Baylor University Medical Center found that an immunotherapy drug doubled disease-free survival times for those with operable tumors and lowered the risk of cancer …

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‘Derogatory’ language against Asians on middle school test prompts investigation in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD


April 1, 2021

Three Carrollton-Farmers Branch teachers are on administrative leave after “derogatory and hurtful” language about Chinese culture was used on a middle school quiz. Joy Lim, a 2018 Carrollton Creekview High School graduate, posted a screenshot to social media of a question that appeared on her sister’s sixth-grade online quiz. The answers to a question about Chinese social norms played off …

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Texas A&M University- Commerce expanding to new location in North Dallas


April 1, 2021

Texas A&M University-Commerce is expanding in Dallas as the school plans to take over the top two floors of a building near Northpark Center. John Sharp, the Texas A&M University System Chancellor, announced the expansion on Wednesday noting that the North Dallas site will be the new headquarters for the university’s education and business colleges. “We’ve had our eye on …

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Spring cleaning puts McKinney behind on yard waste pickup


April 1, 2021

McKinney residents seem to have all gotten the same, spring cleaning memo. Due to a surge in yard waste, the city’s contractor, Waste Connections, is currently “about half a day behind on yard waste collections,” the city tweeted Wednesday. The city asks that residents keep yard waste curbside and it will be collected the following day, before 7 p.m. The …

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Tarrant County deputy medical examiner on leave after audit finds errors in dozens of death cases


April 1, 2021

A Tarrant County deputy medical examiner was placed on administrative leave Thursday after numerous mistakes were found during an audit of 41 homicide cases, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. Dr. Marc Krouse.(Courtesy / Digital File_EMAIL) The audit concluded that Dr. Marc Krouse had made errors in at least 27 homicide cases from Jan. 1 to Nov. 9 of 2020, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. …

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Texas state trooper dies after shooting near Mexia


April 1, 2021

A Texas state trooper had died after he was shot last weekend near Mexia, authorities announced Wednesday. Chad Walker, 38, a married father of a 15-year-old son, twin 7-year-old girls and a 2-month-old daughter, was pronounced dead at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest in Waco, where he had been taken in critical condition after the Friday shooting. “Our …

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Dallas County has given out more than 250,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses at Fair Park


April 1, 2021

Dallas County officials on Wednesday celebrated giving their 250,000th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Fair Park, a major milestone for the once-troubled site that seems to have found its stride. Judge Clay Jenkins, the county’s chief executive who also led the effort at Fair Park, said small, daily improvements by a team that includes local fire departments, the U.S. …

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Missing 69-year-old man last seen on foot in Red Bird area


April 1, 2021

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing elderly man who was last seen in the Red Bird area. Ronald Jeffry Lloyd, 69, was last see about 7 a.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of Beckleymeade Avenue, near Interstate 20 and South Polk Street(The Dallas Police Department ) Ronald Jeffry Lloyd, 69, had been walking about …

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Texas Senate on track to pass bill that would make it harder to vote


April 1, 2021

AUSTIN — The Texas Senate on Wednesday was on track to pass a bill that would limit early voting hours, restrict the amount of voting machines available at countywide polling places and take power over election administration away from local officials. Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, said Senate Bill 7 was meant to protect election integrity, an issue that GOP officials have galvanized …

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