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‘The Crown’ to battle for best drama with ‘The Mandalorian’ at in-person Emmys


September 19, 2021

Television’s top stars will gather in person for the first time in two years at Sunday’s Emmys, where Netflix is tipped to finally win the small screen’s biggest prize for “The Crown.” The critically adored British royals saga will battle for the best drama prize with “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” and others at a ceremony held outdoors with a …

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Sunny and hot end to summer


September 19, 2021

It is a sunny and hot last weekend of summer here in North Texas. DFW reached 96 Saturday afternoon. And we could see the upper 90s by Monday, with some areas west of Fort Worth expected to reach 100. Fall can’t get here soon enough. Monday will be the hottest day of the week, but a very welcome cold front …

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About 100 attend Fort Worth rally held in conjunction with D.C. event backing Jan. 6 rioters


September 19, 2021

More than a hundred people attended a conservative rally at the Tarrant County Courthouse on Saturday, timing the event to coincide with a right-wing demonstration in Washington, D.C., in support of the Jan. 6 rioters, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The Fort Worth event, which the newspaper said was put on by group Operation Take Back America, was among “freedom rallies” held …

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Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle in Fort Worth, police say


September 19, 2021

A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle in Fort Worth late Friday, police said. Fort Worth police were notified at 9:52 p.m. of a crash in the 4100 block of Interstate 35W near Seminary Drive in the city’s South Side area, police said. Responding officers found a pedestrian who had been hit by a vehicle, police said. The …

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North Texas is ground zero for looming fight over how to draw legislative, congressional boundaries


September 19, 2021

AUSTIN — State lawmakers Monday are convening to redraw Texas’ legislation and congressional boundaries, an exercise that will likely bolster the Republican dominance in the state, and—if history is a guide—lead to lawsuits that will claim that the new maps are discriminatory. North Texas is an important region in the process. The area could get one of the two new …

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5-year-old autistic girl last seen in Frisco neighborhood found, police say


September 19, 2021

Police are asking for the public’s help locating a 5-year-old girl who was last seen Saturday evening in a Frisco neighborhood. Michelle Aymie was last seen around 6:10 p.m. in the 10300 block of Coach House Road. She is nonverbal and autistic, police said. Aymie was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, jeans and a pink backpack. Anyone with information …

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Texas doctor says he performed an abortion that’s illegal under SB 8 in order to test law’s legality


September 19, 2021

A San Antonio ob-gyn wrote in an editorial published by The Washington Post on Saturday that he performed an abortion that is illegal under Texas’ new law banning the practice at about six weeks of pregnancy in order to force a test of its legality. “I have daughters, granddaughters and nieces,” Dr. Alan Braid wrote in The Post. “I believe abortion is an …

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Abbott’s right turn deflates GOP rivals but opens door for O’Rourke, McConaughey: News/UT-Tyler poll


September 19, 2021

WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has kept conservative primary challengers at bay by tacking hard right on abortion, the border, mask and vaccine mandates, guns and critical race theory. But the strategy has come at a high price. His overall support is plunging, potentially leaving him vulnerable to the likes of actor Matthew McConaughey and former congressman Beto O’Rourke, …

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Haitians on Texas border undeterred by U.S. expulsion plan


September 19, 2021

DEL RIO — Haitian migrants seeking to escape poverty, hunger and a feeling of hopelessness in their home country said they will not be deterred by U.S. plans to speedily send them back, as thousands of people remained encamped on the Texas border Saturday after crossing from Mexico. Scores of people waded back and forth across the Rio Grande on …

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