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Between them, the Schieffer brothers of Fort Worth have moderated presidential debates, anchored network newscasts for 35 years, built a pro baseball stadium and team and served America as one of our leading diplomats. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports from their upbringing 10 years apart in River Oaks and Benbrook, Bob and Tom Schieffer became Fort Worth’s emissaries to Washington, …

DALLAS — Jacob Contreras would have turned 23 today. Brandon Mapps was the “baby of the family.” And Gina Elder left behind four kids. Contreras, Mapps and Elder are just three of the 38 victims who died of homicidal violence in May in Dallas. Two older cases were also classified as homicides in May, bringing the total number of cases …