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Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, her attorneys said Saturday. Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, the women’s prison where she was ho...
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Dream Center Dallas is helping North Texas families in need by hosting a free grocery drive-thru and clothing giveaway this weekend. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, from noon to 2 p.m. at Dream Center Dallas, located at 1900 S. Ewing Ave. in Dallas. Families can rece...
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A man killed eight people including a pregnant woman, children and other relatives at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, about 120 miles north of Pittsburgh, before taking his own life as well, authorities said Saturday. Police first responded to a home on Friday, Oct. 9, around 5 p...
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From the pink neon sign on the sunshine yellow wall to the multicolored Mexican paper garlands, Mission Lotería’s storefront emits cultural pride everywhere you look. After seven years of promoting local businesses in San Francisco’s predominantly Latino Mission District, the non...
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Saturday is the 122nd edition of the Red River Rivalry: The University of Texas (4-0, 1-0 SEC) vs. the University of Oklahoma (2-2, 0-1) at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park. The game kicks off at 2:30 p.m., but the State Fair will open early, at 7 a.m. The gates to the Cotton...
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The axe-wielding co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv last month intended to seize control of the airplane and fly it into the passenger terminal at Israel’s main international airport, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Friday. The suspect...
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A city employee opened fire and shot and killed a police officer and injured another in West Philadelphia just after midnight on Saturday, officials said. During a press conference late Saturday morning, Commissioner Kevin Bethel identified the slain officer as 40-year-old Shane ...
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Thanks to a cold front, fall weather has returned to North Texas. Very windy conditions are accompanying the cool-down. A Wind Advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. this evening. A northerly wind could gust as high as 50 mph. Chilly air will settle across the area for Saturday morni...
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A North Texas contractor was sentenced to 30 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his customers. Police said he continued to operate the scheme even after his first arrest....
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Hurricane Isaias made landfall along the Florida Panhandle on Friday night, bringing extreme winds and life-threatening storm surge to the area.
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A North Texas contractor was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $300,000 from customers.
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A North Texas man who authorities said repeatedly made violent threats toward ICE agents and President Donald Trump has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison....
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Depression can be insidious, affecting people in different ways with warning signs that aren’t always obvious. “Sometimes you are the last to know,” Dr. Samantha Boardman, a New York City psychiatrist, tells TODAY.com. “The people around you, the people who you spend time with ar...
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin recently made a new discovery that rewrites a part of Oklahoma history.
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A Highland Hills community group is asking Dallas leaders to return colorful, grant-funded trash cans removed by the transportation department.
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A driver is dead after losing control and flipping their car along North Walton Walker Boulevard. Much of the crash was caught on surveillance at a nearby auto shop. Dallas Police told NBC 5 the call came in around 11:57 p.m. on Thursday night. Officers arrived to find a car flip...
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The DOJ sued Denver officials, arguing the city’s masking and identification rules unlawfully interfere with federal officers and endanger their safety....
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Darth Vader’s iconic lightsaber, featured in one of cinema’s most unforgettable moments, could fetch at least $1 million at auction.
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A remarkably intact discovery dating to around the time of Jesus has been unearthed in Israel.
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New York prosecutors sought Friday to keep their murder case going against Luigi Mangione, arguing that his federal guilty plea shouldn’t end a separate, state-court case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The state and federal prosecutions center on “differ...
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Republican Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a tipline Friday, asking supporters for sightings of his Democratic rival and state Rep. James Talarico....
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What was supposed to be a fun family outing at the State Fair of Texas turned into a frightening ordeal for a mother whose son is battling terminal brain cancer after she said her purse was stolen with his emergency seizure medication inside. But an unexpected act of kindness fro...
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A woman was killed in Dallas Thursday night after she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a parked SUV.
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Former college basketball player Kerr Kriisa admitted Thursday to demanding $9,000 from a victim as part of a fraud scheme.
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U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle and the embassy she leads are under investigation by the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General, two people familiar with the decision confirmed to NBC News. The government watchdog’s probe comes as legal consultant and lon...
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After drawing scrutiny for his absence from the campaign trail, Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, who had been sick with the flu, returned to the stump on Friday. “James Talarico is back on the campaign trail talking to voters at Austin City Limits,” Talarico camp...
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Bolstered by steady gains in the stock market , families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America’s wealthiest, while the youngest families saw their wealth decline in the past three years, a government report released Friday said. The finding from the Federal Reserve’s...
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Renewed activity at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano has prompted temporary trail closures at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park after more than 200 shallow earthquakes were recorded beneath the summit and a magnitude-3.4 quake triggered small rockfalls....
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Thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of some of Italy’s most prized wines worth an estimated 5 million euros ($5.8 million) from a winery in Tuscany, in what the producer described Friday as the country’s largest wine theft on record. The theft targeted Marchesi Antinori’s facility...
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Lamborghini, Maserati, Viper and Porsche: At first glance, a North Texas garage looks like a dream exotic car collection but the story behind how the rides got here is riddled with fraud. “These cars do not belong to the defendant and they were paid for by lying to investors, lyi...
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2026 TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Regular Season Week 0, Preseason Rankings: IHSS Local Rankings Week 1, Aug. 27-29: Scores Week 2, Sept. 3-5: Scores | Rankings: IHSS Local | Campbell’s Statewide Week 3, Sept. 10-12: Scores | Rankings : IHSS Local | Campbell’s Statewide Week 4, Sep...
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A Massachusetts man sought after his mother was found shot to death in their Reading home was arrested Thursday afternoon in central Vermont, ending an intense manhunt for the suspect....
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Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program and later in life was celebrated as a powerful symbol of women in technology, has died. She was 90. Hamilton died Sept. 30 at a ho...
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Isaias strengthened Friday into a major hurricane as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and high winds. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall late Friday somewhere along the Alabama-Flo...
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Explore a vibrant world of imagination in Downtown Garland from Oct 2026 to March 2027. Discover larger-than-life alebrijes and Mexican folk art in this immersive outdoor cultural exhibition....
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President Donald Trump said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would “immediately” release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel onto the global market. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social and said the action would will help bring diesel prices down. It w...
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One favorite restaurant chain of the South, somehow plays an important role when it comes to measuring the impact of a storm and how it will affect a community....
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Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia is expected to be named the next White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt, two White House officials and a source familiar with the decision told NBC News. Zacharia currently serves as a senior communications adviser for Trum...
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Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country. The earlier quake, felt as far away as neighboring Colombia, was centered abou...
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A popular pizza of the past is taking last spin around the microwave plate. Conagra Brands, the conglomerate that owns brands like Slim Jim, Duke’s and Orville Redenbacher’s, is retiring Celeste Pizza. But her kind face and lava-hot, post-microwave cheese will live on in our coll...
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NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) invite you in the celebration of five decades of contemporary modern dance and community impact. DBDT, the oldest continuously operating professional dance company in Dallas, announces its 50th anniversary season, “50 Yea...
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For the first time in recent history, you can park for free at the State Fair of Texas. DraftKings is covering the standard $25 parking fee per vehicle on Friday, Oct. 9....
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You can park for free at the state fair today! Sports betting app "Draft Kings" is covering the cost of everyone's parking on official lots.
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Dallas-based Southwest Airlines operations were snarled Friday morning after a “brief interruption” with the Dallas carrier’s vendor Amadeus, the carrier told The Dallas Morning News in a statement. Southwest experienced delays at several airports on Friday after the carrier said...
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When it comes to a private school application, test scores are just one piece of the puzzle — albeit an important one. The Independent School Entrance Examination is one of the most popular tests, which more than 1,200 schools around the world accept. That includes many of the Da...
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A 5-year-old boy was killed after a digital whiteboard fell on him at an elementary school in Florida, in what officials called a “tragic accident” on Wednesday. Brevard Public Schools said in a news release that a large “video display board” fell on the student at Riviera Elemen...
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A woman in Dallas died Thursday night after she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a parked SUV in the parking lot of a nearby business
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Hurricane Isaias approaches the Gulf Coast with 110 mph winds and rain, while high pressure keeps local weather warm, clear, and dry.
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Mike Ditka , whose name and likeness became synonymous with the history of the Chicago Bears both as a player and coach, has died at the age of 86. His family confirmed the news in a statement to NBC Chicago Friday morning. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passin...
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Deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department are investigating a reported assault and armed robbery Thursday involving actor Keegan Allen outside a Los Angeles grocery store. The “Walker” and “Pretty Little Liars” actor posted a video on social media saying he was assaulted...
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In July, a lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” sold for $3.75 million at auction, the highest price ever fetched for a prop used in a “Star Wars” film according to the auction house. Now, someone can buy the saber that did the severing. A ...
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A driver is dead after a single-vehicle crash along State Highway 121 in Grapevine, officials said. According to the Grapevine Police Department, the crash happened in the 700 block of southbound North State Highway 121. Police said the vehicle left the roadway in the center medi...
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As shark attack survivor Mel Ismail fought the predator that severed his leg, he noticed something odd: “I saw its eye … a big black eye,” Ismail said. “But it was winking back at me — I was trying to get my fingers in its eye and just pushing its eye as I was being dragged.” Whe...
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An annual tradition is back in Fort Worth, and the first shoppers came, saw, conquered, and will probably return for more. The Christmas in Cowtown Gift Market kicks off the holiday shopping season. More than 230 vendors are at the Will Rogers Memorial Center through Sunday and r...
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Free mammograms, vision screenings, and dental consultations are all part of an event happening Saturday in Fort Worth. The BarbaraCares Foundation is hosting its annual Care2Fight Health and Wellness Fair. Free health screenings, vaccinations, wellness resources, education, and ...
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Cameron Harris asked her parents if she could start a lemonade stand when she was younger, and the idea has grown into a blossoming business in Cedar Hill. Cedar Hill ISD said the Collegiate High School freshman started the business in front of her home, and now it’s something th...
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Hurricane Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday as a dangerous Category 2 storm, hammering communities in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with damaging winds, heavy rain, flooding and life-threatening storm surges. The first hurricane of the Atlantic season made lan...
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If it isn’t the biggest question facing the Rangers this offseason, it’s got to be near the top: What will the team do with Corey Seager? Over the past few weeks, as the Rangers fought for, and ultimately missed out on, a playoff spot, Rangers insiders Evan Grant and Shawn McFarl...
