Sebastian Benitez couldn’t believe what he caught the other day in the Trinity River near Kaufman. In an email to NBC 5, he called it a “true river monster.” It was a gar, a family of ancient fish that existed alongside dinosaurs millions of years ago. Scientists believe they have changed very li...
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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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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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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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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....
