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Court Upholds Texas Rules In Veterans Education Program
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a much-watched Texas program that promises free college educations to military veterans if they lived in the state...
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Texas May Not Restore Lost Abortion Clinics Despite SCOTUS Ruling
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – Long wait times for abortions and lengthy drives to abortion clinics are likely to continue in Texas for months and maybe years despite the U.S....
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Texas Abortions Fell Sharply Under Law Supreme Court Voided
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – Abortions in Texas plummeted about 15 percent during the first year after approval of tough restrictions that the U.S. Supreme Court has since struck...
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Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty To Making Harassing Calls
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – A Dallas woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges of making multiple harassing phone calls to university and municipal police departments...
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Rockwall Man Sentenced For Producing, Transporting Child Porn
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Christian C. Winchel, 49, of Rockwall was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for multiple child pornography offenses involving...
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New Texas Women’s Health Program Has Family Planning Focus
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — Officials have unveiled an overhauled state-run women’s health program providing care to low-income Texans — including a renewed push for family...
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Police: Lawyer, 32, Charged With Indecency With Child
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Dallas arrested a man and charged him Thursday with two counts of indecency with a child. Police said their Child Exploitation...
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Deputies Arrest Man For Kiddie Porn Possession, Find Weapons Cache
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CORSICANA (CBSDFW.COM) – Deputies in Navarro County arrested a 79-year-old man for possession of child pornography and found a cache of weapons and ammunition at...
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Man Arrested For Allegedly Raping Teen He Lured Online
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Dallas have arrested a 25-year-old man for sexual assault of a child, online solicitation of a minor and possession of child...
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Reaction To Hawk’s Resignation Mixed, Mostly Positive
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Update: Hawk’s former First Assistant DA Bill Wirskye, has recently decided he also wants the job. Wirskye is currently the First Assistant...
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NCAA Pulls Championship Events Out Of North Carolina Over Controversial Law
Follow The Fan: Facebook | Twitter The NCAA has now joined the NBA and other organizations pulling its official events out of the state of North Carolina due to concern over the state’s House Bill 2....
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Lawmakers Say Edward Snowden Is No Whistleblower
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) – A House intelligence committee report is calling National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a “serial exaggerator and fabricator” who doesn’t...
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Bill Proposed Allowing Dallas To Opt Out Of Open Carry
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas lawmaker is proposing a bill that would allow Dallas to opt-out of open carry. Representative Eric Johnson says he believes...
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President Obama Hits 1,000 Mark For Commutations Granted
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter President Barack Obama has surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency after shortening sentences for 79 people. Obama has been...
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Fearing Trump Crackdown, “Dreamers” Advised To End Travel
Immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children are being warned by some advocates to make sure they aren't traveling abroad when Donald Trump is sworn in as president Jan. 20.
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Lawsuit Challenges New Texas Rules Over Handling Of Fetal Remains
A coalition of national advocacy groups has sued to block Texas' soon-to-be-implemented rules mandating the burial or cremation of fetal remains.
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Affluenza Teen’s Dad Faces A Jury This Week
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter TARRANT COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Fred Couch, the father of so-called ‘affluenza’ teen, Ethan Couch has a jury of his own to face this week. Accused of falsely...
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Bathroom Bill Draws Opposition From Dallas Business Leaders
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas took center stage in the debate over bathroom privacy Thursday afternoon. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced a bill to limit...
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President Trump To Sign New Travel Order On Wednesday
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new refugee and immigration executive order on Wednesday, one day after addressing lawmakers at a joint session of Congress....
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Tough Court On Immigration Serves As Model For Trump Plans
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — One by one, the Mexican men stood in the jury box, shackles rattling as they fidgeted slightly and pleaded guilty to crossing the U.S. border...
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What To Know As Texas Nears Passing ‘Sanctuary City’ Law
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – What to know about a Texas bill targeting so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ that is heading to the desk of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has pledged...
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Texas May Scrap Law Mandating Jail For Selling Unmarked CDs
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers are moving to finally abolish a provision allowing people to face jail time for selling unlabeled CDs. Vending a CD without...
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Lawyers: Trump Administration May Back Texas Immigration Law
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Attorneys trying to halt a Texas law that would crackdown on “sanctuary cities” say the U.S. Justice Department has asked to weigh in on the case. Luis Vera is a lawyer with the...
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Texting-While-Driving Ban Now In Effect Across Texas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – If you text and drive in the state of Texas you are now breaking the law. As of today, it is the law that you cannot read, write, or send text messages on a mobile phone while...
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Supreme Court Opens Term With New Trump Nominee In Place
WASHINGTON (AP) — Disputes over a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and partisan electoral maps top the Supreme Court’s agenda in the first full term of the Trump presidency. Conservatives will look...
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Elliott’s Attorneys Trying To Put Hold On 6-Game Suspension
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Attorneys for Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott are set for an emergency hearing in federal court in New York, as they try to once again stop the running back’s six-game...
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Appeals Court Argument Set For Texas ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Law
NEW ORLEANS (AP/1080 KRLD) – A federal appeals court in New Orleans is set to hear arguments over a Texas law cracking down on sanctuary cities. The Texas Legislature approved the law in the spring. It...
View ArticleNew Law Helps Texas Drivers Chip Away At State’s Rape Kit Testing Backlog
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A new law allows people to donate money to solve what many people call a major problem in Texas. The next time you’re renewing your driver’s license or registering your vehicle,...
View ArticleJudge Says Texas Isn’t Complying With Voter Registration Law
AUSTIN (AP) — A judge has ruled that Texas isn’t complying with a decades-old voter registration law and wants a quick fix. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia says Texas is running afoul of the...
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Willie Nelson To Trump: ‘Let’s Go Down To A Border Detention Center’
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Country music icon Willie Nelson has extended an offer to meet President Donald Trump at one of the detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border to better understand what’s...
View ArticleClock Ticks Toward Reuniting Families Separated At Border
EL PASO (AP) — The Trump administration faced a court-imposed deadline Thursday to reunite thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, an enormous...
View ArticleUnder New Law, Military Kids Get Sex Assault Protections
U.S. (AP) – The Defense Department must improve the way it responds to child-on-child sexual assault at military bases in the U.S. and abroad as part of a sweeping new law President Donald Trump signed...
View ArticleReport: Student Suspensions Drop After Texas Modifies Law
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A nonprofit that advocates for children says the rate of student suspensions has fallen by nearly a third since the state implemented a law barring suspensions except in...
View Article‘Save Chick-Fil-A’ Religious Freedom Law To Go In Effect Sunday
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The “Save Chick-fil-A” religious freedom law, one of the most talked-about issues during a state legislative session, will go into effect Sept. 1. The “Save Chick-fil-A” effort...
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Transgender Women Fight Texas Law That Restricts Inmates From Changing Name
Three transgender women have filed a lawsuit challenging a Texas law that bars federal prison inmates from legally changing their names while in custody and within two years after serving their sentence.
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Allen Man Caught With 58 Terabytes Of Child Porn Sentenced To 35 Years
SHERMAN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 41-year-old man from Allen was sentenced for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Richard Denver Belden pleaded guilty on June 20, 2019 to...
View ArticleSen. John Cornyn Drafting Bill On Immunity From COVID-19-Related Lawsuits For...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – At Desperados Mexican restaurant in Garland, owner Mike Levy continues with his takeout and curbside-pickup business only. “Our sales are down 60% and we’re just fighting to stay...
View ArticleArmy Announces Panel For Fort Hood Independent Review
WASHINGTON, DC (CBSDFW.COM) – The Secretary of the Army has announced five civilian experts who will lead an independent review of Fort Hood. “Thank you to the members of the panel who have agreed to...
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Landmark US Supreme Court Decisions Since 1789
(CBSDFW/CNN) — Here is a look at some of the most important cases decided by the US Supreme Court since 1789. 1803 – Marbury v. Madison This decision established the system of checks and balances and...
View ArticleTexas Fetal Heartbeat Law Banning Most Abortions In State Now In Effect
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect at midnight, and the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to act on an emergency appeal to put it on hold. Michelle Simpson...
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