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  As Start of School Nears, Texas Parents Worry About Safety of In-Person Classes

  July 9 at 4 a.m.

  For the past few weeks, Amanda Scott has watched with growing concern as the days until school starts tick away and the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Dallas climb ever higher. Scott's son Fletcher will be going into second grade at Mockingbird Elementary School in East Dallas. With...

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  Called for Face-Masking: Texas’ Favorite Sport Must Tackle a Deadly Opponent

  July 6 at 4 a.m.

  No pass, no play. In 1984, that was the blunt nickname of sweeping educational reform led by Dallas businessman Ross Perot that mandated Texas high-school athletes make a grade of 70-plus in all classes or be sidelined in their sport. In 2020, it’s potentially life or death. Dictated by the...

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  A Dallas Native's TikTok Ruins Our Childhood — and Possibly A&M's Statue

  June 30 at 4 a.m.

  Every Texas A&M student knows about Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross. He was a former Texas governor, former Texas A&M University president and a former Confederate general. On A&M's campus, Ross' legacy lives on in a statue in the Academic Plaza. A&M students have been petitioning the university for years to remove the statue...

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  House Candidate, Teachers Union President Discuss How Public Schools Should Reopen

  June 30 at 4 a.m.

  Earlier this month, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that students would be returning to public schools this fall. But as COVID-19 cases surge in Texas, Rena Honea, the president of the teachers union Alliance-ATF, said she has concerns about sending kids back to school. Honea and Joanna Cattanach, Democratic candidate for...

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  Petition Seeks To Rename UNT's Stan Kenton Hall. Jazz Great's Daughter Accused him of Rape.

  June 24 at 4 a.m.

  It’s been a bad few weeks to be a dead creep. As Black Lives Matter protests continue across the nation, many people are pointing to institutions that memorialize or legitimize racism and racists. Brands are changing their names. Confederate statues are crumbling. Sports teams are under fire. And some people...

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  Once Again, the Hashtag #BlackatSMU Is Trending at Southern Methodist University

  June 23 at 4 a.m.

  Bethany Bass drives a beat-up 2008 Kia Sorento. She likes to listen to rap music, and because she is a junior at Southern Methodist University, she often winds her Sorento through the tony, tree-lined neighborhoods in and around University Park. When she started her studies at SMU, she says she...