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  A New Spa at Neiman Marcus Offers Services to Oncology Patients

  February 17 at 4 a.m.

  The Neiman Marcus flagship store in downtown Dallas is offering more than high-end shopping. Now, nestled in the historic commercial building is a space that provides support during the hardest part of some people’s lives. Take the elevator up to the sixth floor, past the famous Zodiac restaurant and the...

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  Dallas Found a Creative Way to Address Slow Ambulances: Move the Goalpost

  February 7 at 4 a.m.

  In 2018, Dallas set an ambitious goal to speed up medical emergency response times: get to the scene within five minutes at least 90% of the time. The new goal — based on guidelines set by the National Fire Protection Association — was a reaction to growing dissatisfaction with how long it took ambulances to...

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  Don’t Believe Anything You Hear From Trump, Texas Republicans About Preexisting Conditions

  February 6 at 4 a.m.

  The Observer's news vertical is, for the most part, a local concern. We do our best to stay focused on DFW, while occasionally allowing our eyes to wander further afield to the rest of Texas. So we are, for the purposes of this article at least, going to disregard about 99.8%...

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  Public Defender’s Office Wins Grant to Add More Social Workers

  February 6 at 4 a.m.

  The Dallas County public defender's office plans to hire social workers to help keep its mentally ill clients out of jail. It's one more attempt to end the cycle of hospitalization, incarceration and homelessness caused by the criminalization — rather than treatment — of mental illness. Nonprofits and county administrators...

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  A Family Affected by Cancer Uses Games to Give Back

  February 4 at 4 a.m.

  In 2015, the lives of Chris and Christina Haslage changed the moment a friend forgot where he had parked his car. While it's a relatable mishap for many, the couple from Ohio said the level of confusion in their friend was uncharacteristic. Worse, it sparked an all-too-familiar feeling of dread...

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  After FDA Crackdown on Juul, Disposable Knockoffs Take Over

  January 21 at 4 a.m.

  Customers of Dallas vape shops looking for Mango Juul cartridges are finding empty shelves and heavy markups. Instead, they’re turning to Puff Bars, a nearly identical product that skirts the new rules by fusing the liquid-filled cartridge to the pen-sized stem. Users consume the liquid — which can last from...