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  Lawsuits Crack Down on Big Pharma for Its Role In Opioid Crisis

  October 20 at 4 a.m.

  The payback bill keeps getting bigger for the pharmaceutical companies some say had a heavy hand in causing the nation’s opioid crisis. Big pharma companies like Johnson & Johnson have been hit by crashing waves of lawsuits in recent years, accused of deceptively encouraging doctors to prescribe narcotics for chronic...

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  As Defendants Sit in Jail with No Trial Date, Jury Selection Gets Creative

  October 20 at 4 a.m.

  Criminal cases in Dallas County courts have been at a virtual standstill since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. One of the biggest hurdles the court system is trying to overcome is how to select a jury in times of face masks and social distancing.  At the county commissioners court meeting on...

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  Despite Calls for Resignation, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Says He's Not Quitting

  October 7 at 4 a.m.

  It’s not dé·jà vu. The Texas attorney general is in trouble again. Seven of Ken Paxton’s top aides filed a whistleblower complaint against their boss alleging that he is violating federal and/or state law relating to improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal offenses. The letter said that...

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  Reverchon Park Deal Is a Bust

  October 2 at 4 a.m.

  Every year, Preservation Dallas, an organization focused on preserving and revitalizing historic spaces in the city, publishes a list of local, endangered areas. The historical, nearly a century-old Reverchon Ball Park made it on the list this year because a planned entertainment venue and baseball field threatened to replace it...

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  Free Play Arcade Sued by Landlord Over Lease 'Impossible to Honor'

  September 7 at 4 a.m.

  Things seemed to be slowly turning around for Free Play Arcade, the North Texas video game arcade chain. The company reopened all of its four locations across Dallas-Fort Worth with new safety guidelines such as  mask requirements and occupancy limits, and were able hire back some of the staff that...

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  What, no Firehoses? Gainesville Police Try to Silence Protesters With Arrest Warrants.

  September 4 at 4 a.m.

  The evening before Torrey Henderson turned herself in, her stomach wouldn’t stop turning. That was OK though, she said; she was prepared for what came next. Thursday morning, Henderson arrived at the Cooke County Jail with fellow activists Justin Thompson and Amara Ridge. The Gainesville Police Department had issued warrants...