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  Pandemic Has Reshaped North Texans' Mental Health

  July 20 at 4 a.m.

  Scott Danbom slides behind the ivories and takes a seat. During any given summer, the former Centro-matic pianist might be sharing the stage with the likes of Sarah Jaffe or Alejandro Escovedo. They could be playing any number of sold-out festivals in New York City or Europe. In normal times,...

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  Is Shelley Luther a Hero or Villain? Why Not Ask Her Wallaby?

  May 25 at 4 a.m.

  Scratch below the surface — beneath the cavalcade of supporters, piles of cash donations, President Donald Trump’s approval and Sen. Ted Cruz’s cameo “mullet” — and Dallas' pandemic martyr has herself an optics problem. Even for Shelley Ann Luther, defiant owner of Salon à la Mode and America’s viral “hero”...

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  As COVID-19 Hits Jails and Prisons, Texas Inmates Call for Action

  April 28 at 4 a.m.

  The French M. Robertson Unit, a maximum-security state prison, is located off a dusty farm-to-market road about 20 minutes from Abilene. A couple of tiny hamlets dot the dry West Texas terrain near the prison, but for the most part, its population of about 3,000 inmates is surrounded by nothingness...

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  Growing Pains: Stress Is Killing Farmers, But These Texans Keep Plowing Ahead

  January 21 at 4 a.m.

  Farmers across the country are struggling to make ends meet. In Texas, the stress weighs on farmers who sometimes struggle to figure out how to scrape together the next bill payment.

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  Discworld Is Real! Dive into Flat Earth Culture at their Global, Sorry, International Conference

  Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  "Be nice." That's the text message my mom always sends when I'm heading into a situation that's controversial or ridiculous. A Twilight film marathon, a Logan Paul concert, even Fyre Festival II — it doesn't matter. She'll still send the text because she's sweet and concerned for her first born...

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  Red Tape, Government Mistakes and an Endless Wait: One Man’s Struggle to Gain U.S. Asylum

  Monday, December 2, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  One Texas man's long trip through the U.S. immigration system.