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  Long-Term Care Facilities Struggle to Stave Off COVID Deaths

  June 18 at 4 a.m.

  The numbers don’t look good for North Texas’ long-term care facilities, where the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on elderly residents and staff. Monday, 19 members of a Plano memory care facility were hospitalized after exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, according to The Dallas Morning News. Since mid-April, Dallas nursing home...

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  North Texans Happy About Supreme Court LGBT Decision, See More Work Ahead

  June 16 at 4 a.m.

  In 2017, Mansfield ISD suspended art teacher Stacy Bailey for being gay. The two-time teacher of the year winner lost her job after she showed her elementary-aged students a picture of her fiancee. In February, a federal judge ruled Bailey’s suspension unconstitutional. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court echoed that...

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  With Juneteenth Approaching, Calls for Racial Equality Continue

  June 15 at 4 a.m.

  In some ways, Juneteenth couldn't have fallen at a more appropriate time this year. In others, the timing couldn't be worse. Juneteenth, which marks the anniversary of the emancipation of the last remaining black slaves in the South, is Friday. In normal times, the day is usually marked in Dallas...

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  Denton County Commissioners Vote to Remove Confederate Monument

  June 10 at 4 a.m.

  It’s a moment 21 years in the making for Willie Hudspeth. Since the late '90s, the activist has been protesting Denton’s Confederate monument, which stands in front of the town’s courthouse. Now, the statue is finally being removed. On Tuesday, Denton County Commissioners unanimously voted to apply for its relocation...

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  Hall Defends Dallas Police's Handling of Monday Night Protest

  June 2 at 12:38 p.m.

  Chief U. Renee Hall on Tuesday morning defended the police department's handling of a protest that ended in a mass detainment Monday night on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. During the demonstration, police allowed hundreds of protesters to march into the westbound lanes of the bridge at about 8:30 p.m...

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  K-Pop Fans Flood Dallas PD's App to Help Protect BLM Protesters

  June 1 at 10:27 a.m.

  Early Sunday morning, the Dallas Police Department's Twitter account tweeted for followers to download its iWatch Dallas app and share videos "of illegal activity from the protests."  The police are looking to arrest lawbreakers at weekend demonstrations decrying police violence against black people. The benefit of the app, according to...