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High School Seniors Beat Odds, Graduate With Honors

South Oak Cliff High School seniors Landon Finely and Martina Zuniga are two exceptional graduates who have overcome huge obstacles with the support of their fathers.

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Baylor to Fire Head Football Coach Art Briles

Sources say Baylor officials are expected to announce the firing of head football coach Art Briles Thursday.

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Kids Compete in Eighth Annual Soapbox Derby

Kids compete in the eighth annual Amarillo Soapbox Derby. The winner, 17-year-old Linzie Nichols, will go on to Ohio to compete in the International Soapbox Derby.

Friend Requests Sent from Fitness Instructor Imposter

Friends of Midlothian fitness instructor Missy Bevers, killed in a North Texas church in April, tell police they have received friend requests on Facebook from someone claiming to be Bevers.

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Armed Person Barricaded Inside Dallas Home: Authorities

Authorities say an armed person is barricaded inside a home in Dallas Thursday morning.

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Video of ‘Little Person’ Riding Motorcyle Goes Viral

A video of a North Texas man diagnosed with a form of dwarfism riding a motorcycle has gone viral for the wrong reasons.

Dean & DeLuca Expected to Proceed Despite Weather

Despite a threat of storms looming Thursday, Round 1 of the Dean & DeLuca Invitational at Fort Worth’s Colonial Country Club is expected to proceed as planned.

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Man Fatally Shot Inside Home: Dallas Police

Dallas police say a man was fatally shot inside a home in the southeast part of the city overnight.

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Telemedicine Puts Doctor’s Visit in Palm of Your Hand

Telemedicine involves a health care provider’s medical care delivered to patients remotely. The nation’s largest telemedicine company, Teladoc, is located in Lewisville and takes NBC 5 on a tour of its…

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Dallas Leaders Examine Red-Light Camera Program

Is it time to kill the red-light cameras in Dallas? One Dallas city council member says it is.

Man Wants Six Flags to Reconsider Disability Policy

A North Texas man says after decades of going on rides at Six Flags Over Texas, he was told on his last visit to get off a ride because of his disability. Now he wants the park to reconsider its policy.

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Tony Romo Opens Up About Family, Faith and Football

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and his wife, Candice, graciously granted NBC 5’s Meredith Land with unprecedented access to their lives, in their home with their children.

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Expert Explains How Gator Got Close to Dallas School

How did a big, healthy six-foot-long gator end up near the front doorsteps of a Dallas middle school?

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Ron Kirk Bridge Divides Dallas City Leaders

The Continental Viaduct hike and bike path over the Trinity River was renamed the Ronald Kirk Pedestrian Bridge Wednesday, but it came with bumps in the road at City Hall.

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Zika and West Nile Top Concerns This Mosquito Season

Mosquito season is underway and Dallas County Health and Human Services is reminding residents to take precautions.

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Rabies Reported in Two Kittens in Collin County

Collin County Animal Services released an advisory to let area residents know that two kittens living on a ranch in Blue Ridge have tested positive for rabies by the Texas Department of State Health Services…

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Grand Prairie’s “Chewbacca Mom” Visits NBC 5

A North Texas mom’s Facebook live video of herself laughing when putting on a Chewbacca mask went viral during the weekend visited NBC 5 to talk about her sudden rise to fame.

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Baby in Back Seat During High-Speed Police Chase

Carrollton police released dashboard camera and body camera video of a weekend police chase that ended with the arrest of a Plano man.

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Bell Helicopter Flight Patterns Bring New Noise to Neighborhoods

Consolidation within Bell Helicopter has led to increased air traffic over parts of Tarrant County, and recent changes made to alleviate concerns in one area has introduced noise to another.

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Citizens Help Arlington Officer Arrest Aggressive Suspect

An Arlington police officer is feeling grateful for his training and for some alert citizens who rushed to help him. The officer had to chase and then take down an aggressive man who was threatening drivers.

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Firefighters Respond to 4-Alarm Apartment Fire in Dallas

Breaking news from NBC 5. Dozens of firefighters have responded to a reported 4-alarm fire at an east Dallas apartment building.

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Bill Murray Tees Off With Jordan Spieth at Colonial Pro-Am

Jordan Spieth and Bill Murray teed off Wednesday in the Dean and Deluca Pro-Am at The Colonial.

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Rare Olympic Trophy on Display at the Colonial Country Club

A rare Olympic trophy will be on display this week at The Colonial.

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NRH Police Need Help Identifying Man Who Robbed Bank

Police said they need help identifying a man that robbed a North Richland Hills bank Tuesday afternoon.

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Texas AG Expected to File Suit Over Obama Bathroom Edict

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is expected to file a lawsuit Wednesday against the federal government over a letter President Obama sent to school districts across the country regarding gender and bathroom…

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Rotary Club Honors Heroes

The Rotary Club of Fort Worth South names Damon Cole Officer of the Year and Lt. David Tompkins Firefighter of the Year.

Alligator Found Outside Dallas Middle School

Authorities say they found a 6-foot alligator outside Steam Middle School in Dallas early Wednesday morning.

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‘Colonial’ Name Change About Pronunciation, Not Money

Fort Worth is still home to the longest-tenured PGA Tour event at a single course, but for the first time since the tournament was founded in 1946 the name “Colonial” will be omitted from its title.

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Company Says Lightning Rods Becoming More Popular

Fires in Frisco sparked by lightning have some homeowners on edge, but a North Texas company installs metal rods on roofs that absorb lightning strikes, so your house doesn’t.

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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Auditions

The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are known around the world. More than 500 women auditioned this month with hopes of making the 36-member squad for the 2016 season.

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Murder Mystery: Who Killed Fort Worth Grandmother?

One month after Maria Cortez was shot to death in a drive-by shooting while she was in bed asleep, her family is desperate to learn who did it and why.

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Wimberley Flood Survivor Reflects on Loss and Life

One year after the husband and father watched his family slip away in the Wimberley flash flood, Jonathan McComb spoke with NBC 5’s Meredith Land about loss and life.

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TxDOT Says No Guardrail Needed Despite Bus Driver’s Death

NBC 5 Investigates found 11 locations where an unprotected bridge post is just a few feet beyond where state and federal guidelines would recommend guardrails. At one of those locations, a DART bus driver died.

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Baylor Sexual Assault Victim Reacts to Reports University President Could Be Fired

Baylor University President Ken Starr may be fired over his handling of reports of rape and assault by football players, several media outlets are reporting Tuesday.

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Texas Ranks Second in Registered Drone Users: FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration has released a database revealing the number of registered drone operators in each community, and Texas ranks second behind only California in the number of drone operators.