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Karmelo Anthony's new defense attorney, Russel Wilson, is asking for a new trial and to recuse Judge John Roach Jr., who oversaw the last trial. Plus, the Texas Stock Exchange officially launched on Monday as part of a phased roll-out. Holden Wilen, assistant managing editor for Dallas Business Journal, joins us to talk about what we can expect from the new exchange.
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The trial of Johnson County Sheriff Adam King ended in a mistrial yesterday. And a Travis County judge has ruled the state's child welfare agency violated the constitutional rights of a Dallas couple after removing their daughter from their care.
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KERA’s Marina Trahan Martinez takes us to a first-of-its-kind drumming camp near Dallas, where some big-name artists helped pass those traditions to the next generation.
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Amy Bishop with our sister station WRR caught up with Jenni Stewart from Shakespeare Dallas for a preview of this year's productions. Plus, Mary Kay Ash started her namesake skincare company in a tiny Dallas apartment and built it into a global brand. Her story is the subject of a new book called "Selling Opportunity: The Story of Mary Kay," and we're joined today by author Mary Lisa Gavenas.
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A Texas Democrat drawing a large crowd of supporters in the state’s deep red suburbs is unusual, but KERA’s Caroline Love reports, that’s exactly what’s happened in Collin County. Plus, PNC Financial Services Group's quarterly economic report keeps North Texans in loop on job growth, wages, and housing prices. NTX Now's Miranda Suarez and Ron Corning spoke with PNC Chief Economist Gus Faucher about the details.
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A developer is planning a data center at the East Texas reservoir that supplies most of Fort Worth's drinking water. The Fort Worth Report's Nicole Lopez joins us to explain how this could impact the region.
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Dejanae Parkman won the top prize at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' pitch competition for her app Dotted, which helps women track their period and their health. It's also an effort to reduce racial and socioeconomic disparities in health care.
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The Denton Record-Chronicle's John Fields joins us to talk all things World Cup! Plus: Did you know dragonflies are one of the main predators for mosquitoes? An urban wildlife biologist talks about why dragonflies are so cool.
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A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project found that Texas has the highest concentration of proposed natural gas power plants that would only exist to power data centers. KERA's Emmanuel Rivas explains the environmental impacts. Also, the expanded McKinney National Airport will open a new passenger terminal in November - becoming the region's third commercial airport. KERA's Caroline Love has updates and explains how we got here.
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In a new study, UTD psychology professor Jackie Nelson and her team examined what factors made mealtimes with toddlers a little more peaceful.
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A gas pipeline in front of the Oak Cliff apartment building that exploded this spring, killing three people, was not properly marked. That's according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident. Dylan Duke joins us with updates. Also, while tourists stream in to watch World Cup games in North Texas -- they need a place to stay. Local hotels have been bracing for the influx of visitors for a long time, and we wondered how it's going so far.
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Fourth of July firework displays will light up the skies across North Texas this weekend. KERA's morning producer Alexsis Jones and arts reporter Therese Powell have some recommendations for where you can catch those show... but avoid the crowds and traffic. Dallas-area artist Evita Tezeno's collage work can best be described as "paper quilting." Thirty years into her career, the starving artist found her success, gaining recognition outside of Dallas. Ron and Miranda yap about their favorite stories from this week, what they learned, and what we can look forward to in tomorrow's show.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship on his inauguration day in 2025. Yesterday, the U-S Supreme Court threw that order away. But this term, the court also handed significant victories to the Trump administration when it comes to immigration. KERA communities reporter Priscilla Rice and Dallas immigration attorney Eric Cedillo join us to explain the implications of these rulings.
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The small town of Wilmer, in southeast Dallas County, is becoming a hotspot for data centers. City and county leaders say the arrival of two new facilities will ultimately benefit the community, but residents say they need better roads and a grocery store – not more industry. Data centers spreading rapidly across Texas require a significant amount of water and electricity, but state lawmakers say they do not have reliable information about how much water the industry is consuming or how that will impact the state’s water-scarce future. A recent legislative hearing revealed that most data centers surveyed by the state have not provided the required data.
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A wide-ranging interview with the new leader of the Dallas opera, as informed by WRR's Kurt Rongey. Also, we are hitting peak summer season in Texas and it’s easy to forget how vulnerable we — and our four-legged friends — are to the extreme heat. That’s why we called our good friend Yfat Yossifor and her vet, Dr. Matt Murphy, to give us some guidance on how to take care of our fur babies during the summer.
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Survivors of child sex trafficking are supposed to get financial compensation from the people who abused them. But an investigation from the Dallas Morning News found few victims ever get the restitution that could help them rebuild their lives. Kevin Krause joins us to discuss his reporting. June is just about over, with none of the usual Pride celebrations in Arlington. Organizers cancelled the event in December, saying it would stay cancelled until the city council brought back antidiscrimination rules that protected LGBTQ residents.
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