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Kings of the court
Kimball head basketball coach Nicke Smith (above, center left) hugged his brother, Madison head coach Gerald Smith, as their mother, Louise Smith, looked on after Madison’s victory over Orangefield in the Class 3A Division I boys basketball state...
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Attacks will continue
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s secretive new supreme leader vowed Thursday to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel. It was his...
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Getting ready for race day
The inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington takes place Friday through Sunday in the Entertainment District. The Arlington Police Department announced road closures and traffic changes occurring on city streets to accommodate. Road closures...
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Urban League returns
A decade after shutting down, the Urban League is back in the Dallas area with a new name, stronger alliances and renewed fight for economic and social justice. More than 500 organizers, politicians and business leaders gathered at Gilley’s Dallas to...
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Party plans unveiled
For more than a month, Fair Park in South Dallas will welcome thousands of soccer fans for the official FIFA Fan Festival Dallas. On Monday, the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee revealed plans for Dallas’ Fan Festival, a daily party where soccer...
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Company aims to help agriculture tap water
FORT WORTH — While more industries incorporate artificial intelligence and new technologies into their daily tasks, a local company is trying to get agriculture producers on board. Ranchbot, an Australian company that expanded to the U.S. a handful of...
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Kickoff time for Dallas, MLS
FRISCO — By the time DJ “G” cued up Lionel Richie’s All Night Long on a recent Friday night, the 24-hour party next to Toyota Stadium was already in full throttle: Dozens of fans feasted on 100 pizzas that FC Dallas supplied; two brave souls planned...
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A struggle to survive
For more than half a century, the Stoneleigh P has been a watering hole for anyone in Dallas looking for a beer, a burger or a good time. It survived economic downturns, a devastating fire, the COVID-19 pandemic and an involuntary relocation, but the...
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Council strikes compromise
A deeply divided Dallas City Council is hedging its bets on City Hall, exploring relocation while also ordering plans to repair the aging building. After hours of scrutiny, debate and amendments, the council voted 9-6 to approve a compromise...
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‘Mass confusion’ for primaries
It’s Tuesday — election day in Dallas County — and an hour has passed since polls opened for a pivotal set of primaries. At Fretz Park Library on the north side of the city, roughly 90 voters have come and gone. Yet, if the poll workers had to guess,...
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Candidates await results
Parties watch closely ahead of midterms WASHINGTON — Texas’ bitter, big-money Senate primary left Republicans fractured Tuesday night as Democrats fought for an edge, all in a showdown that could help decide control of Congress. Sen. John Cornyn was...
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Conflict in the Mideast widens
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in a campaign that President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back against Israel, Gulf states and targets critical to the...
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Five candidates, one seat
Why me? Five candidates. Millions in TV ads. Months of rallies, block-walking and selfies across a sprawling state. On the eve of Texas’ primary Tuesday, the U.S. Senate contenders are making their final appeals to voters after a bruising campaign...
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Trump: Supreme leader dead
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, confirming an assassination that he said gave Iranians their “greatest...
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‘This Is For’ Dallas
Decked out in hot pink sweats and a fluffy gray jacket, Preston Salomon hopped, stomped and twirled in near lockstep with 40 other dancers as “This Is For” by K-pop girl group Twice burst from a nearby loudspeaker. Outside American Airlines Center on...
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Honoring a voice for justice
CHICAGO — A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as crosscountry memorial services began in the city the late civil rights leader called home. The protégé of the Rev....
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To sell or to stay?
It was a customer who suggested Richardson restaurateur Ararin “Irean” Wongchingchai go to the hospital last fall. Wongchingchai was unable to walk. She felt dizzy. Maybe something was wrong with her eyes or her ears, she told doctors. Over three...
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Fresh start for green sanctuary
Amaris Alanis Ribeiro, recently named the new director of the Trinity River Audubon Center, describes herself as an environmental changemaker. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, she said her upbringing, experience running a nature center in...
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Chaos in Mexico
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — At least 73 people died in Mexico’s attempt to capture the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the violent aftermath of his death, authorities said Monday as much of the country feared another wave of...
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How did Texans fare?
STAFF REPORTS The 2026 Winter Olympics are over. Below you’ll find competition results for every athlete from Texas or with notable Texas connections: Amber Glenn Hometown: Plano Event: Figure skating (women’s singles, team event) Nation: United...
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Battleground Frisco
FRISCO — For months, the attacks seeped onto social media, often framed as questions. Why do they not assimilate? Where do they work to afford their luxury homes? Is our town becoming an ethnic enclave? The tensions festering on platforms like Reddit...
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‘Expand it, not abandon it’
The bustle on a Monday morning at a downtown Dallas Area Rapid Transit station is full of screeching trains, long stares from windows and corporate suits in headphones, scrolling their phones as they wait for their line. The train seats both young and...
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Banned interview goes viral
AUSTIN – What didn’t air on CBS may be doing more for James Talarico than if it had. Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with the Texan in the Democrat primary for U.S. Senate was blocked Monday, and Talarico turned the dustup into a...
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Paxton investigates three districts
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Dallas ISD and two other school districts where students walked out of class this month to protest federal immigration policy. In a news release issued Monday, Paxton alleges that officials in Dallas,...
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New life for Mill City church
Lotis Charles Qualls, 63, looked upon the remodeled brick building that used to be a church in southeast Dallas’ Mill City neighborhood with a smile of nostalgia. Fresh white paint coated the bricks of what was once a small red-brick church where...
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Unifying through art
On a bitter cold morning, Theo Ponchaveli outlines lettering on the side of a building with a positive message: “Sunny South Dallas.” Not far from the wall, a brass band starts to play. The esteemed artist maps out his design with black, white, yellow...
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Love is in the air
Justice of the Peace Paul Raleeh is bracing for a Valentine’s Day surge, lining up back-to-back ceremonies as couples across Collin County skip the frills and seal the deal. He has 14 weddings booked between Friday and Saturday alone, more than he...
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Final steps of a long journey
Agroup of Buddhist monks, a day after completing a 108-day Walk for Peace from Fort Worth to Washington, walked to Capitol Hill on Wednesday before heading to the Lincoln Memorial to conclude their journey. A bus will bring the group back to Texas...
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Surprise! Spring training is upon us
Texas Rangers pitchers stretched during a spring training workout at the team’s training facility on Tuesday, in Surprise, Ariz. Rangers’ manager Skip Schumaker built rapport among the team by taking a step back allowing new pitching coach Jordan Tiegs...
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What we dug out from the winter storm
The 2026 winter storm kept North Texans stuck at home for days, but it also provided the annual dose of snow fun. Even with a broken record or two, some elements weren’t as severe as originally forecast. Other parts of the country, including...
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Seahawks supreme at Super Bowl LX
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold (from left), running back Kenneth Walker III and head coach Mike Macdonald hold the Lombardi Trophy after the Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX on Sunday. Walker earned MVP honors...
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A big deal for small, nontraditional schools
Between chuckles and jokes, two middle schoolers hovered over a pan heating on an electric stove. An egg, dropped in a slop of melting butter, was crisping up from a cloudy white into a golden brown. “Why is the yolk not holding? It’s a puddle,” Suraj...
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Winter Games kick off in Milan
UAlexander Nemenov/agence France-presse SA’S flag bearer Erin Jackson, a speed skater, (right) and fellow athletes paraded in during the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the San Siro stadium in Milan, northern Italy,...
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‘This is my comeback story’
Brand-new Dallas restaurant Night Rooster is a sexy place where friends can dine on dumplings and fried rice made by two-time Top Chef finalist Shirley Chung. What this pretty room doesn’t divulge is how hard it was for Chung to get here. A prolific...
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‘A betrayal’
Heather Fletes first met Rafael Alambarrio salsa dancing in Klyde Warren Park. It was March 2024, and Heather’s love of dancing and time practicing salsa on a study abroad trip to Mexico brought the bilingual Mckinney elementary schoolteacher to the...
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Dozens zip-tied in police sweep
Under an overpass near where Interstate 30 and Central Expressway knit into a gray ceiling, Julie Hand had carved out what felt like a home. Until last month’s icy weather, the former caregiver and housekeeper had more than most: a mattress with fresh...
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Kicking calories is goooooal
Inside the TOCA Soccer Center at The Colony, men in blue, green and black jerseys are lining up for a pregame weigh-in. “You gained two pounds,” coach Anthony Williams, 49, tells the first man who steps on the digital scale. Williams, a nutritionist...
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Senior pastor delivers final sermon
HIGHLAND PARK — The Rev. Paul Rasmussen approached the pulpit Sunday morning and gazed across the packed pews of his congregation. How many times had he stood here before, in the same spot, Sunday after Sunday, presiding over weddings, funerals? It...
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Storm wallops workers unable to earn during trying week
Over the next two weeks, Andrea Paz will have to use her imagination to make the most of the food she has in her pantry so she doesn’t have to buy anything at the supermarket. It’s not because she doesn’t want to, but she lost four days of work due to...
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Church searches for solace
CEDAR HILL — Tyshawn Miles trudged across the ice-slicked parking lot of Kingdom Culture Worship Centre to push open the heavy front door. Glancing around the lobby, Miles felt relieved. The church sounded quiet, no pipes had burst. It was Tuesday,...
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Budget bill close, but DHS a thorn
President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats said Thursday that they struck an agreement to fund most of the federal government less than 30 hours before spending is set to lapse. Senate Democrats said Republicans had agreed to their demand to break...
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Teen’s spirit remembered
Dallas-fort Worth is on the other side of the winter storm, but for many North Texans, it didn’t feel like it on Wednesday with schools closed again and icy roads keeping residents stuck at home. Road conditions were still far from ideal for commutes...
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‘You may like it. You may love it.’
Staff Writers As planes deboarded at Dallas Love Field on Tuesday, people streamed into the baggage claim area as some of the first to have flown Southwest Airlines in an assigned seat. Dallas resident Kay Youngblood left for a business trip to...
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Region left frozen in place
Wakeland High School officials have confirmed that a sophomore killed Sunday during a sledding accident in Frisco was 16-yearold Elizabeth Angle. Elizabeth died after the sled she and another 16-year-old girl were on collided with a tree shortly...
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City navigates winter storm
It was lunchtime when the phone rang again at Life’s Good Bar & Grill in East Dallas. “Yes, we’re open, come in,” owner Calvin Collins told the caller. On Sunday, the winter storm brought a hush to this pocket of the city, with few cars heading up...
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Mother Nature: Wait for it …
A sprawling winter storm inched across North Texas on Saturday, dumping a thin layer of ice and snow and plunging wind chills into single digits. Across the region, many woke to sleet-blanketed roofs and streets. Hundreds of flights at DFW...
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‘He was a beautiful soul’
They stood in silence in the cold rain, circling the spot where their teammate had lain the day before. Some bowed their heads. Some wiped their eyes. Others draped their arms around shoulders to offer comfort. One boy held a box of tissues. Wornan...
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‘I still miss my daddy’
In a historic and deeply emotional move, Dallas County officials voted Wednesday to symbolically exonerate a man executed nearly 70 years ago for a crime he could not have committed. Tommy Lee Walker, a 19-yearold Black man and new father, was...
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ERCOT on weather alert
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is monitoring the weather conditions ahead of an arctic cold front that is expected to bring a mix of wintry precipitation to Dallasfort Worth late this week. ERCOT — which operates the power grid for most of...
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Women’s wages sink in rising economy
Over the past decade, even as the Dallas-fort Worth economy has grown over 75% and median incomes rose nearly 60%, the gender wage gap has persisted and even worsened, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of census data. D-FW had the widest gap...
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Soccer fans call foul as ticket prices soar
Adyed-in-the-wool soccer fan, Royse City’s Dennis McGowan — an FC Dallas season-ticket holder and vice president of one of the team’s fan clubs — took solace in successfully navigating FIFA’s World Cup ticketing process. He and a friend entered as...
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‘Keep dreaming, keep working’
Dallas fourth grader Blen Teklu acknowledges that hate, hurt and division exist in the world. Even during tough times, she proclaimed, people must solve “problems with love, not hate.” The Preston Hollow Elementary student performed an electrifying...
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Area new home sales tumbled in 2025
Dallas-fort Worth home builders dealt with persistently weak housing demand in 2025 compared with the recent highs of the POSTCOVID boom. Weak job growth and an oversupply of finished, vacant homes contributed to issues for builders last year. Early...
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Minnesota, Twin Cities file suit
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and protests across...
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Most arrested here in ’25 had no criminal convictions
On the day that Brian Ernesto Villalta-Ramos had a scheduled appointment at the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in October, family members told him to skip the appointment to eliminate the risk of being arrested. He refused. He had...
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State faults FBI handling
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota authorities said Thursday that the FBI was taking over the investigation into an immigration officer’s deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, freezing them out of the inquiry and blocking them from accessing evidence. A...
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The call of the mild
Having been toasted itself last week, the new year has apparently decided to return the favor, toasting Dallas residents with unseasonably warm weather. Shreya Patnaik (left) and her friend Anna Ivashchenko (with her Guinea pig named Ginger) took a...
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AT&T’S shift to Plano leaves Dallas in limbo
After spending months scouring North Texas for office space, telecommunications giant AT&T said it will build its new global headquarters in Plano, leaving questions about the future of its massive real estate holdings in downtown Dallas. The move was...
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U.S. to have limited role
Texas Republicans and Democrats running for the U.S. Senate have split sharply over President Donald Trump’s military operation against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, an early flashpoint over foreign policy and presidential authority. The GOP...
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Program taps into vital lifeline
Strapped to a stretcher in the back of an ambulance, the shooting victim moaned, then screamed. Blood splattered across the person’s cheeks and neck, seeped through the gauze looped around a leg and dripped onto the floor. A group of first responders...
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Shot by a stranger, woman rebuilds
On a warm Wednesday afternoon in November, Kyra Stubbs walks out of the Walmart in northeast Dallas after about 30 minutes of shopping. She is giddy. She is wearing her favorite light blue jeans. She feels beautiful. She even steals a couple of glances...
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A bright but subdued end to 2025
Fireworks exploded over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok on Thursday. Fireworks lit up the skies in the Middle East and parts of Europe and Africa. Russians celebrated in snowy Moscow, Dubai had a light show, and temple...
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Foes team up to fight hunger
When the Ohio State University’s Buckeyes face off against the University of Miami Hurricanes tonight, 80,000 students, alumni and fans will pack AT&T Stadium to cheer stridently for their teams. But on Tuesday morning in an airy warehouse at the...
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After fleeing war, a new battle
On a blustery December Saturday morning by a strip mall in Garland, families, seniors, local leaders and veterans packed into an event hall belonging to a Vietnamese American community center to honor the Yellow Flag, a symbol of democracy and freedom...
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‘We have a right to be on the road’
FRISCO — Before 8 a.m. on Christmas Eve, hundreds of runners congregated in the parking lot of Frisco Running Company wearing Santa hats with their neon-colored running shoes. The annual Santa Run, typically organized by Kelli Kocher, a local real...
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Dallas stays warm to solar
The city of Dallas has been gradually installing solar panels on its buildings, but changes in federal renewable energy policies and tariffs might slow its momentum, officials say. In line with Dallas’ goal of using and generating renewable energy,...
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Pope asks world to pay attention
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as the people in Gaza, those who are impoverished, such as in Yemen, and the...
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Prisoners share holiday presence
The last time Karley Alejo spent Christmas with her dad was when she was 3 years old. Now 16, Alejo walked into the gym at the Sanders Estes Unit, trying to make eye contact with her father, Julian Alejo, who was wearing a white inmate uniform and a...
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Ho! Ho! Holy cow, it’s warm!
days before Christmas, the usually solid skating rink in Main Street Garden Park pooled with puddles of melting ice. A few brave souls skated — or rather, splashed — around a behemoth green Christmas tree, decorated with scores of silver ornaments in...
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Help at the speed of flight
ARLINGTON — When the 911 call warned of a man with a gun, the first arrival was not an officer in a patrol car. On the roof of Arlington’s Police Department, a box that blended in with the building’s mechanical clutter stirred to life. It released a...
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Closing with a clunker
Cowboys backup quarterback Joe Milton III lost the ball on a hit by Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. late in the fourth quarter of Dallas’ 34-17 loss Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. A day after being eliminated from the playoff chase,...
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DISD maps billions in bond cash
Dallas ISD presented more details Thursday for the school district’s next bond package, a multibillion-dollar plan to bolster campuses and classrooms across the 240-school system. Officials outlined two bond options, funding $4.9 billion to $6.25...
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Past segregation to graduation
She wanted to go to the school on the corner. The one just steps from her South Dallas home, so close she could hear the bell ring. The one with high ceilings and new textbooks that only welcomed white students. The one the Supreme Court said Black...
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