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Foley & Lardner MLK Jr. Oratory Competition
The 29th Annual Foley & Lardner Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition, co-presented by Dallas ISD, was held at W.H. Adamson High School Friday.
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Chaos At The U.S. Capitol
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Between the still-raging pandemic and suddenly very real threat of violence, the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Wednesday promises to be one of the most unusual in American history. -
In Brownsville, Texas, two Mexican restaurants are pushing the envelope of what a corn tortilla can envelop, and an award-winning cafe cooks barbacoa the old-fashioned way.
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President-elect Joe Biden has filled out his Cabinet picks ahead of Inauguration Day, and is pushing Congress to confirm his nominees.
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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Americans are encouraged to volunteer and help serve their communities — and North Texans are no exception. Here's a round up of events happening Monday around the area.
More vaccines are making their way to Texas, but not everyone's going to get vaccinated. Here's some of the information you'll need to know about the state's plan to distribute the vaccine.
"Gun Play," a new podcast from KERA and Guns & America, follows a Dallas youth theater company as they create an original play about guns during the deadliest year in U.S. history for school shootings.
Shingle Mountain is a more than 70,000-ton toxic waste dump in a mostly Black & Latino area of southeast Dallas. Read more about how it's affecting residents & the city's plan to remove it.
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