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A neighborhood concert with the Dallas Symphony marked the long-awaited removal of Shingle Mountain in southeast Dallas.
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J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals, showing that the franchise will be aggressive once again in their push to snap a five-year playoff drought.
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The Texas blackout is a reminder that climate-driven extreme weather stresses the U.S.'s power system in many ways. Much is needed to harden the grid for the future as the number of outages increase.
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A century ago, the shipping industry recorded the daily ebb and flow of tides. Now, those records are becoming crucial for forecasting how fast sea levels are rising in a warming climate.
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Brazos Electric Power Cooperative cites a massive bill from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas as the reason for the bankruptcy filing.

This month, KERA is exploring the impact and legacy of Black churches on life in North Texas. Immerse yourself in stories, history and memories from across the region.
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 recently removed from a mostly Black & Latino area of southeast Dallas. Read more about how it affected residents.
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