Lone Star Dispatch

Cole Escola’s touching insight about dementia has people moved to tears

May 8, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

Cole Escola's touching insight about dementia has people moved to tears--- How many people can say they were a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for a comedy they wrote? What if the comedy was a re-imagining Mary Todd Lincoln as [...]

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Suspect in Houston-area real estate agent’s Downtown Dallas killing denied bond reduction

May 8, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

Suspect in Houston-area real estate agent's Downtown Dallas killing denied bond reduction--- A man accused of shooting and killing a Houston-area real estate agent after a man she was with "brushed his hand" on a Mercedes was in court [...]

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Cowboys rookie Jaydon Blue among Day 3 picks poised to compete for starting role

May 8, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

Cowboys rookie Jaydon Blue among Day 3 picks poised to compete for starting role--- Cowboys rookie Jaydon Blue among Day 3 picks poised to compete for starting roleBlue had a standout college career at Texas.Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Jaydon [...]

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Man caught on camera stealing cigarettes, overpowering clerk at Houston store

May 8, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Man caught on camera stealing cigarettes, overpowering clerk at Houston store--- Houston police are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store twice in a matter of minutes on New Year’s Day. On January 1, 2025, around 7:15 a.m., a [...]

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‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff Following Kayce Dutton In the Works At CBS

May 8, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

'Yellowstone' Spinoff Following Kayce Dutton In the Works At CBS --- "Yellowstone" has another spinoff series coming down the pipeline — and soon. CBS announced May 7 that it has ordered a new series set in the world of Taylor Sheridan's "Yellowstone," [...]

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Texas man convicted of federal threat to lynch Nashville district attorney

May 8, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Texas man convicted of federal threat to lynch Nashville district attorney --- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KXXV) — A federal jury on Wednesday convicted David Aaron Bloyed, 60, of Frost, Texas, on one count of communicating a threat in interstate commerce to lynch [...]

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REAL ID requirement deadline for flights arrives after 20 years

May 7, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

REAL ID requirement deadline for flights arrives after 20 years--- May 6 (UPI) — Nearly 20 years after the passage of the REAL ID Act, the deadline to update to a compliant identification card arrives on Wednesday. About 81% of U.S. [...]

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Explosions and fire on the contested India-Pakistan border

May 7, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

Explosions and fire on the contested India-Pakistan border--- At dawn Wednesday on the contested border between India and Pakistan, in the usually sleepy Indian-run town of Poonch, a thumping explosion ripped the air as an artillery shell smashed into a [...]

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Heavy rain brings flash flood risk to Gulf Coast as storms target Texas again

May 7, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Heavy rain brings flash flood risk to Gulf Coast as storms target Texas again--- As the threat of severe thunderstorms and potential tornadoes lingers over parts of the Great Plains and Louisiana on May 7, forecasters warned that excessive rainfall [...]

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Raging Cartel Violence Forces Mexican Universities to Close Doors

May 7, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

Raging Cartel Violence Forces Mexican Universities to Close Doors --- Universities in western Mexico were forced to close their doors due to the raging cartel violence in Sinaloa, which led to hundreds of murders, hundreds of forced disappearances, arson attacks, and [...]

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