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A Catch-22: Dallas could face legal action if it does — or doesn’t — decriminalize weed

By Devyani Chhetrihttps://www.dallasnews.com/Reprinted – by Texas Metro News Dallas City Council will review an ordinance that sets up police staffing recommendations on Wednesday. Meanwhile,...

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News

Michael Strahan Seemingly Addressed Criticism Of Him Not Putting Hand Over His Heart During National Anthem

By Tomas KassahunBlavityReprinted – by Texas Metro News Michael Strahan is responding to the criticism he’s facing from conservatives for not putting his hand over...

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Local News

SENATOR NATHAN JOHNSON’S FIRST-DAY LEGISLATION: HOUSING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION

AUSTIN, Texas – On the first day of early filing, State Senator Nathan Johnson filed bills to address major needs in a growing state. Johnson refers to all of them as “infrastructure”: physical (housing), social (health and public education), and governmental...

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Health

Snack Sales Are Dropping: Is Weight Loss Medication to Blame

By Black PR WireAfroReprinted – by Texas Metro Newshttps://afro.com/ In recent years, a noticeable shift has occurred in the snack food industry, with declining...

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Business

PRESS ROOM: NAACP launches innovative $200 million fund of funds to transform the venture capital landscape

By Black PR WireAfroReprinted – by Texas Metro News (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON – Recently, during a dealmaking summit for investors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs in...

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Lifestyle

PMA’s ‘The Time is Always Now’ explores complexities of Black life

By Cassandra LopezThe Philadelphia TribuneReprinted – by Texas Metro News The Philadelphia Museum of Art eagerly presents the North American premiere of “The Time...

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Sports

Mississippi Valley State mourns loss of football player killed in automobile crash

By Chris StevensHBCU SportsReprinted – by Texas Metro News Mississippi Valley State took the field against Jackson State today with heavy hearts after the...

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Local News

A LIVING LEGEND OF EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, AND VISION

By Sharon JenkinsAframNews Reprinted – by Texas Metro News” In a world driven by fast-paced technological ad- vancements and ever-changing societal norms, the life...

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Editorial

Our Voices: Remembering African American Veterans with Honor

By Dr. John E. WarrenAframNewsReprinted – By Texas Metro News So, this Veterans Day, all African Americans have a very special and proud history...

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By Kelli Smith https://www.dallasnews.com Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, was fatally shot in Lewisville after a police pursuit on Aug. 29. The man who fatally shot a Dallas police officer in August is suspected of shooting a different person before he killed Darron Burks and wounded two other officers, police officials confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. Forensic testing linked Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, to a shooting that occurred Aug. 29 about 9:20 p.m. at Kiest Park in the 3000 block of South Hampton Road, police spokesperson Corbin Rubinson confirmed. Forty minutes later, Cobb-Bey fatally shot Burks about four miles away as the officer sat in his squad car outside the For Oak Cliff community center. The person shot at Kiest Park survived the attack, Rubinson said, adding Cobb-Bey is the only suspect in that case so it’s now considered closed. The motive is unknown and there was no known link between the person and Cobb-Bey, Rubinson said. The other circumstances of the crime were not immediately clear. The new details are the first to be released about Cobb-Bey’s alleged actions in the hours leading up to the brazen killing of Burks, a 46-year-old former schoolteacher who’d recently graduated from the police academy. Former Dallas police Chief Eddie García has said the killing of Burks was a premeditated execution. It was not immediately clear if the suspected motive has changed during the course of the police investigation. Burks parked his patrol car about 10 p.m. in the 900 block of East Ledbetter Drive when Cobb-Bey approached the driver’s side window, raised a handgun and fired. A police dispatcher noticed an unusual transmission from Burks’ radio and alerted other officers. Dallas police Sr. Cpls. Jamie Farmer and Karissa David responded to check on Burks and also were shot. Other officers then chased Cobb-Bey to Lewisville and fatally shot him. Farmer was treated and released from a hospital shortly after the shooting. David was hospitalized for weeks and is blind in both eyes from the shooting, officials have said.

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Man who killed Dallas PD Officer Darron Burks is suspected in another shooting, police say

By Kelli SmithReprinted – by Texas Metro Newshttps://www.dallasnews.com Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, was fatally shot in Lewisville after a police pursuit on Aug. 29.The man...

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