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Court: New Texas Districts May Be Discriminatory
AUSTIN (AP) – There are “genuine issues” of whether Texas Republicans in the Legislature intentionally discriminated against Hispanics in redrawing the state’s political maps, three federal court...
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Government Sues AT&T Over Internet Calls
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has sued to recover millions of dollars from AT&T Corp., alleging the company improperly billed the government for services that are designed for use by the...
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Closing Arguments Set For Voter ID Trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing arguments are set to begin a trial that will determine the fate of Texas’ controversial voter ID law. Lawyers for Texas, the Justice Department and intervening groups...
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Feds: 2 Plead Guilty In Military Recruiting Scheme
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors say two former U.S. military members from Texas have been sentenced for their roles in an alleged scheme among several soldiers that rolled up $244,000 in...
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Texas Inmate Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal prison inmate in Texas has pleaded guilty to a hate crime charge after admitting that he beat another prisoner he thought was gay. The Justice Department says 27-year-old...
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Hispanic Group, NAACP Join Texas Voter ID Lawsuit
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas NAACP filed a lawsuit Tuesday to overturn the state’s Voter ID law, joining the Justice Department in fighting the law....
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American & US Air Employees Rally On Capitol Hill
Hundreds of American Airlines employees rally in Washington D.C. to support the proposed merger with U.S. Airways. (credit: CBS 11 News/Jack Fink) WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Chanting, “Let us compete...
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American, US Airways Aim To Settle Merger Lawsuit
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Two people familiar with the discussions say Fort Worth-based American Airlines and US Airways will propose giving up some takeoff and landing rights at Washington’s Reagan...
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Justice Department Settles Lawsuit, Clears Way For AA-US Airways Merger
NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – After months of legal turbulence, it will soon be smooth flying for American Airlines and US Airways. The U.S. Justice Department has settled its lawsuit, clearing the way...
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Political Turbulence Over Future Of 2 Gates At Dallas Love Field
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – The stakes are high and seem to be increasing in the battle over two gates at Dallas Love Field Airport. On Monday, top executives from three airlines attended the City Council’s...
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Decision Expected Friday On Gates At Love Field Airport
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – For travelers at Dallas Love Field, a lot is at stake: Competition and the airfares you pay. Why else would the CEO’s of both Southwest Airlines and Virgin America attend...
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Dallas Prepares Virgin America Approval For Love Field Gates
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – CBS 11 News has learned new information about on the gate debate at Dallas Love Field Airport. A source has confirmed that Dallas city manager A.C. Gonzalez is in the process of...
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How Virgin America & Southwest Airlines Battled For Love Field Gates
DALLAS, Texas (CBS 11 NEWS) – Virgin America created a public relations stir two weeks ago, when it landed at Dallas Love Field to announce new flights on Southwest Airlines’ home turf. But for months...
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Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Voter ID Law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Texas’ tough voter ID law for the November election, which the U.S. Justice Department had condemned as the state’s latest means of...
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Feds Ask Judge To Lift Hold On Obama’s Immigration Action
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter The U.S. government asked a federal judge Monday to lift his temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s action to shield millions of immigrants from deportation....
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Judge Orders Hearing On Allegations In Immigration Lawsuit
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BROWNSVILLE (AP) — The judge who blocked President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration has ordered the Justice Department to answer allegations that the...
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Fort Worth Among Cities Chosen For Project On Curbing Racial Bias
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Fort Worth is in a group of six U.S. cities that will participate in a federal pilot program aimed at reducing racial bias and...
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Judge: Sanctions Possible In Obama Immigration Court Case
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BROWNSVILLE (AP) — A federal judge who has blocked President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action suggested on Thursday that he could order sanctions...
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Feds Appeal Texas Judge’s Rule Change Blocking Gay-Couple’s Medical Benefits
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department is appealing a federal judge in Texas’ temporarily blocking federal rules that would have expanded medical leave benefits...
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Travelers File Suit Vs. Two N. Texas Airlines Over High Airfares
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBS11) – Some travelers say they’re fed up with high airfares, and are striking back at the nation’s four biggest airlines. Ken Nelson is one of four...
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Elderly Texas Man Sentenced To 20 Years After Child Porn Conviction
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A 76-year-old Mesquite man has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison, after pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child...
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Microsoft Suit Is Latest Tech Clash With U.S. Over Privacy
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As we live more of our lives online, the companies we trust with our digital secrets are increasingly clashing with authorities who want...
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Halliburton, Baker Hughes Abandon $34B Merger
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department says two companies crucial to the business of U.S. energy exploration have abandoned their planned $34 billion merger. The...
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Reports Shows Drop In Overall Crime At U.S. Schools
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) – The latest government snapshot of school crime paints a picture of safer schools, with declines in violent crime, bullying and harassment because...
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N.C. Governor: Transgender Bathroom Use “Now A National Issue”
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter RALEIGH, N.C. (CBSDFW.COM/CBS) – Officials in North Carolina filed a lawsuit Monday against the Department of Justice over the feds’ demand that the state not...
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US Appeals Court Revisits Texas Voter ID Law
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW ORLEANS (AP)– A federal appeals court is preparing to take a second look at a Texas voter ID law. Texas’ law requires residents to show one of seven forms of...
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Feds Arrest Several Involved In Call Center Scam Based In India
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (CBSDFW/AP) – It can be a frightening call to get. Callers posing as tax and immigration agents are threatening arrest, deportation or other punishment...
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FBI Investigating Threats To Jewish Centers
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter Federal authorities say they’re investigating threats to Jewish centers nationwide. A brief FBI statement Wednesday says it and the Justice Department’s civil-rights...
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FBI Director Comey To Address South By Southwest Festival
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — South By Southwest says FBI director James Comey will address the portion of its festival focusing on interactive technology. Comey will be a...
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Texas, Trump Administration Seek To Delay Voter ID Hearing
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department joined Texas’ attorney general Wednesday in asking a federal court to delay a hearing on the state’s voter ID law,...
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AP Sources: Justice Department Will Not Charge Baton Rouge Officers
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to charge two white Baton Rouge police officers in the death of a black man whose fatal...
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Lawyers: Trump Administration May Back Texas Immigration Law
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Attorneys trying to halt a Texas law that would crackdown on “sanctuary cities” say the U.S. Justice Department has asked to weigh in on the case. Luis Vera is a lawyer with the...
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Texas City Among 12 To Receive Federal Aid To Fight Crime
BETHESDA, Maryland (AP) — The Justice Department says it will offer its resources to help 12 U.S. cities fight violent crime. The department said Tuesday it will help local authorities study crime...
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Qatar Airways Seeks 10-Percent Stake In American Airlines
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Qatar Airways is attempting to buy a 10 percent stake in Fort Worth-based American Airlines, triggering U.S. antitrust oversight over deals of such size. American said in a...
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Qatar Airways Dropping Plan To Invest In American Airlines
NEW YORK (AP) – Qatar Airways says it’s dropping an attempt to buy a big stake in American Airlines, an audacious move that received a chilly reception from the Fort Worth-based carrier. Qatar Airways...
View ArticleFederal Pot Policy Change Sparks Confusion, Crackdown Fears
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The buzz kill long dreaded in the marijuana industry came just days after California opened what is expected to be the world’s largest legal pot market. The Trump administration...
View ArticleDisney Wins Antitrust Approval To Purchase Most Of Fox
WASHINGTON (CNN Money) – The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to a settlement with Disney that will allow it to purchase most of 21st Century Fox’s assets. As part of the settlement, Disney will have...
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‘Justice’ Is Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Racial justice. Obstruction of justice. Social justice. The Justice Department. Merriam-Webster has chosen “justice” as its 2018 word of the year, driven by the churning news...
View ArticleTexas Man Is First Person To Be Charged Under US Bump Stock Ban
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Texas man is the first person to be charged under a federal ban on bump stocks, devices that allow a semi-automatic firearm to fire rapidly like a machine gun, the...
View ArticleNorth Texas Congressman Colin Allred Says Justice Dept. Should Speed Up...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – One year after the violent attacks at the U.S. Capitol, Democratic North Texas Congressman Colin Allred recounted the tense moments he and his colleagues faced as they suddenly...
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