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Gay Youth Now Allowed In Boy Scouts - But Gay Adults Still On The Sideline

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Credit Lauren Silverman

Boys Scout Alex Derr has been working years to overturn anti-gay rules in the Boy Scouts. At the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting, Derr says he’s thrilled with the result of

Credit Lauren Silverman

David Metcalf and his son, Sean, 13, are dissapointed that the Boy Scouts of America decided to end the ban on openly gay youth.

Credit Lauren Silverman

Former Scouts Dave Rice, Howard Menzer, and Dave Knapp at the Great Wolf Lodge. All are members of Scouts for Equality.

By Lauren Silverman

The vote has been taken but the controversy isn't over - The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America will lift its long time ban and allow gay boys to join their organization – although the ban on gay adults remains.

5:20 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

Boy Scouts Lift Ban On Gay Members

By Shelley Kofler and Lauren Silverman

The Boy Scouts of America, based in Irving, will lift the organization's ban on openly gay members.

KERA reporter Lauren Silverman says 61 percent of the 1,400 national council members meeting behind closed doors in Grapevine have voted in favor of including gay scouts.

Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts' governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.

The outcome is unlikely to end a bitter debate over the Scouts' membership policy.

4:54 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

No Federal Help For Tornado Victims In Granbury, Cleburne And Ennis

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Relief work of volunteers in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood is critical to the clean up after the EF 4 tornado, May 22.

By BJ Austin

Three North Texas counties hit by tornadoes last week won’t get any federal help to clean up and rebuild.

Southlake Assassination Target Was Father Of Three

By Shelley Kofler

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Southlake Police Chief Steve Mylett ssays he's asking the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Homeland Security for assistance in solving the murder of 43-year old Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa. The Southlake man was gunned down Wednesday night while sitting in his car. The Dallas Morning News says Mylett believes the killing seems like an organized criminal act.

Source: Dallasnews

SOUTHLAKE - The 43-year-old man who was gunned down in an apparent targeted assassination in Southlake Town Square was a married father of three teenagers who is believed to have practiced law in Mexico, the town police chief said today.

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8:44 am

Thu May 23, 2013

CDC Reports Staggering Drop In Hispanic Teen Birth Rate, TX Lags Behind Trend

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The Hispanic teen birth rate has dropped significantly overall, but Texas is one of the states where it still outpaces the white and black birth rates.

By Courtney Collins

Five stories that have North Texas talking: drop in Hispanic teen birth rate doesn’t completely apply to Texas, solar plane glides to a landing early this morning at DFW, the speech JFK never gave will live on in Dallas and more.

12:34 am

Thu May 23, 2013

Pilot Bertrand Piccard Says Solar Impulse Is Vehicle For Change

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Bertrand Piccard joined pilot Andre' Borschberg as he completed the Phoenix-Dallas leg of the trip.

By Shelley Kofler

Update: The Solar Impulse project says all of its scheduled open houses for Saturday at DFW are full. If they add other open houses the information will appear on their website solarimpulse.com

Solar Impulse touched down at DFW International early this morning at 1:08 a.m.

The Phoenix-Dallas flight of more than 800 miles is the longest yet for the aircraft which is on a coast-to-coast trip to raise awareness about the capabilities of renewable energy.