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From The Newsroom: Dallas Is After Volkswagen; Dancing To Silent Film

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Volkswagen Cross Coupe GTE car at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) earlier this year.

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: The city of Dallas plans to sue German automaker Volkswagen for its car emissions violations. The Dallas Morning News reports city leaders discussed the move during a closed executive session yesterday.

Also, influential Fort Worth lawyer Dee Kelly was laid to rest yesterday. He died last week at the age of 86.

The Texas Rangers will face the Toronto Blue Jays in their first playoff game today.

Finally, this year’s VideoFest will open with a silent film accompanied by a live score and choreography. Our Big Screen team talks to the choreographer about using dance to tell the story of Metropolis.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.