The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: The Dallas Zoo welcomed five new elephants last month as part of an import from Swaziland. Now, they are ready for their debut, and the import has outraged animal rights activists.
Ethan Couch, the "affluenza" teen, is going to spend nearly two more years in jail. That’s what a judge ordered Wednesday morning in a Tarrant County courtroom.
Other stories this afternoon:
A new report looks at poverty through the lens of race and equal opportunity.The State of Texas Children, which was released Wednesday, shows one-in-four Texas kids live in poverty. For children in black and Latino families? The statistic jumps to one-in-three.
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