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Last two victims of Sutherland Springs church shooting identified
The final two unnamed victims of the Sutherland Springs church shooting have been identified by family members.
Keith Braden, a 62-year-old veteran who recently beat cancer, was killed on Sunday during the rampage, his brother Bruce confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. Bruce Braden described Keith as "a good father, good grandfather, good brother."
Peggy Warden was also killed Sunday in the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. A family member confirmed her death but withheld any further comment before speaking with Warden's brother, Jimmie Stevens, who talked about Warden with a local television station.
And: Survivors of Texas' Luby's massacre are grieving anew over Sutherland Springs.
Commentary: Texas must assemble a commission on legislation to end gun violence, writes Republican state Rep. Jason Villalba in an open letter to his fellow Texans.
Thousands of Chase workers are making the big move to new Plano campus
The first 2,000 workers have moved into JPMorgan Chase's huge new campus in Plano.
The more than $300 million, 1 million-square-foot office campus is part of the $3 billion Legacy West development at State Highway 121 and the Dallas North Tollway.
"On May 3 of last year we had the gold shovels for the ground breaking - this was all just dirt," said Don Perez, executive director in Chase's global real estate division. "Sixteen months later we are moving the first people in."Perez said the campus is configured for a maximum of 6,500 workers spread between three big office buildings that are nearing completion.
And: Is Trump's Justice Department really going to kill the AT&T-Time Warner merger?
Also: Amazon Key started opening doors in Dallas on Wednesday.
Millions of Texans would see tax cut under House GOP plan, but many also would not
Millions of Texans would see tax cuts under the sweeping revamp that House Republicans are pitching as long overdue relief for middle-income taxpayers.
Dallas retiree Vicki Carusi is likely not one of them.
The 63-year-old, who relies upon a pension and savings, has multiple sclerosis. She’s long been able to write off the many thousands of dollars she incurs each year in qualified medical expenses. But the GOP plan would eliminate that break. And so even though Carusi would pay a lower tax rate, she can’t see how the math would work in her favor.
“I don’t think it will,” she said.
Republicans are now grappling with the real faces that Carusi and millions of others put on the reality that any major tax overhaul produces winners and losers.
Commentary: PresidentTrump's tax plan taunts the dignity of labor.
Photo of the day
Jim Mills hits a forehand during a game of pickleball at the Ridgewood-Belcher Recreation Center in Dallas.
Just a few years ago, pickleball was a quirky word that few Dallasites knew. Now a quick stroll through area recreation centers tells a different story.
Pickleball enthusiasts, with their oversize paddles and whiffle-type balls, are filling courts so quickly that area rec centers are scrambling to keep up with the demand.
"It's amazing the excitement behind pickleball," says Daryl Quarles, division manager with Dallas Park and Recreation.
Around the site
Plano: Police are investigating the 'suspicious' death of a man found in his garage.
Flashback: The 'Lipstick Murder' was a Dallas true-crime mystery in 1980.
'Execution-style' slayings: A Texas man is accused of killing his 1-year-old daughter and her mother.
Watch: A robber handed out pastries to customers at a Texas doughnut shop.
Editorial: Dallas voters wisely back investing in the city and reject a wasteful countywide bus service.
Concert review: Jay-Z in Dallas: Consider his 4:44 tour tour a victory lap.
Expecto Patronum! A 'Harry Potter' game from the makers of 'Pokemon Go' is coming soon.
Finally,
Columnist Robert Wilonsky says a vote Wednesday morning by the Dallas City Council regarding an animal cruelty issue was long overdue.
It could have -- should have -- been so much easier, done without the months-long delay or the whiff of rancor and discord that permeated recent meetings at Dallas City Hall. Because amid the debate, the most acrimonious of which took place on petitions and in meetings held out of the public's view, there was just one obvious, inevitable outcome: outlawing the tethering of dogs in the city limits.
That, finally, is just what the Dallas City Council voted to do Wednesday morning -- without any discussion. It was the right thing to do, because it was the only thing to do.
And so, beginning Feb. 1, you will no longer be allowed to tie up a dog in the yard and leave it there. Because doing so is inhumane, cruel. Because doing so makes good dogs mean. Because doing so puts people at risk.
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