Jamie Landers
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Bearer of bad & breaking news @dallasnews. Covering the human toll of violent crime. Tell me your loved one’s story: [email protected]
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Joined May 2013
In January, we @dallasnews set out to write about every homicide victim in Dallas for an entire year. We have already lost more than 120 people, people whose lives were rich, complex, and no matter their age, cut far too short. These are their stories.
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Services for the 21 killed in the Uvalde school shooting start today. The first is for Amerie Jo Garza, one of the students who called 911 — with a cellphone she got only weeks ago for her 10th birthday.
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Also devastated to report Irma Garcia’s husband, Joe, has died of a heart attack two days after the Uvalde school shooting killed his wife, another teacher and 19 children. They were high school sweethearts. They leave behind four children.
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The visitation hours for 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez will also begin today. Her mother, Ana, said Maite was empathetic, a sweet soul and her very best friend. She loved learning about animals and the ocean, and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist.
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.@Cleavon_MD has been fired for his viral social media posts about the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona. I am honored Dr. Gilman chose to break this story with me and @azcentral. Read here:
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Only 3% of foster youth ever graduate from college. Today, I am one — and from the best journalism school in the nation (non-negotiable), at that. We’re breaking cycles, starting with this one. The future is uncertain, but I’m confident it’s bright. #CronkiteGrad
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why is putting a story together 10% reporting/writing and 90% trying to convince yourself you can even do it
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Today in Arizona we have a guillotine at the Capitol, a health director who is refusing to answer any questions, more than two-thirds of the vaccine doses undistributed, hospitals at 93% capacity and more new COVID cases than anywhere in the world. Yeah, I think that’s it.
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🧵The day before @Cleavon_MD told @azcentral he was silenced by Yuma Regional, @CorriganWright, an ICU nurse at the hospital, resigned. Wright cited mistreatment and negligence from the hospital’s administration as her reasoning for leaving. My latest:
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Ivan Cantu was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. He used his final statement to say he did not kill Amy and James, adding he does not believe his execution will bring the families any closure or peace. @dallasnews
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"I can't be quiet while more than 2,000 people are dying everyday. What kind of doctor would I be? What kind of public servant would I be? I can't live with the silence they are asking from me.".
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A man who witnessed the shooting told me it was “chaos” as he, along with employees from various stores, grabbed clothes to help pack wounds — including one of a young boy he said was struck in the neck. Stay with us for continuing coverage @dallasnews: .
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Looks like I’m ready: I’ll be joining @dallasnews as a breaking news reporter early next month. Needless to say, I am thrilled to be a part of this incredible newsroom & back on the beat I love. 📍See ya soon, TX!.
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The FBI just finished searching a Little Elm house where Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group, was arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Reporting for @dallasnews:
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BREAKING: Two monkeys are now missing from the Dallas Zoo, and after an hours-long search, police believe they have been stolen. Latest @dallasnews:
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Now confirmed by police: “A male hostage was released uninjured. This man will be reunited with his family as soon as possible and he does not require medical attention. FBI Crisis Negotiators continue contact with the subject. Updates will be provided as they become available.”.
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As I was covering it, Calvin C. Goode’s virtual service was just hacked by people screaming the N-word. We have to do better than this. Unbelievable.
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There is not one sentence I can string together to express the devastation consuming this community. I am just so sorry. A GoFundMe for Irma was set up by her nephew. You can donate here:
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Two officers fist-bumped each other and another stopped to get hand sanitizer while 19 children and two teachers begged for help and bled to death for over an hour. That’s an actual thing I just watched unfold.
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Jake Angeli is a well-known QAnon supporter in Arizona. He said BLM and Antifa are “mobs,” but who is out today are “American patriots.”
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🧵Arizona seniors are giving up on getting the vaccine. Here’s why:. A man, 85, cried on the phone to me because he doesn’t have internet and feels “left behind.” . Another said she tries everyday, but can’t get through to anyone. Story:
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BREAKING: Shortly after 5 p.m., authorities were seen bringing a man wearing a robe and a black yarmulke out of Beth Israel. Working to get more information.
I’m in Colleyville where police are currently involved in a SWAT standoff at a synagogue. Police haven’t been able to make it inside, so we don’t know how many people are involved or if the suspect is armed. Reporting for @dallasnews:
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Just told to hit the ground. Either a bomb or shots fired just now. Trying our best to get information.
BREAKING: Shortly after 5 p.m., authorities were seen bringing a man wearing a robe and a black yarmulke out of Beth Israel. Working to get more information.
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In an act of solidarity with Ukraine, Gov. Greg Abbott asked Texas retailers Saturday to voluntarily remove all Russian products from their shelves. Latest @dallasnews:
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I’m at the Maricopa County Elections Center where a “Stop the Vote” rally is underway. A few hundred attendees are already here, but the event is to start at 10 a.m. Only a handful of people have masks. More than 121,000 COVID cases were recorded today in the U.S. @azcentral
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Zoo officials confirm to @dallasnews the two stolen monkeys were found safe in Lancaster this evening and are on their way back to the zoo to be examined by veterinarians. Story coming soon.
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I’m at the capitol bright and early this morning where people are laying body bags on the lawn to show Governor Doug Ducey they do NOT believe Arizona is ready to have the stay-at-home order lifted. @azcentral
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🪩 Covering the Taylor Swift concert for @dallasnews tonight. Feeling very calm (completely insane) and normal (what is going on) about it !!!!
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Two relatives and a family friend of Amy Kitchen watched the execution. They declined to speak with reporters. There were no witnesses for Ivan Cantu.
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So, hi, I placed in the top 10 in the national Hearst Journalism Awards for my @TeenVogue piece on aging out of foster care during the pandemic! . Owning this story changed everything for me, and the reaction it received was better than I could’ve ever anticipated. Grateful.
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As concerns grew among staff, Wright said nurses were asked to write them, along with any questions, on a whiteboard in the ICU lounge, which you can read from below.
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After a year and a half on the breaking news desk, today is my last day at @azcentral. I hope it has been extremely evident how much pride I took in working for this paper. Thank you to everyone who shared their stories with me.
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🌟 Shoutout to @gaufre for flying in to join our (historic!) @DallasNewsGuild picket, because this work is so much bigger than us. Retaining local journalists starts with fair pay, and there are no acceptable losses here.
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At least 30-40 officers in front of the synagogue right now.
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yikes, just unfollowed. I enjoyed some of his investigations, had no idea he wanted young journalists to prove themselves with free labor before they get paid :/.
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You all can stop asking: Yes, I was the blueprint for Biden’s press secretary. I told him I was too busy atm and he went with the next best option. I support her — there is no ongoing feud.
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FBI agents were seen searching the garage, the black Suburban in the driveway and taking boxes of evidence out of the house. It is unclear why Rhodes, who is from Granbury, was staying here. The homeowners and their dogs are still inside, but haven’t answered the door.
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just here to admit this semester is off to a terrible start for me! I missed a class deadline this week for the first time in three years. I’m behind on pretty much everything. When I even think about taking a break, I worry about losing momentum.
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Dallas police now engaging in today’s abortion protest downtown, where chaos broke out after a group of counterprotestors showed up. @dallasnews
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Hand-painted caskets, truckloads of flowers and heart-wrenching obituaries: How Uvalde lays its children, teachers to rest. For @dallasnews:
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I know Oprah did not just—.
We should be taking care of those taking care of us. Thank you @Cleavon_MD for the work you’ve done and will continue to do. You’ll need a vacation once this pandemic is over—and I’ll gladly send you and your immediate family anywhere you want to go. I’ll be in touch 🙏🏽👨🏽⚕️.
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In the aftermath of the mass shooting at an Allen mall, civilians rushed to render aid. One told @dallasnews he packed wounds with clothes, while a combat vet who applied tourniquets described children clinging to injured parents. W/@ProsserMaggie:
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The death toll for the Uvalde school shooting is now up to 18 children and three adults, according to a briefing from the Texas Department of Public Safety @dallasnews.
I am compiling confirmed details about the Uvalde elementary school shooting as we get them here for @dallasnews. It is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, coming four years after 10 were fatally shot at Santa Fe High School.
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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who Eddie Bernice Johnson endorsed as her District 30 successor, paid her respects at Johnson’s wake Monday afternoon. She told reporters Johnson was the "epitome of elegance,” an example she strives to replicate. @dallasnews
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The parents outside were begging officers to go in. The children inside were calling, not knowing 19 officers were standing in the hallway, on the other side of the door — for 45 minutes. Every single detail about this shooting is worse than the last.
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all Arizonans do is wear their Suns shirts out and say “nice shirt” to everyone else in a Suns shirt.
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The warrant details injuries for at least seven people, including a 3-year-old. One driver who was hit suffered injuries to her face, head, torso and leg, and police wrote she will be rendered to a life of “limited mobility and sight” while she seeks treatment. @dallasnews.
BREAKING: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was driving 119 miles per hour in the seconds before he caused a multivehicle crash that injured at least four people last month, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit obtained by @dallasnews
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Multiple Dallas police officers arrived just now. They tried to enter the house again, but no one responded.
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I try not to give too many of these the time of day but GUYS, this article was about a literal TRAIN.
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I’m told officials just cut the power inside Beth Israel. No word yet on what the bang was.
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Little ole me won second place for Star Reporter of the Year, a category clearly full of the most awe-inspiring talent. Thank you to @TexasEditors and my beloved @dallasnews (better known as Newsroom of the Year!!!) 💫
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There’s more in the story, which I highly recommend you read to get a sense of what some healthcare workers are going through right now. & a shoutout to @andreaheart19 for bringing this to the public’s attention first with her tweet sharing Corrigan’s initial Facebook post.
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I can’t stop thinking about the fact she used the word “please” in that moment.
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Wright sent an email to management about this (and much more) in Oct. She was then called into the office after a shift and told her email “went all the way up” and she was not to do something like that again. Here’s a portion:
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I want to note his family was in attendance. He has three sons who just witnessed that live. I am so sorry to each of them. I can’t imagine.
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The Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma is in the midst of the largest outbreak in the state’s system. More than 600 inmates tested positive last week. When inmates come in for treatment, guards accompany them in the ICU, but Wright said they weren’t given N95s.
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that post-breaking news disorientation of needing to go grocery shopping but not understanding how everyone in this Trader Joe’s is having a normal one.
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Another note: Wright was told she “upset the warden” by sending her initial email expressing concern. The warden, Edwin Jensen, died on Dec. 19 after a stay at YRMC. The Yuma County Medical Examiner’s Office would not determine a cause of death due to “federal privacy rules.”.
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It has been nine hours since police first alerted us of the standoff. Still no updates regarding the negotiations with the suspect. The prayer vigil is ongoing.
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NEW: Davion Irvin, the man arrested in connection with a series of incidents at the Dallas Zoo, told police he plans to return to the zoo and steal again if released from jail. Lots of new details w/@KelliSmithNews for @dallasnews:
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Wright also told me when the first surge started, she recalled management telling nurses to take their masks off because they were “inciting panic” among patients. The hospital said their protocol has evolved as CDC guidelines have.
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Before she was killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting, 10-year-old Alithia Ramirez submitted a drawing for the Doodle for Google contest. "I want the world to see my art and show the world what I can do," she wrote. For @dallasnews:
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For the second time today, some family members of those killed in the Uvalde school shooting were unable to ask questions about the House report. @dallasnews. “I have every right to ask questions. He was my son,” said Sergio Garcia, the father of 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia.
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Opal Lee (left), known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, is here in Fort Worth for today’s celebration. We’re starting with a 2.5 mile walk to recognize the 2.5 years it took for the news of freedom to reach all enslaved people in the United States. @dallasnews
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tfw you pay $3.5 million to find out Arizona voted for Joe Biden even though Google is free.
BREAKING: The #azaudit draft report from Cyber Ninjas confirms the county’s canvass of the 2020 General Election was accurate and the candidates certified as the winners did, in fact, win.
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No injuries or major disruptions during the march. A lot of drivers, restaurant employees and even construction workers showed support along the way. You can see one in this video:
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Matthew McConaughey, a Uvalde native, talking about 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez’s favorite green Converse — the only way her parents were able to identify her after the shooting:.
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You bet I wrote a story about it:. “One day after Dr. Cleavon Gilman revealed to The Arizona Republic that the Yuma Regional Medical Center asked him not to return to work, Oprah Winfrey promised him a post-pandemic vacation.”. #SupportLocalJournalism: .
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NEW: Pete Arredondo is resigning from the Uvalde City Council. He was denied a leave of absence by the council last month and put on administrative leave from his position as Uvalde CISD police chief. Latest for @dallasnews:
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After 10 hours, I am leaving my post in Colleyville. Thank you to everyone who supported our work @dallasnews today.
Just told to hit the ground. Either a bomb or shots fired just now. Trying our best to get information.
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Looks like some of my crazy ideas really did pay off😉 . Honored to be recognized during graduation, but more excited to celebrate ALL of you for what you’ve adapted to and accomplished during this past year. To say I’m proud to be a part of #CronkiteNation is an understatement.
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Our latest @dallasnews update means one injured mother lost two of her children and one injured child lost both parents and a sibling in the mass shooting in Allen. Just beyond heartbreaking.
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“Why wasn’t the door locked at Robb Elementary? … Because we come and go to serve our children, not to do them harm.”.
Here is the Uvalde Leader-News essay by publisher Craig Garnett that I just quoted on @ReliableSources
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I am honored to represent the Cronkite School in conversation with Dean Baquet, executive editor of @nytimes, before he accepts the 37th annual Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism THIS Thursday. Hope to see you at the ceremony!. (No, I can’t believe I just said that).
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BREAKING: Allen fire officials confirm 9 people were killed in today’s shooting at Allen Premium Outlets mall. @dallasnews.
A man who witnessed the shooting told me it was “chaos” as he, along with employees from various stores, grabbed clothes to help pack wounds — including one of a young boy he said was struck in the neck. Stay with us for continuing coverage @dallasnews: .
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“Sharpies were not supposed to be used on ballots,” he said. “There was bleed through that makes people very uncomfortable about their vote.”. This is FALSE. Maricopa County prefers sharpies because the ink dries fast and prevents smudging. @azcentral.
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Protestors just went against officer orders and stormed the streets. Unclear what happens from here. Following for @dallasnews
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man, I just know one round of this would fix the journalism industry
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For @TeenVogue (!!!!), I profiled @apinchofspence as he starts aging out of foster care during the pandemic. Spencer has been in the system as long as I was (about 8 years), but the polar timing of our sentences impacts the fallout we face amid COVID-19:
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Keep in mind one of the teachers made it to the ambulance alive and three of the children died in the hospital. They held on for that long — and THIS is what was happening on the other side of the door. I am devastated for their families.
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As ~the voice~ of @Cronkite_ASU’s “Confronting Youth Suicide in Arizona” documentary, I recorded the radio version today! We are so close to our January debut🤩 #LifeIs
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Jin Shin, 43, was killed after a Fort Worth car accident spurred a shooting Monday morning. Shin was described to @dallasnews as a supportive, kind, big-hearted, fun-spirited man who was a pillar of the local Asian community. W/@natalykeo:
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In addition, Wright said this summer the hospital required an outside auditor to confirm family relations of staff members or they would be taken off of their health insurance plans. They confirmed this to me, but described it as a routine practice to cut costs.
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I’d tell you how important our name pronunciation project is, but the @cronkitenews students I interviewed said it far better than I ever could. Here’s how it works and why it means so much:
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Because this wasn’t planned, there is no escort helping with traffic. Some protestors are weaving through lanes of cars, while others sticking to the sidewalk @dallasnews
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Really want to highlight this part: Authorities were able to confirm that Christian LaCour, a 20-year-old security guard at the outlets, was able to get one person to safety before he was killed trying to help others. @dallasnews
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this seems like a timely moment to remind everyone it is not biased to say someone is lying when they are. lying. Including the president. ESPECIALLY the president.
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And just to mention the conditions these officers have been standing in the parking lot in all day: Low 30s and a wind advisory for gusts up to 50 mph. Very grateful to the church for opening a space for media a couple hours ago for some heat.
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brb gonna go romanticize the first rainfall in Phoenix in 110 days.
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I’m in Colleyville where police are currently involved in a SWAT standoff at a synagogue. Police haven’t been able to make it inside, so we don’t know how many people are involved or if the suspect is armed. Reporting for @dallasnews:
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