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Tragic jail birth prompts question: Could baby's death have been prevented?

His name was Cashh. He was laid to rest in a little white coffin. He lived just nine days. He was born to his mother, Shaye Bear, on the floor of an Ellis County jail cell on May 17.

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Ex-cop accused of taking advantage of fallen officers' families

Byron Colston is accused of lying about his history as an officer – a history, authorities say, he has used to raise money on behalf of fallen officers statewide.

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Patients say sedative known as 'booty juice' injected against their will

A growing number of children and teenagers admitted voluntarily to North Texas for-profit psychiatric hospitals told WFAA that they've been injected with powerful sedative drugs without their parents' knowledge.

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Millions more in taxpayer money, little improvement in Dallas-area nursing homes

Four of 10 Texas nursing homes now are publicly owned under agreements between private companies and county hospital districts, according to a WFAA review.

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Parkland investigating nursing home for possible over-drugging of patients

Several sources tell WFAA that Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center already has suspended at least two nurses as part of its review.

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Drugged and Dying: Some nursing homes are overmedicating residents rather than paying caretakers

An ongoing WFAA investigation into Texas nursing homes has already revealed questionable practices in the hiring of criminal caregivers - and now WFAA has uncovered inappropriate and unnecessary drugging of residents.

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Documents: Atmos discouraged evacuations before gas explosion in Irving

Atmos' reluctance to evacuate the Irving neighborhood is similar to the company's actions in northwest Dallas last month.

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'We never smelled gas': Why do some house explosions come with no warning?

Experts called the phenomenon odor fade. Out of the ground, natural gas has no smell. Companies like Atmos put a chemical in it to make it smell like rotten eggs. Studies have found that, over time, or as natural gas travels through the soil, those warning chemicals can fade.

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Archive: WFAA investigations into Atmos gas leaks date back a decade

WFAA's investigative team has been covering Atmos Energy's pipeline failures for more than a decade.

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Against Their Will: Locked away in a mental hospital after voluntarily seeking help

An 11-year-old boy was locked in a mental hospital for a week after his mother took him there voluntarily seeking help. He's not alone.

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Atmos actions before fatal house explosion called into question

Sutton also writes that there have been "no evacuations or road closures."

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