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Podcast: The Dallas Morning News
Episode: North Texas swelters in heat. When will it cool down? ... and more news
Description: So far, North Texas has recorded 19 days of at least 100 degrees, nearing the typical summer, which sees roughly 20 days with 100-degree temperatures. But overall, this summer has been more mild than last year, when the region recorded 55 days of 100 degrees or more and Texans were baking bread in mailboxes and cookies in cars; In other news, when allegations of mismanagement of Fair Park First funds became public in April, the nonprofit’s leaders began to realize they lacked direct control over the money they were responsible for managing; trash pickup from alleys in Dallas will continue for the foreseeable fu...