In the early 1900s, the region launched Neiman Marcus, a luxury store that catered to the tastes of local cotton and oil barons.
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Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.
Unsheltered homelessness decreased by 45% between 2023 and 2025, according to those year’s counts, but advocates for homeless people say cold-weather shelters and other factors can obscure the figures.
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Jon Murray,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
January’s indictment alleges 32 counts involving bank fraud, bank burglary, computer fraud and damage to computers.
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