More details emerge from this week's explosion in Fort Worth

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Pool / Staff Photographer) Friends, family honor Eddie Bernice Johnson at Dallas funeral as ‘uniter we needed’]( [Former Dallas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was remembered Tuesday]( as the “wonder woman from Waco” who broke barriers in her professional and political career while using her clout to move North Texas forward. “How did she do this? We know all of the obstacles that came in her way, from Jim Crow to sexism and racism,” said Ron Kirk, former U.S. trade representative and former Dallas mayor. “Eddie Bernice Johnson did the work,” Kirk said during funeral services at Concord Church that were frequently inspirational but punctuated with somber moments. “She brought her passion and her excellence and the love of the people to the task and never took her eye off the ball.” [READ MORE](   ADVERTISEMENT   TOP STORIES [No evidence of terrorism or crime in Fort Worth hotel explosion, fire officials say]( Fort Worth fire officials shut down rumors that terrorism or criminal activity were behind an explosion at a [...] [Walmart to blanket D-FW with drone deliveries covering 1.8 million households]( Walmart will have the ability to make drone deliveries with its partners Wing and Zipline to 75% of [...] [Phone, internet services restored at South Dallas businesses after copper thefts]( Phone and internet services were restored after copper thefts in South Dallas caused outages for about two [...] [Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson facing recall effort]( Davante Peters, a Dallas health store owner who has run for City Council three times, said he has received a [...] [Dallas reveals first five locations of new green spaces on unused city-owned land | Grigsby]( The Dallas Greening Initiative will create a new green space in each of the 14 City Council districts, plus [...] [READ MORE NEWS](   ADVERTISEMENT   CRIME AND COURTS [Dallas strip clubs sue city, claim 2 a.m. curfew shouldn’t apply if sex work not featured]( Three Dallas strip clubs are asking a federal judge to block the city from shutting them down at 2 a.m. if the [...] [Two Muslim North Texans settle with Mesa Airlines after alleged racial profiling on plane]( Two Muslim men from North Texas have reached a settlement with Mesa Airlines after being racially profiled on [...] [Man faces capital murder charge after pregnant wife found dead, McKinney police say]( A man is facing a capital murder charge in the slaying of a woman whose autopsy found she was pregnant when [...] BUSINESS [After Christmas, retailers are back to shorter hours that evolved from the pandemic]( Shoppers heading to the mall at 8 p.m. may be disappointed. 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