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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released guidelines last week on social media use for children. The warning says that social media poses a threat to kids' mental health, due to excessive use and harmful content that could lead to suicidal thoughts. Dr. Ken Jones, director of behavioral health for the Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, joined Ask the Expert North Texas to discuss the advisory.

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f you need to replace your air conditioning unit or one of your other important appliances, Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time to get our homes ready for the long, hot summer. State Comptroller Glenn Hagar announced the latest sales tax-free weekend -- this one is for energy-saving and water-saving appliances. It includes everything from AC units and refrigerators to energy-efficient light bulbs. Comptroller Glenn Hagar joined Tuesday's Ask the Expert.

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There must be something going on in part of Dallas that we don't know about. For some reason, more people are looking at homes and neighborhoods in Northeast Dallas than in any other area in the country. This comes from a listing on Zillow that says Northeast Dallas is more popular than big-name neighborhoods like the Hollywood Hills, La Jolla, California, Camelback in Phoenix, or the Upper East Side in New York. This survey puts three Dallas neighborhoods in the top 20. Susan Baldwin, a realtor with Allie Beth Allman and Associates in Dallas, joined Ask the Expert on Friday to discuss the survey.

President Joe Biden will send 1,500 active-duty American soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border, as the nation gets ready for the end of Title 42, the public health policy that let the federal government turn away people seeking asylum due to the threat of COVID-19.

Title 42 ends a week from Thursday. The end of Title 42 has caused cities along the border, like El Paso to declare emergencies because they're expecting waves of people seeking asylum.

What's that going to mean for U.S. Customs and Border Protection? Immigration attorney Eric Cedillo joined Ask the Expert on Tuesday.

Photo: Texas National Guard troops and state police block migrants from entering a popular crossing area along the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas after laying down concertina wire on Dec. 20, 2022, as viewed from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Kai Ryssdal shares a story about parking at the movies and brushing up against an unpleasant economic indicator: the repo man. It illustrates how more Americans are falling behind on their car payments, which can have ripple effects throughout the economy. Plus, Tennessee state Rep. Scotty Campbell resigned after an ethics investigation found he’d violated workplace discrimination and harassment policy. Campbell, a Republican, is one of the lawmakers who voted to oust two Black lawmakers from the chamber over their protests against gun violence. And, Kimberly Adams reminisces about cooking on her George Foreman Grill.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “The Repo Man Returns as More Americans Fall Behind on Car Payments” from Bloomberg

• • “More people are falling behind on car payments, and the consequences can be severe” from NPR

• • “California to Supply Most Water Since 2006 After Winter Deluge” from Bloomberg

• • “California increases water supply allocation to 100%” from CBS Sacramento

• • “Tennessee GOP lawmaker resigns after ethics panel finding” from AP News

• • “REVEALED: GOP leader, who voted to expel TN Three, resigns; found guilty of sexually harassing interns” from News Channel 5 Nashville

• • “Family of Louisville bank shooter wants his rifle destroyed” from AP News

• • “SpaceX’s uncrewed Starship explodes on launch attempt” from CNN

• • “I Really Miss My George Foreman Grill” from Eater

• • “‘Big George Foreman’ Trailer: Boxer Gets New Movie From Sony” from Variety

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Elon Musk told Fox News on Monday that he stopped the federal government from snooping on direct messages when he bought Twitter. He also said there were more changes coming to Twitter in the next couple of days, and that the site is only now breaking even. So, what is the future of Twitter as a social media platform? Tech expert Ian Sherr joined Ask the Expert on Tuesday.

There's just one week left until it's time to file our 1040s -- it's the Ides of April. This year, however, we get an extra three days. The due date is normally April 15, this year, we have until April 18 to file our taxes or file an extension.

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The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued an advisory notifying healthcare providers of reports that an animal tranquilizer called xylazine has been found mixed with illegal drugs in Texas and around the nation. Dr. Joseph Chang, chief medical officer at Parkland Health, joined Ask the Expert on Thursday, to explain why this is most concerning.

Photo: A fentanyl drug testing kit warns about the dangers of xylazine, which is not yet detectable in street testing. (Credit: Kris Craig/The Providence Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Tucker Carlson breaks new videotape showing never-before-seen details of January 6 – and those details are shocking; new scandals break surrounding just what Anthony Fauci and CNN did to cover up the Chinese lab leak theory; and an Antifa attack on a police facility in Atlanta implicates employees of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Ben Shapiro sits down with Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss the Governors experience being a blue-collared kid that went to Yale and Harvard, his time as senator, and his decision to leave the senate to run for governor. Gov. DeSantis also dives into his reasoning behind handling COVID differently from other governors as well as the Florida Blueprint.

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Thursday night's storms brought some ferocious winds, and many neighborhoods across North Texas are dealing with streets littered with roofing shingles, tree branches, and other debris.

Shawn Michael, president of Lon Smith Roofing joined Ask the Expert on Friday to share what residents should do first if they have roof damage after the storms.

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Hershey’s celebrates Women’s History Month by featuring a dude who says he’s a lady; Lori Lightfoot claims she lost her mayoralty because Chicago is MAGA country; and Greta Thunberg gets herself arrested for the cameras again.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot doesn’t even make it past the first round of voting in Chicago; a St. Louis man shoots a homeless man point blank on the street, and we examine the reasons why; and the Supreme Court considers striking down Joe Biden’s student loan bailout as Democrats whine.

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After Scott Adams’ racial remarks get his comic booted from newspapers across America, Elon Musk calls the media racist; Dwyane Wade’s son is transitioned against the will of his mother, and the media celebrate; and Joe Biden says you’d better have a childcare plan if you want to manufacture microchips in America.

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The Energy Department and FBI finally admit that covid-19 probably started in a Chinese lab; Joe Biden can’t answer why he won’t go to East Palestine; and the Left proves that racism is fine, so long as it’s against white people.

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After two weeks of humiliating screw-ups, Joe Biden tries a reset by flying to Ukraine; China threatens intervention in the Ukraine war; and Roald Dahl’s children's books are now being rewritten for woke purposes.

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Syrian American Medical Society Executive Director David Lillie joined Ask the Expert to deliver an update on how the situation for his staff has evolved since the initial recovery stages.

Balloons seem to have filled the skies lately, and they are all the talk these days. But did you know the National Weather Service launches weather balloons all the time? Monday on Ask the Expert. KRLD's David Rancken and Kristin Diaz talked to Tom Bradshaw, Meteorologist in Charge at the National Weather Service in Fort Worth about the balloons.