Fans of the Steve Harvey Morning Radio Show will know the name ‘Junior.’ He is Kier Spates, who was born in Houston, lived in Garland and now based in Atlanta. He has sickle cell disease and has been working for a decade to bring awareness and spur research. FOX 4’s Shaun Rabb has more in this week's Here & Now. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Joe Biden's decision to pause some military assistance to Israel if the country moves into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. More than one million Palestinians are taking refuge in the city. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

UT Arlington sent out a notice Thursday morning to pro-Palestinian protesters that their "encampment" violated school policy. Without any arrests, the encampment was taken down. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

In a heavily redacted Dallas police report obtained by FOX 4 through a public records request, the alleged victim claims he was punched in the face early Monday morning at a nightclub in Downtown Dallas. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

Duncanville's Brayden Williams, Caden Durham, Ayson Theus and Dakorien Moore were the ones who delivered the split-second victory. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

Law enforcement sources say Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia has been contacted by large cities about potential openings for their top jobs. Criminologist Alex Del Carmen talks about the potential pros and cons of Garcia taking a job in Houston and Austin. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

A North Texas woman will spend the next nine years in prison after paying someone more than $10,000 in Bitcoins to murder her boyfriend's lover. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

Details about the newest professional sports team coming to Dallas will be revealed on Thursday. The announcement comes a day after the Dallas City Council approved plans for a women's soccer team to use the Cotton Bowl as their home stadium. Read more: https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-usl-womens-soccer-cotton-bowl Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

The city of Houston is on the hunt for a new police chief and sources say they're interested in Dallas' top cop. FOX 4's Paige Ellenberger explains what led Houston's previous chief to suddenly step down. Read more: https://www.fox4news.com/news/eddie-garcia-dallas-police-chief-houston Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

While some major universities are canceling graduation commencements or scaling them back, Texas universities plan to go on with graduation as planned. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

Police records show a Dallas priest charged with indecency with a child is accused of touching young girls under the age of 14. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

Duncanville police have charged a man with the murder of his longtime girlfriend after she was found dead in an apartment fire. Surveillance camera footage captured him buying gas and a lighter hours before his apartment caught on fire, according to arrest documents. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

The city of Arlington is launching a program to use drones and robots to make deliveries to the city's most vulnerable citizens. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

The students who spoke said they faced hate speech on campus before the war started but said things have gotten worse in recent weeks. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

A Duncanville man is charged with the murder of his girlfriend after she was found dead in a burning apartment. An arrest affidavit saya various surveillance videos showed Rias buying a gas can and lighter before returning to the apartment. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

Clergy and community members showed up to a Dallas City Council meeting looking for an explanation for why new street signs left S.M. Wright's name off new street signs. The answer is a mistake that dates back 30 years. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

UT Dallas students Ofer Turjeman and Jade Steinberg say they have experienced antisemitism on campus. The students discuss a series of incidents and say there is a "hostile environment" for students on campus. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

James Rias has been charged with the murder of Regina Phillips. Phillips' body was found inside of a burning apartment on Monday. Subscribe to FOX 4: https://www.youtube.com/fox4news?sub_confirmation=1 Dallas news, weather, sports and traffic from KDFW FOX 4, serving Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas and the state of Texas. Download the FOX LOCAL app: fox4news.com/foxlocal Watch FOX 4 Live: https://www.fox4news.com/live Download the FOX 4 News App: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Download the FOX 4 WAPP: https://www.fox4news.com/apps Follow FOX 4 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fox4DFW/ Follow FOX 4 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FOX4 Follow FOX 4 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox4news/ Subscribe to the FOX 4 newsletter: https://www.fox4news.com/newsletters

It’s been one year since the deadly mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets. The city is holding a special memorial for the 8 lives that were lost on May 6, 2023.