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In the year since Tatsu Dallas became the first — and currently only — North Texas restaurant to receive a star, Michelin has loomed like a shadow in the background of daily life for Tatsu and Hiroko, who oversees front-of-house operations for the restaurant. The pressure to perform at the highest level is ever-present. In other news, the search for a stolen pickup carrying stoves and refrigerators led Dallas police last week to arrest four people who are accused of stealing several vehicles and dismantling them for parts; the Dallas Mavericks claimed their first victory of the season in a 139-129 rout...

Before El Califa de Leon abruptly exited its Dallas area pop-up, The Dallas Morning News food team used the backdrop of Michelin-starred tacos to discuss what they expected to see ahead of the Texas Michelin Guide announcement on Oct. 28, 2025. Dallas chef Dean Fearing also dropped by to discuss why he missed the 2024 Michelin awards ceremony, how he helped create the iconic Mansion on Turtle Creek tortilla soup recipe and more.

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The Texas Education Agency will remove Fort Worth ISD’s elected school board and its superintendent, instituting the second-largest state takeover in Texas history. Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced the move Thursday. In other news, when Dallas County’s adult probation director cut a $32,800 check to a contractor in May, he said it was to replace checks issued two years earlier the consultant forgot to cash; former NBA player and coach Damon Jones was among more than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia. Jones, who played collegiately at t...

Fair officials acknowledged the decline in a release on Sunday. More detailed numbers Wednesday revealed this year’s fair attendance is the lowest over the past eight years. The drop has implications for the city of Dallas as well as the State Fair. A fair spokesperson said that several factors likely contributed to the drop in attendance. In other news, millions of Texans could lose food benefits at the end of this month if the government shutdown continues. In a letter to states this month, the U.S. Agriculture Department warned the federal government will have insufficient funds to pa...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt [00:15] ride the Cowboys rollercoaster for another week, wondering if Sunday's defense against Washington can last. Will it be good enough to take advantage of what looks like Dak Prescott's finest season? And will that make them a playoff team? [20:00] Mike Curtis joins Kevin and Evan to give a preview of the Mavs' opener Wednesday against San Antonio.

Cooper Flagg has made an early impression, but will he, Anthony Davis and the defense be enough to hold things together until Kyrie Irving returns?

[36:43] Kevin and Evan take...

Plus - Texas identifies more than 2,700 “potential noncitizens” registered to vote; Owners of world’s only Michelin-starred taco shop call off pop-up in Dallas area; Travis Kelce, activist investor blitz Six Flags with ownership stake, calls for shakeup

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This is an independent podcast hosted by The Dallas Morning News Opinion team.

From the archives: Host Talmage Boston interviews Malcolm Gladwell, author of seven New York Times bestsellers, about his book Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering. (Recorded December 2024 in Dallas.)

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Clark Hunt, chairman and CEO of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and FC Dallas, on the growth of the NFL and sports in the region.

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Plus - The Cowboys look like a contender with the offense at full speed, firing on all cylinders; Wildfire risk grows as North Texas starts workweek dry and breezy

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Clark Hunt, chairman and CEO of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and FC Dallas, on the growth of the NFL and sports in the region.

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Plus - Former Texas House First Lady Julie Straus found safe after going missing late Thursday; See new renderings of the $300M, 20,000-seat amphitheater under construction in McKinney; Dallas mayor wants to explore partnership with ICE after police chief declined

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Move over, PSL - the Dallas Morning News food team is ready to usher in a new era of fall flavors. And don't worry: the team isn't short on suggestions. Also, get the latest news on openings across North Texas, including details on a pop-up for the world's only Michelin-starred taqueria, a new restaurant serving Chinese food through a Puerto Rican lens and more.

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Civic boosters, landowners, developers and city officials hope the $3.7 billion convention center redevelopment is the shot in the arm that Dallas’ urban core desperately needs. It may also clear the way for a new NBA arena and entertainment district — a project they call an economic game changer. In other news, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching an investigation into the University of North Texas for failing to “ward off left-wing violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing; and the State Fair of Texas will end another run on Sunday.

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Dallas police officials said Tuesday the department had surpassed its recruiting goal set by City Council members earlier this year, hiring more than 300 recruits since last October. In other news, Dallas-Fort Worth-based Aligned Data Centers will be acquired in a deal valued at $40 billion — one of the largest such transactions of the year and the biggest ever for a data center company; developer Scott Beck won’t confirm whether representatives of the Dallas Mavericks are scoping out his Valley View Center property for a new NBA arena. But with 110 acres at the corner of Preston Road and Interstate 635, it is o...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Calvin Watkins analyze [00:40] a historically bad Cowboys’ defense and what it portends for Matt Eberflus, the defensive coordinator, as well as Brian Schottenheimer. Is it the scheme? The players? Both? How bad is it when Rico Dowdle calls out the Cowboys, and they not only don’t respond, they don’t even take offense? [32:33] The Skip Schumaker era will probably be different from Bruce Bochy’s in terms of communication, but it would be better if it involves better players. Does the Rangers’ director of amateur scouting escape blame for the farm system’s in...

Speculation is mounting at Dallas City Hall that Mayor Eric Johnson may soon resign to seek another political office. At least one candidate for mayor says he is ready to run if and when Johnson resigns. In other news, a federal judge’s ruling Tuesday temporarily blocks the University of Texas System from implementing parts of a new state law that limits where and when students can engage in expressive activities on campuses. He said, “the First Amendment does not have a bedtime of 10:00 p.m." ; a Grapevine youth basketball coach was sentenced to prison in what authorities described as a...

Nirav and Megha Tolia are co-founding directors of the William Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership in SMU's Cox School of Business. Nirav is the CEO of Nextdoor and Megha is the president and COO of Shondaland. The couple reflect on building community networks in entrepreneurship.

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Artificial intelligence-powered cameras on Dallas sanitation trucks may hit the streets next year. The City Council approved more than $850,000 to install cameras on the trucks in partnership with the Code Compliance Department. In other news, while federal workers across the country have been furloughed or required to work without pay as a government shutdown approaches its third week, members of Congress are entitled to continue collecting their salaries. But are Texas lawmakers accepting or allowing their pay to be withheld? is Dak Prescott’s Cowboys career destined to go the same wasted way as Tony Romo’s? And in toda...

Two people were killed Sunday afternoon when the small airplane they were on crashed near Hicks Airfield in Fort Worth, igniting a massive blaze that sent a plume of thick black smoke into the air. Several crews were dispatched to North Saginaw Boulevard following the crash. Several first responders from different agencies responded to the scene. In other news, over the past decade — as North Texas’ famous economic boom has taken off in earnest — more than 700 companies have expanded their presence in greater Dallas-Fort Worth. Increasingly those D-FW campuses feature elaborate design elements and amenities — everything from specially commissioned artwork...

A Dallas-Fort Worth barbecue joint is getting the Hollywood treatment in the new season of “Landman.” There are changes afoot for the Texas Michelin awards. It’s time to say goodbye to a Chili’s classic. That’s all coming up on this episode of Eat Drink D-FW.

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One week before his third execution date, the state’s highest criminal court granted Robert Roberson III a stay Thursday, the latest development in an extraordinary case that has redefined the landscape — and limits — of capital punishment. The 58 year old Roberson was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Oct. 16 in Huntsville. In other news, . Dozens of his neighbors from the South Haven community watched the Dallas City Council approve utility company Oncor’s request to construct a 200-foot communications tower near their homes in Irving.

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Host Talmage Boston interviews Mark K. Updegrove, presidential historian for ABC News and former executive director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, about his latest book, Make Your Mark: Lessons in Character from Seven Presidents. This is an independent podcast hosted by The Dallas Morning News opinion team.

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Both DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field were operating normally Wednesday morning, a day after both were impacted by staffing shortages stemming from the ongoing government shutdown. In other news, Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to withhold funding for roads from Dallas and other Texas cities if they do not remove rainbow crosswalks. On Wednesday, Abbott said he directed the Texas Department of Transportation to ensure cities and counties erase “any and all political ideologies from our streets,” including symbols and flags; the victim in a fatal Tuesday shooting in Dallas was killed following an argument after she alle...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt try [00:19] to put the Cowboys’ win over the Jets into perspective. On one hand, it was the Jets, a truly bad team. On the other, Chicago isn’t great, either, and the Bears walked all over the Cowboys. Only a couple weeks after saying they’d be lucky to win five games, Joe now says his glass is “half-full,” if only because the offense is so good and the defense couldn’t be any worse than it was the first three games. Kevin and Evan discuss [25:30] what difference Skip Schumaker can make and...

Jerry Jones has been fined $250,000 for the middle finger he directed at fans during the Cowboys-Jets game over the weekend, a league spokesperson told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday. In other news, the architect of Texas’ mid-decade redistricting plan said on Tuesday he did not use racial data to design the map that could net Republicans five seats in Congress. Adam Kincaid, the executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, said he drew “most” of the 2025 map that targeted five congressional seats held by Democrats in the Dallas, Houston, Central and South Texas regions; singer Leon Bridges stood...

Intersections podcast hosts Kyle Waldrep and Tom Leppert discuss New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and different generations' views on economic systems and innovation.

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was feeling good about his team after a dominant 37-22 victory against the Jets on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. Jones was apparently feeling saucy during the game as well. Jones was caught on video giving the middle finger to Jets fans from his suite at MetLife Stadium. In other news, U.S. bank Fifth Third agreed to buy Dallas-based regional lender Comerica in an all-stock deal valued at $10.9 billion, aiming to expand its presence in key growth markets. The deal will create a lender with combined assets of about $288 billion, making it the...

The Dallas Stars have begun to seriously consider leaving Dallas with an uncertain future at American Airlines Center beyond 2031. The Stars have been in discussion with Plano, Frisco, The Colony, Arlington and Fort Worth as potential destinations to build a new arena. In other news, look close at the men serving barbecue in an upcoming episode of Season 2 of Landman. They’re real Texas pitmasters, called up for their first acting gigs. A few months ago, the owner of Hurtado Barbecue, Brandon Hurtado, and three of his employees spent a day on the set of Landman, acting as extras; al...

John and Evan discuss the season’s end and the decision for Bruce Bochy and the Rangers to split up. Evan breaks down the challenges the new manager faces and the list of guys not named “Skip Schumaker” who might be candidates. The guys discuss Bochy’s place among Rangers managers. Then Robbie Grossman joins the guys to pay tribute to what Bruce Bochy meant to the 2023 World Champions and give his favorite BBQ recommendations for Houston. Finally, John cracks open the archives to revisit the start of the 2023 playoff run.

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What new foods are worth the coupons at the Texas state fair? The Dallas Morning News food team has some thoughts. The team was joined by chefs Tiffany Derry and Dino Santonicola this year, and they tried everything (so you don't have to).

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Gateway Church founder Robert Morris pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child. The former pastor, who founded the Southlake megachurch in 2000, agreed to a plea deal during a hearing. Morris agreed to a 10-year suspended sentence and will serve six months in jail. In other news, Dallas will delay its first installment of an $8.7 million payment to Dallas County for jail services by at least a month after council members raised concerns about the contract and persistent problems at the downtown detention facility; allas-based Chili’s Bar and Grill is removing its lo...

With mounting repair costs that could top $100 million, Dallas’ City Hall is at the center of what likely will be a public and emotional conversation about whether to salvage the brutalist building or tear it down. City Hall’s problems go beyond faulty wiring and a leaky parking garage. In other news, a Southlake woman accused of trafficking women to a New York City financier’s “sex dungeon” worked as a substitute teacher for Carroll ISD. In a page-long statement Tuesday, Carroll ISD school board president Cam Bryan acknowledged that 45-year-old Jennifer Powers worked at the district but did not say ho...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Calvin Watkins discuss [00:25] the Cowboys’ 40-40 stalemate with the Packers and what it means in the big picture. Calvin says it won’t matter how well Dak Prescott plays if the defense doesn’t improve, and he doesn’t see that coming. [23:29] Kevin and Evan analyze Bruce Bochy’s departure from the Rangers, his culpability in their two-year funk and what Chris Young does next, after he officially names Skip Schumaker manager. [46:18] And the guys consider whether Rhett Lashlee would be smart to leave SMU for Arkansas, his alma mater.  

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A raid by Homeland Security at a Dallas adult entertainment club last week ended with the arrests of 41 people during a human trafficking and unlawful employment investigation. ICE officers, federal agents and local Dallas officers, descended on Chicas Bonitas Cabaret in the 11000 block of Harry Hines Boulevard Friday night, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office. In other news, a second detainee shot in an attack on a Dallas immigration field office last week has died. 31-year old Miguel Ángel García Medina died early Tuesday morning after he was removed from life support; the Texas Stock Exchange an...

Intersections podcast hosts Kyle Waldrep and Tom Leppert on intergenerational differences in higher education, confronting different opinions and how different age groups consume news and information.

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Federal prosecutors say 45-year old Jennifer Powers harbored a dark and sordid secret from her past. On Monday afternoon, Powers made her first court appearance — in a Fort Worth federal courtroom on charges that she helped sex traffic women for her millionaire boss, a New York City financier who tortured them in a “sex dungeon” in his Midtown Manhattan penthouse apartment. In other news, a nonprofit that backed a Dallas charter amendment meant to boost police hiring, benefits and starting pay has vowed to “hold city leaders accountable” after the City Council approved a budget that raises starting police pay by nea...

The Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement office will remain closed Monday in the aftermath of last week’s shooting at the site. The closure means migrant check-ins will not take place, an ICE spokesperson confirmed Sunday. A new date for the check-ins has yet to be determined. In other news, Dallas-Fort Worth is in the midst of a data center boom driven by artificial intelligence ― and everybody’s talking about it. The spaces that house computer systems, servers, tech equipment and the infrastructure to support it all have existed for decades; Fair Park in South Dallas holds a history of seg...

Puppies and pizza are among some of the newest offerings at restaurants and cafes in North Texas. But even as the area welcomes more eateries, a handful of closures have been announced too. Plus, in honor of the start of the State Fair of Texas, the Dallas Morning News food team walks through the Big Tex Choice Awards-winning foods they're excited to try.

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John and Evan put a failed season to rest, bemoaning the lack of offense and wondering about what exactly Bruce Bochy meant when he questioned the team's "intensity" and "focus." Then, Rangers postseason pitching hero (at least pre-Nathan Eovaldi) Colby Lewis joins the show to talk about chemistry, having been a rookie on one of the most dysfunctional Rangers teams of all-time and a veteran on two of the most tight-knit. When John cracks open the archives, we find ourselves considering other great performances by other starting rotations in Rangers history.

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A Collin County man has been identified as the shooter alleged to have fired “indiscriminately” at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement office building this week, leaving one detainee dead and two others critically injured. Twenty-nine year old Joshua Jahn of Fairview, acted alone when he targeted ICE agents with a long-range rifle early Wednesday, and was not intending to harm any detainees. In other news, as I mentioned earlier, opening weekend of the State Fair of Texas is expected to be temperate and sunny, but it may not stay that way over its entire 24-day run. The Dallas Morn...

Dozens of law enforcement officers descended about 6:40 a.m. on the building in the 8100 block of North Stemmons Freeway in the Stemmons Corridor. Homeland Security officials confirmed three detainees were shot. One died at the scene, while the remaining two victims were hospitalized in critical condition. Their identities were not released. ICE said in a post on X that the detainees were shot while inside a transport van. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that one of the people who suffered serious injuries is a Mexican national.

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SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt discuss [00:57] the Cowboys’ awful performance in a loss to the Bears. Joe calls Matt Eberflus’ defense a “disaster” and wonders what changes are forthcoming. He adds that the offense will need to average 30 points a game just to remain competitive. [27:17] Kevin and Evan give their thoughts on an up-and-down Rangers season, what Chris Young needs to do to the lineup and whether Bruce Bochy returns. [45:00] Kevin offers a quick take on Mike Gundy’s exit at Oklahoma State, and Evan says he’ll be happy if this season is anything like last ye...

Less than a week after late-night star Jimmy Kimmel was abruptly suspended by ABC over comments related to the death of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the comedian was back on the air last night. But not on more than 30 ABC-affiliate stations around the country controlled by Nexstar. The Irving-based broadcasting group will continue to show other programming as it “monitors the show.”

In other news, shareholders of the DallasNews Corporation have voted to approve a merger with Hearst, uniting two storied brands in journalism. An overwhelming percentage of DallasNews stockholders endorsed the union with Hearst, which in J...

Executive Chairman of Capital Markets Americas at JLL on the state of commercial real estate, from office to industrial markets, and how the sector is positioned to withstand potential economic downturns.

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President Donald Trump and other federal officials on Monday linked the country’s rising autism rates to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, and announced the federal government is changing the label for products such as Tylenol. Other research studies found no link between Tylenol and autism. Medical experts say the recent research review could be a reason for further investigation, but is not evidence of a definitive link. In other news, a mysterious fireball tore through the Texas sky Sunday, prompting confusion, awe and a flurry of speculation on social media about what the object was. Sky gazers reported seeing th...

Strong winds left a trail of damage, mostly in Denton County, as severe weather moved through North Texas Sunday evening, sending at least one person to the hospital and flipping three tractor-trailers. The storms brought winds of up to 70 mph to parts of Dallas-Fort Worth, along with small-sized hail and heavy downpours. Authorities with the Denton County Office of Emergency Management said they received calls of possible tornadic activity at 5:25 p.m. The National Weather Service has not confirmed reports of a tornado as of Sunday night. In other news, the State Fair of Texas kicks off on Sept. 26...

Another tasting menu restaurant is slated for Dallas-Fort Worth, and it comes with a unique spin. The Dallas Morning News food team also discusses their favorite happy hours across North Texas right now.

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After the Rangers were swept in Houston, John and Evan try to pick up the debris. Is there still a glimmer of hope over the final nine-game stretch of the season? John, as always, has the sunny disposition. Evan, maybe not so much. Then Mitch Moreland joins the guys to reminisce over how he was once a version of a "Little Rascal" in 2010 and how guys like Prince Fielder and Adrián Beltré empowered him to become one of the leaders on the 2015-16 Rangers AL West champs. Mitch is also the fellas' first Savannah Banana guest, having now ap...

The Texas Workforce Commission has settled a Fair Housing Act complaint against the developers of EPIC City, a planned Muslim-centric community northeast of Dallas. In other news, The Dallas Morning News got an exclusive two-hour sneak preview of the newly renovated Cotton Bowl Wednesday. The overall effect is, in a word, transformative. The wow factor is palpable. Adjectives that haven’t described the Cotton Bowl’s concourses in decades — spacious, convenient, aesthetically pleasing — now apply; and Texas’ first Prince St. Pizza is expected to open on Dallas’ Henderson Avenue in mid-October. The restaurant will replace Dallas’ original Fireside Pies, a catalyst on...

Dallas Love Field and DFW International Airport ranked among the top five airports in North America for their respective categories in J.D. Power’s annual survey of airport satisfaction. DFW Airport moved up one spot to be named the fourth-best airport in the mega airport category. Love Field, the home base of Southwest Airlines, finished third in the large airport category.

In other news, a second man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting last month in northwest Dallas. Dallas police officials announced Wednesday that 23-year old Jeremiah Grice was booked into the Dallas Co...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Calvin Watkins discuss [2:30] the Cowboys’ OT win over the Giants. Dak Prescott’s resolve to run this year after the Cowboys put him on a leash last year has made a big difference on offense, restocked by the likes of George Pickens and Javonte Williams. But the defense? Big problems. [25:48] Evan is in Houston for one of the season’s biggest series, and Kevin says [42:12] Texas A&M’s win over Notre Dame in South Bend doesn’t rise to the level of Johnny Football’s upset of top-ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but it sends...

Dallas County is poised to become the largest jurisdiction in the U.S. to hand-count paper ballots as the local Republican Party has decided to manually tally election day ballots during its March primary. In other news, for the third time, Robert Roberson III is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection next month in Texas. The 58-year old Roberson was convicted of capital murder in 2003 for reportedly shaking his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, to death.; the McKinney City Council abandoned plans Tuesday for a deck park meant to reconnect the city’s east side to its historic downtown after lo...

CEO of the Baylor Health Care System on leveraging AI to transform a legacy system, empower people and drive the future of healthcare.

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Dallas-Fort Worth hasn’t seen a drop of rain since the first weekend of the month, but shifting air masses will bring a new pattern to North Texas at the end of the week. That’s according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office. Rain chances are highest on Thursday, with a 40% probability of precipitation, but are expected to continue through Sunday. In other news, years into its famous growth story, North Texas has notched another distinction — the country’s top large metro area for attracting workforce talent. for nearly 90 years, Oak Cliff’s Glendale Park has served as a...

Autonomous trucking companies have been strategically relocating their headquarters to Texas to test driverless long-haul trucks across the region. State lawmakers have recently signaled they’re paying more attention to the flock of driverless trucks that increasingly traverse Texas roadways — and changes are coming. In other news, the senior pastor at Friendship-West Baptist Church has announced a temporary leave of absence after a medical diagnosis, according to a news release Sunday from the church. Frederick Douglas Haynes III has served at the church in Dallas for over 40 years; the Dallas Cowboys beat the New York Giants 40-37 in overtime afte...

John and Evan introduce us to the Legend of Michael Helman and continue to fumble for words on the Rangers rebound. David Murphy drops by to help them out, explaining how he came up with “The Little Rascals” description of the team, what he’s liked about watching them, his initial bitterness about analytics and how he’s transitioned into broadcasting. Finally, John explains how he manipulated an MLB record for a Ranger and the guys remember 9/11 with the team in San Francisco.

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Lab-grown meat is now banned in Texas. So what's the deal and why? The Dallas Morning News food team discusses that intersection of dining and politics, along with recent restaurant openings and moves. They also talk about the new "straight to jail" social media trend in which folks share their absolute must-orders at iconic restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday sparked an outpouring of shock, fear and mourning from local religious leaders. Leading Christian, Jewish and Muslim voices grieved and condemned the murder of the 31-year-old activist. In other news, Irving-based subprime auto lender and dealer Tricolor Holdings filed for bankruptcy Tuesday and plans to liquidate its assets, according to court filings. The case comes after allegations of “significant fraud.” Also, a motel manager was attacked and decapitated by an employee following an argument Wednesday. And UT Southwestern scientist Steven McKnight won the 2025 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Rese...

Hemp-based THC products such as gummies and drinks infused with the cannabis compound will be restricted to adults age 21 and older while state alcohol regulators study how to further regulate the burgeoning industry, under an executive order issued Wednesday by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. In other news,Texas lawmakers offered an outpouring of prayers and condemnation after learning that popular conservative activist Charlie Kirk had been killed at an event in Utah; a former Texas Christian University student filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the school, arguing its sexual assault policies do not protect students from rape and seeking $100...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt discuss [00:13] the Cowboys’ near-miss against the Eagles, the elite play of Dak Prescott and what difference Micah Parsons would have made if Jerry Jones hadn’t sent him to Green Bay. They also look at the shifting landscape at the top of the NFC and Parsons’ role in shaping that. [24:50] Evan shares his thoughts on what the Rangers’ reserves have done to spark a late surge into contention and gives us a rundown on who’s coming back and when, as well as what it’ll mean for the spark plugs. [41:3...

Efforts to open Dallas’ first H-E-B store are drawing… opposition. A move to rezone the property to pave the way for the popular store is turning into a familiar zoning fight between neighbors who would like to see the grocery store and those who worry the new development will increase flooding and traffic on the already congested roads. In other news, sprawling across nearly 27 square miles, DFW International Airport is one of the largest in the world. It is serviced by 34 airlines that provide nonstop flights to more than 250 destinations, including domestic and international. That includes the newest, Royal Jord...

Constitutional law expert and antitrust lawyer Rob Walters speaks about different contexts and perspectives in law.

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Citing safety concerns and dedicated school days, the State Fair of Texas will not offer free admission to high school students this season. One free ticket will still be offered to pre-K through eighth grade students and all teachers within a 100-mile radius of Fair Park. In other news, OSHA called Union Pacific a “serial violator” of the Federal Railroad Safety Act, citing 20 past violations.  A Texas railroad engineer was awarded more than $300,000 in back wages, damages and attorney’s fees after a federal investigation found Union Pacific unlawfully fired him. Also, Grocery Connect, a program started by Bonton Farms p...

The Climate Prediction Center, a branch of the weather service, is currently forecasting below-average precipitation chances for the middle of the month. The end of September currently has average rainfall chances, giving little insight into just how many days of rain North Texans can expect. In other news, for the first time in 16 years, Plano leaders could soon raise the city’s property tax rate, citing slowing growth and the higher costs of maintaining its infrastructure and quality of life;  the Texas M&A landscape continues to defy economic headwinds in what has proven to be an uneven deal env...

Actress and coffee entrepreneur Sofia Vergara shares some of her favorite Texas things with the Dallas Morning News food team. And burgers, burgers and more burgers seem to be popping up across North Texas, and the team gets into some of the biggest news between two buns.

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After stumbling all year over how to explain the Rangers' stumbles, John and Evan stumble over how to explain an illogical hot streak and tales of travel woes. The former Rangers ace Cole Hamels joins the guys to recall his unexpected trade to the Rangers, the run to 2015 AL West title and if there is anything these Rangers can take from that. And he reminisces about the day of two Coles, when the Rangers asked him to chaperone first-round draft pick Cole Ragans around spring training. Finally, when John cranks open the Archives in Arlington, out tumbles the tale...

In a short proceeding Thursday, Morris waived a preliminary hearing and an arraignment was set for Oct. 2nd. Morris’ attorney declined comment when asked why he requested the hearing be waived. The Oklahoma attorney general’s office, which is prosecuting the case, said in an email statement that it “looks forward to presenting our case against the defendant at trial.” In other news, Attorney General Ken Paxton has appealed a federal court ruling that blocked a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in some Texas classrooms. Paxton announced the appeal Thursday; as the annual State Fair of Texas...

The Dallas County Republican Party could decide this month if it will hand-count tens of thousands of ballots that will be cast in its March 3 gubernatorial primary, a monumental proposal that elections experts say is prone to inaccuracies and logistical issues. In other news, the annual mandatory Texas STAAR test for millions of public school students would be gone in two years under legislation sent to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk late Wednesday; the town of Fairview is pushing back on McKinney’s expanding airport, creating a citizen’s task force to draft a plan to minimize the project’s potent...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Calvin Watkins discuss [00:10] the fallout from the Micah Parsons trade and how that impacts the Cowboys for Thursday’s opener in Philadelphia, which, according to our panel, will not be good. [20:52] Kirk Bohls, who covers Texas for the Houston Chronicle, joins Kevin and Evan to talk about Texas’ 14-7 loss to Ohio State at the Horseshoe. Evan and Kevin wonder [41:38] if the kids have given the Rangers a spark in a late climb in the wild card standings. And SportsDay Insider bids farewell [50:50] to the all-time great Cowboys linebacker, Lee Roy Jordan.  

Intersections Podcast: Clay Cooley is a Dallas-born entrepreneur known for his car dealerships in the region. Cooley talks about how he got his start in the car business, his family-oriented approach and how the car business has both evolved and stayed the same over the years.

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The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave initial approval to a much-anticipated bill aiming to tamp down on the mailing of abortion pills into the state. The bill, if signed into law, would create a new pathway for enforcing Texas’ strict abortion ban. It would allow regular citizens to file civil lawsuits against anyone who distributes abortion pills within Texas or anyone who mails abortion pills to Texas. In other news, Texas’ business-friendly climate has helped make it the “headquarters of headquarters.” With Dallas becoming what Christopher Kleinert, chief executive officer of Hunt Realty Investments, recently called an “epicenter for financial...

A new law partially regulating the state’s burgeoning retail consumable-hemp industry went into effect yesterday, banning THC-laced “vapes” from smoke shops and gas stations across Texas. In other news, McKinney leaders are considering a $942 million budget and lower tax rate that includes funds for dozens of new city employees and millions for its expanding airport as the city benefits from continued growth in population and property value; U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and his allies spent the summer attacking primary challenger Ken Paxton as unfit for office in an effort to erode the state attorney general’s robust early su...

North Texas passengers may have noticed for many years that international flights aren’t available from Dallas Love Field Airport. That’s because it’s illegal to do so. In other news, closing Dallas’ nine aging community pools has been in the works for a decade. Decommissioning the city’s nine community pools was part of the city’s 2015 aquatic master plan, which called for developing newer aquatic facilities to replace the functionally obsolete community pools. The shift was funded mainly through the 2017 bond program, which allocated $262 million for parks and recreation; the legality of a 2023 law signed by Gov. Greg Ab...

The Rangers President of Baseball Operations joins the guys to break down the remainder of the season and to share thoughts on what has gone right and what's gone wrong. The guys wonder if the 5-1 homestand is a harbinger of a run and theorize on why the offense might have a different dynamic. Also, Evan gets emotional over the Rangers' great smiles and a little wistful when John mentions Yu Darvish in the Archives in Arlington.

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Chefs in North Texas and the Dallas Morning News food team have some thoughts on what it looks like to dine out in 2025. Get your fill of restaurant etiquette hot takes, with a side of dining-out horror stories, on this episode of Eat Drink D-FW.

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The Cowboys traded Parsons to the Green Bay Packers for two first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark, two people familiar with the deal told The Dallas Morning News. In other news, both protesters and job seekers alike came out in droves for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hiring event in Arlington this week, as the agency looks to fill thousands of open positions using new funding from the Trump administration. Nearly 2,000 people preregistered for an ICE hiring event at Esports Stadium Arlington, part of a nationwide recruiting effort with big incentives; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...

For the 10th straight year, the Dallas City Council is considering lowering the property tax rate — even though many homeowners will still pay more due to rising home values and costs. However, the exact new rate is still under discussion, as city officials continue to review a proposed $5.2 billion budget and gather public input before a final vote in mid-September. In other news, While work has slowed from historic highs, Dallas-Fort Worth is second in the nation for new apartment construction in 2025 — adding more rental units than entire states like Georgia and Arizona. The Dallas metro is expected to welc...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt take a look [00:12] at the Cowboys’ final roster decisions and how it impacts several positions, running backs in particular. For the second year in a row, no one’s impressed. Kevin notes that Derrick Henry, who wanted to sign with the Cowboys last year, was ranked this year among ESPN’s top 100 players. The guys also try to figure out why Jerry Jones refuses to negotiate with Micah Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, and give their best guess when something gets done. [25:32] Kevin and Evan were both surprised at Bruce Bochy’s enthusia...

The Texas Water Development Board would be charged with identifying flood-prone areas in the state and require municipalities in those areas to install flood sirens under a bill advanced by the Texas House on Tuesday morning. In other news, anticipating increased costs, Plano city leaders will vote next month on a proposed budget that includes $788 million in expenses, adds no new programs or services, recommends keeping the same tax rate and focuses on maintaining the city’s aging infrastructure; a trip to the State Fair of Texas this year will be a little more expensive for patrons compared with pr...

A mix of sun and clouds today with a cold front bringing a chance for an afternoon thunderstorm. It will also bring a little relief in the temperature for a few days. Today’s high will be 89. Clouds and a chance for more rain and rumbles of thunder this evening with a low of 70.  The high won’t get out of the 80s tomorrow. Thursday will be back in the 90s but another cold front is on the way that may drop temperatures back to the 80s by the time the holiday weekend comes around. In other news, A DART...

Since 1996, the value of the Dallas Cowboys has outgained the S&P 500 by more than double, increasing 47 times over to a world-record $12.8 billion. That’s according to Sportico’s latest analysis. Simultaneously, the team has failed to reach the NFC championship game over that same time frame — the longest such drought in the National Football League. In other news, a Dallas firm plans to give a historic downtown hotel new life in a first-of-its-kind project. Sycamore Development plans to renovate the 29-story Magnolia Building placing hotel rooms and for-rent, mixed-income apartments within the Dallas landmark; when Jane Gow was 13 years...

Dallas-Fort Worth chefs share some of their guiltiest of guilty pleasure foods, and the Dallas Morning News food team takes you on a journey around the world.

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Eddie García, the former Dallas police chief who departed for Austin last year despite efforts by city leaders to keep him, will be Fort Worth’s next police chief. The appointment comes less than a year after García became an assistant city manager in Austin, joining former Dallas city manager T.C. Broadnax. García’s swift return to North Texas was driven by a realization during his time in Austin that he was “born to be a cop.” In other news, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, the North Texas mother accused of killing her young son, is now in Tarrant Cou...

The Texas House delivered President Donald Trump a victory Wednesday when it approved a congressional redistricting plan that could be crucial for Republicans to hold control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. The partisan gerrymander could flip as many as five Democratically held seats to Republican, taking aim at districts in North Texas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and South Texas. In other news, Dallas hired a commercial real estate investment and development company earlier this year to find potential sites for a new Dallas Mavericks arena; a sophomore junior varsity football player at Lancaster died Wednesday morning, two days...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington and Evan Grant are joined [1:00] by Calvin Watkins in an effort to figure out exactly what the Cowboys have done leading up to the final preseason game to make us think they'll be better than what got Mike McCarthy fired. Holes at backup quarterback, defensive line, cornerback and possibly in the offensive line. [27:45] Meanwhile, the Rangers, in the midst of their most important week of the season, decided to do it without Josh Jung, who, not so long ago, showcased the advancement of their player development system. Not a good time for faint of heart...

John and Evan break down the season's most critical week (though it feels like the Rangers have had lots of critical weeks) with a series at Kansas City and one vs. Cleveland, the two teams directly ahead of them in the playoff race. Then Hall of Famer Adrián Beltré joins to discuss the statue of him that will be unveiled this week outside Globe Life Field. What will the pose be? Will fans be able to touch the statue's head without getting tased? And finally, the great countdown to the Rangers most iconic regular-season moment has come to a...

Rep. Nicole Collier, who has been on the House floor since noon Monday said, “I’m so grateful for their support. There has been a crowd out here all demanding my release, and they’re doing what they can to show their resistance. They’re tired of this government overreach.” Twenty-four hours earlier, Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows told Collier and the rest of the Democrats on the floor who had been absent the previous two weeks that they could not leave the House unless they were accompanied by a Texas Department of Public Safety agent or officer every minute the...

More than a year ago, The Dallas Morning News set out to explore how Texas’ overlapping abortion laws have altered the landscape of obstetric health care. Through more than 100 interviews with physicians and other health care professionals, researchers, advocates, legal experts, patients and family members, reporters documented deviations from the standard of care, as well as other unintended consequences. In other news, Dallas’ new inspector general, tasked with uncovering corruption and ensuring the city government complies with its code of ethics, is not an attorney, and his recent hiring by the City Council violates the city’s charter. In June...

The Texas Senate could move the GOP’s redistricting plan forward in the next few days after the redistricting panel advanced the map on Sunday afternoon. Wasting little time in the second special session, the redistricting committee voted out the map on a 6-3 party-line vote. In other news, Authorities are investigating after Nazi Germany flags were found hanging outside on Rockwall-Heath High School’s facade over the weekend. Heath police were called to the Rockwall ISD school at about 6:40 a.m. Saturday after “antisemitic materials” were discovered hanging from the school’s east side, police said in a statement...

The Dallas Morning News food team discusses an A.I. tool developed at SMU that deciphers wine reviews and discovers some of the most overlooked wine regions in the U.S.

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The weather warnings are back for parts of North Texas. A heat advisory has been announced by the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office from noon until 8 p.m. today. The alert warns of heat index values up to 107 degrees across the region. Dallas-Fort Worth may be slightly lower, as the max heat index forecasted for DFW International Airport is 104. Counties across northeast Texas are all under the advisory, as well as much of Oklahoma. Denton, Tarrant and Ellis counties make up th...

With a new state law that eases zoning restrictions looming, the Dallas City Council approved a controversial plan to rezone the Hampton-Clarendon corridor in West Oak Cliff after months in the process. In September, Senate Bill 840 will loosen city regulations and allow developers to build housing in commercially zoned areas without community input. In other news, the family of a woman who died during flooding in Kerr County has filed a civil lawsuit against the RV park where she was staying when catastrophic floodwaters swept through the region last month. Relatives of 22-year old Jayda Floyd filed the suit...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Joe Hoyt discuss Dallas’ most perplexing sports franchises, each for different reasons. [1:58] The Rangers continue to challenge anyone to write them into the playoffs or write them off. Evan says they don’t have an identity. Kevin says the fact that you don’t know what to expect tells you that’s exactly who they are: unpredictable. [20:17] Joe, who’s relatively new to the Cowboys beat, has discovered what we’ve all come to know: A documentary about a team that hasn’t won anything of consequence in 30 years is proof that the appeal of t...

John and Evan once again find themselves breaking down the lack of offense in key moments before turning to the more pleasant topic of Nathan Eovaldi's Cy Young candidacy. The guys go over his case, the obstacles he faces, the historic nature of his ERA and a little insight into how voting works. Then Ian Kinsler becomes the first live in-studio guest when he sits down for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with how the 2010-13 Rangers went into games knowing they were going to beat opponents and his role in that. And then it goes off in all...

As more drivers have traversed Texas roads over the past decade, they’ve become more dangerous. Despite an 8% decline in year-over-year Texas traffic fatalities since 2021, road deaths have risen 18% overall in the last decade, resulting in nearly $165 billion in economic and “quality of life” costs last year. In other news, Texas public schools will navigate a slate of new state laws this school year. State legislators passed hundreds of new laws related to education this year, from a ban on cellphones in schools to a ban on school-sponsored LGBTQ clubs; investors are coming back to the real estate market, revers...

Texas House Republicans teed up a slate of bills addressing the deadly July 4 Hill Country floods on Monday, but Democrats’ continued boycott left the chamber without the quorum needed to vote — setting the stage for Republicans to use the flood relief measures as leverage against their absent colleagues. In other news, a suspect is in custody after a gunman opened fire Monday outside a Target store in Austin, killing at least three people; volunteers assisting in the cleanup following the flooding in the Texas Hill Country in July discovered something unexpected — dinosaur tracks. Researchers say that they’re common for the...

More than 70 million Americans sweated through the muggiest first two months of summer on record as climate change has noticeably dialed up the Eastern United States’ humidity in recent decades, an Associated Press data analysis shows. And that meant uncomfortably warm and potentially dangerous nights in many cities the last several weeks. In other news, Ken Paxton is asking that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who are staying in the state. It’s the second time this week Paxton has petitioned a state to allow civil arrest warrants issued by the Texas House to b...

The Dallas Morning News food team is back after a one-month summer hiatus with their ultimate tips for making lunches easy and delicious, whether that's for back-to-school or back-to-office.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday evening that Illinois law enforcement officers should be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the Chicago area this week. in other news, Dallas’ Park and Recreation Department is looking to slash $3 million from its budget by cutting positions, closing pools and reducing hours at recreation centers; an alligator was captured and removed from Eagle Mountain Lake in Tarrant County on Thursday morning. The 11 foot-long adult male alligator “was safely measured, tagged and relocated to a protected, more remote location.”  It weighed close to 300 pounds; and did...

Apple on Wednesday revealed more details about a multibillion-dollar U.S. manufacturing commitment the tech giant promised earlier this year — including new plans that involve North Texas. In other news, The FBI responded to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s request to help locate the Texas House Democrats who left the state to prevent the Legislature from passing a new congressional map; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’s investigating Powered by People over reports the group founded by former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke has been raising money to support Texas House Democrats who left the state am...