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This story is developing and will be updated. AT&T’s leaders sought to move beyond a dispute with Elliott Management Monday by putting forward a 3-year plan that includes many of the activist investor’s recommendations. Among them, AT&T pledged to sell off billions of dollars of non-essential businesses and promised to not make any major acquisitions in the next several years. …

The billionaire owners of the Cowboys and Mavericks each announced million-dollar donations Saturday to help Dallas ISD recover from last weekend’s tornado. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced Saturday that the team is donating $1 million to Dallas ISD to help rebuild the football field at Thomas Jefferson High School, nearly a week after the school was devastated by a tornado. …

Authorities are searching for a cruise ship passenger who apparently jumped from the boat in the waters off South Texas. The incident took place Thursday evening about 47 miles southeast of Galveston, where Carnival Dream officials said ship camera footage appeared to show the 26-year-old man leaping from his stateroom balcony, ABC News reported. “They were calling a name out …

That daily Airbus A380 flight over North Texas is more than a photo opportunity for plane spotters — it’s bringing in more than $400 million a year for Australian carrier Qantas. The DFW-to-Sydney flight is the highest-grossing flight from DFW International Airport, according to aviation data firm OAG. It’s one of nine flights that brought in more than a quarter-billion …

Texas House Republicans are in a bind. They are the subject of one of the most embarrassing scandals in recent history, one that’s resulted in Dennis Bonnen of Angleton announcing his retirement after only one session as House speaker. For those who are catching up, Bonnen was recorded plotting to oust 10 fellow Republicans in the 2020 elections. More dastardly, Bonnen and …

A food delivery driver was wounded in an attempted armed robbery late Sunday night in West Dallas, officials said. The incident took place just after 10 p.m. in the 3000 block of Elm Street, according to Dallas police. The victim, a 40-year-old woman, said she had dropped off a food delivery and was walking back to her car when two …

WASHINGTON — Baseball fans jeered President Donald Trump when he was introduced at Game 5 of the World Series, and many chanted “Lock him up!” The president and first lady Melania Trump brought along a dozen Republican lawmakers, including four Texans. They arrived without fanfare but when the president was introduced in the fourth inning, cheers were drowned out by …

At the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Candice Quarles stood in line with her husband, Jeremiah, around the time he pulled out his city of DeSoto credit card to buy barbecue. At Disney World, she tweeted from the theme park on the same day he charged still more personal meals to taxpayers. “We came. We ate. We stood in …

A woman was arrested on a drunken driving charge early Saturday after she hit a police car, parked with its overhead lights flashing, in Old East Dallas. Melissa Mejia faces a charge of driving while intoxicated.(Dallas County Jail) Officers were sitting in the squad car about 2:15 a.m. waiting for a tow truck to take another vehicle away when a …

Homicide detectives are investigating a deadly shooting late Friday in southeast Fort Worth, police said. The shooting was reported about 9:30 p.m. in a neighborhood along Burton Avenue, off East Berry Street near Cobb Park. The victim was found dead in a vehicle parked outside a home, police spokesman Brad Perez said. His name has yet to be released. A …