The federal judge overseeing the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL expressed frustration on Tuesday with the plaintiffs’ attorneys’ handling of the case. Before Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took the stand for a second day of testimony, U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez noted that the case’s premise was straightforward: it revolves around the frustration of …

Richardson officials have recognized the expiration of Gov. Greg Abbott’s stay at home executive order on April 30. An announcement on the city’s website notes several key points a new order issued by the state this week, including: The state allowing businesses to reopen at 25% occupancy this weekend. That includes retail stores, malls, restaurants, movie theaters; and museums and …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble …

China’s dictator, President Xi Jinping, aspires to transform his country into the world’s supreme power, a goal he calls “the China Dream.” To that end, Xi has been exploiting the chaos, fear and ruin of the coronavirus pandemic to try to advance an agenda that would place China at the center of a new global order. Xi’s aim is a …

With COVID-19’s closures of nonessential businesses, many trafficking enterprises are violating those restrictions. These venues of sex and labor trafficking operate behind the façade of a commercial front business — like illicit massage venues used as a cover for sex trafficking. They work with cash transactions and engage in various types of financial crimes and fraud, including underreporting their annual …

Less than seven weeks ago, Dallas introduced the first restrictions related to COVID-19, limiting gatherings to fewer than 50 people. Doesn’t that feel like a lifetime ago? Since then, life has been turned upside down. In a matter of weeks, gatherings of any size were banned, nonessential businesses, day cares and schools closed, and people were encouraged to stay at …

After his school in North Texas closed its doors in order to shelter-in-place, it only took two weeks for Matthew, a seventh-grader, to receive his first sexually explicit solicitation. This email was received on his school-issued email address on his school-issued Chromebook. For a child who has been thrust into the online world without proper warning of its inevitable harms, …

This afternoon my test results for COVID-19 came back — a full nine days after I was swabbed at a drive-through clinic. I hadn’t been that sick, but for weeks I’d had mild pain in my lungs. At night I was waking up with irrational fears that I was about to become deathly ill. This was about the same time …

Texas Democrats have a cure-all for our worries about in-person voting in upcoming elections. They want to expand mail-in balloting to include every Texan. Republicans who point to problems with the plan are said to be trying to suppress the vote, or are callously indifferent. “Voters should not have to choose between their lives or their right to vote,” says Texas …

Last month, the North Texas Food Bank had its largest free food distribution since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 6,500 boxes of food were given to 2,230 families, and while none were turned away, organizers say it signifies what could be a months-long marathon for local nonprofits hoping to alleviate hunger in North Texas. Before the pandemic, …

The world as we’ve come to know it shifted Friday, in small but satisfying ways. “Will you be hanging out with us, or taking this to go?” the masked cashier at Bishop Arts’ La Reunion asked after I’d ordered my coffee. It’s been weeks since I’d heard those words, and they were both startling and welcome. On Friday, restaurants, cafes …