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 …
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1 dead after crashing into 18-wheeler in Haltom City, police say
A 31-year-old woman died after she struck the back of an 18-wheeler on a Haltom City service road early Monday, police said. Police responded to the intersection of eastbound NE Loop 820 and N. Beach Street in Haltom City at around 12:40 a.m. Monday, police said. The woman, whose identity has not been released, was traveling eastbound on the service …
Read More »Coronavirus obscures Texas Democratic Senate race against GOP incumbent John Cornyn
Even before the new coronavirus changed the lives of Texans, the race for Senate was far from a prime-time event. Voters were consumed by the presidential election, and the Democratic race to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn was not top of mind. Now with the focus on combating the coronavirus pandemic and boosting an unsteady economy, the Senate race …
Read More »Hospitals may run out of beds by late April if Gov. Abbott doesn’t order Texans to stay at home, hospital group warns
Dallas-area hospitals are pressuring Gov. Greg Abbott to order residents to stay at home and warning a surge of patients sick with the new coronavirus could deplete their bed capacity by late April, according to an email from a Dallas-area hospital association obtained by The Dallas Morning News. But Abbott, saying that the outbreak is concentrated in the state’s urban centers, …
Read More »Coronavirus attacks social scene while putting neighborhood bars, workers on the brink
When Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson last Monday issued an emergency order requiring all restaurants and bars to close at midnight, dozens of people headed over to Nova for one last drink — or three. The place was buzzing for a Monday. Regulars were socializing at the curved section of the bar, while others sat a tables to eat. Co-owner JD …
Read More »Foggy morning, then mostly cloudy and mild
Thick fog this Monday morning will stick around for several hours. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 11 a.m. Visibility could drop below 1/4 mile in spots. Otherwise, skies will remain mostly cloudy today with a slight chance of rain or drizzle. It finally appears we are in for an extended stretch of sunshine and dry weather after …
Read More »Widespread rain returns well into Sunday
After a quiet start to the weekend, the rain is back. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to spread northward across all of North Texas this evening into the overnight hours. No severe weather is expected, but lightning and some heavy rain will be possible. The rain will linger into Sunday with patchy areas of drizzle through the morning. Skies will …
Read More »Texas was promised more coronavirus tests. These sick residents are still waiting — and may never get one
Jessica Toliver struggled to breathe Wednesday when she called a hospital asking about a coronavirus test. The nurse who answered was so troubled by the 37-year-old’s wheezing, she suggested that Toliver rush to the emergency room. Doctors at Baylor Scott & White took an X-ray of her chest — which came back clear — then sent the Grand Prairie resident home. But …
Read More »If we think we overreacted to coronavirus, it will mean we did the right thing
Last week, when Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine closed his state’s schools for three weeks in response to the coronavirus outbreak, it struck me as a stark overreaction. Days later, it became clear that my own son’s school may be closed at least that long. The sliding scale of what seems rational is moving by the day, if not by the …
Read More »The era of invincibility is over. It was an illusion all along
In the liturgical calendar, we are entering the fourth week of Lent. The Lenten season is the six weeks leading up until Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday with a service where a priest spreads ashes on your forehead, saying the words, “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Thus commences a season of repentance and forgoing. The …
Read More »The forgotten first responder in this crisis is the delivery driver
After 9/11, Americans in every state rallied around our first responders. Today, with the coronavirus pandemic threatening the health and well-being of Americans in every state, our brave first responders and the nearly 5.3 million hospital workers across the country are again on the front lines, risking infection to themselves and their families. But given the nature of this crisis, …
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