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Hear the Dallas Morning News’ award-winning coverage in audio form. Our short news summaries are available Monday-Friday.
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Entrepreneur and former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban on selling the Mavericks and the Luka Doncic trade.
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First Baptist Dallas Church executive pastor Ben Lovvorn announced on Palm Sunday that construction will soon begin to rebuild the church’s 134-year-old historic sanctuary that was destroyed in a four-alarm fire in July 2024. In other news, Dallas police detained a man at the No Kings protest in downtown Dallas Saturday afternoon after an incident; The "Texas Furry Fiesta" was held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotelm this weekend, drawing more than 8,000 furries — people who create an anthropomorphic animal character; and the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had a “protein-packed” day after visiting Dallas-Fort Worth barbecue joint The Original Roy Hutchins.
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After the Rangers' season-opening roster was set, John and Evan break down the final decisions and how playing time might be split at some positions. We also revisit the cool moment of Skip Schumaker informing Carter Baumler that he'd made the team while on the mound in the middle of an inning. Former Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos, the bench coach for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, stops by to talk about the run through the tournament, the work the staff and players put in and the gratitude that washed over him and his countrymen after the win over Team USA. Finally, in the Archives in Arlington, we walk through some 21st Century season openers, including Alex Rodriguez's first game, which foreshadowed a season and an era. And John shares a little surprise about the time Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura talked on opening day - for the first time in nearly 20 years since their brawl.
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Spring Break served up more than just sunshine in Dallas-Fort Worth — it brought back some beloved local restaurants from the dead. We've got the details on the comebacks you need to know about.Plus, Tanner Agar of Apothecary and Flamant joins us to make the case for vermouth — the most underrated, misunderstood, and quietly essential ingredient in your glass. Think of it as the Paul Dano of booze: always in the room, doing serious work, and criminally overlooked until someone finally points it out.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton informed Kelly Hancock on Thursday the attorney general’s office would no longer represent the comptroller in an ongoing federal lawsuit regarding access Muslim schools have to the state’s new education savings account system. In other news, the D-FW area added more than 120,000 people from July 2024 to July 2025, according to a new census estimate; Dubai developer SEE Holding has scrapped plans for a roughly 2,300-acre mixed-use development in Kaufman County; nd the Dallas Mavericks have hired Kieran Kelliher as their new chief financial officer, an important move for the team’s business operations as the franchise prepares to move into a new arena in five years.
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SMU president Jay Hartzell on protests and free speech on college campuses, the future of college athletics and NIL.
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Dallas police’s explosive disposal team scoured NorthPark Center in Dallas Wednesday after a reported threat caused a full evacuation. In other news, Brooks Potteiger, an evangelical pastor from Tennessee and a pastor for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on a podcast this month that he wants Texas state Rep. James Talarico to die by crucifixion, prompting conflicting explanations of what he meant; the owners of The Shops at Willow Bend plan to start tearing down the mall within the next year — even if the Dallas Stars opt against building a hockey arena at the 90-acre site; and one of the Dallas region’s most well-known names in furniture is closing its retail operations. Weir’s Furniture, founded in 1948, announced on Wednesday it will shutter after all its merchandise is sold.
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Historian Jon Meacham on his anthology book American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union.
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SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Shawn McFarland discuss the Rangers' final roster decisions going into Thursday's opening day in Philadelphia and deliver their predictions for the season. From Andrew McCutchen's surprising bid to the roster to the unprecedented talent at the top of the rotation, the guys cover it all, including their final take on ABS and their win totals in Skip Schumaker's debut season.
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Superintendents in several districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have announced their departures over the past few weeks. Some are retiring after lengthy tenures. Others left their districts more abruptly. In other news, city leaders promised to deliver the Dallas Wings a new practice facility in time for the start of training camp next month, but shovels have yet to hit the ground; at least two sightings of a coyote were recorded in the area on March 4 and March 12; and current MasterChef judge and former Top Chef “fan favorite” Tiffany Derry is opening a restaurant, sports bar and lounge called The Landing in Grand Prairie on April 9.
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Multiple cold fronts should keep North Texans on their heels this week as temperatures fluctuate from the 70s to the 90s. In other news, Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Love Field were mostly normal Monday morning, defying long lines and worker shortages that have snarled passengers at other busy travel hubs; Tenet Healthcare, a major national for-profit health care company, has won a legal victory in a closely watched case related to a consumer watchdog group’s influential hospital safety grades; and the Texas Rangers selected former MVP winner Andrew McCutchen for their major league roster
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Increasing pressure from state leaders to address a perceived liberal bias in the classroom, campuses are ensnared in battles over the very purpose of higher education. In other news, a federal judge ruled last week that Texas must make its new education savings account program available to a number of Islamic schools in the state after several alleged in a lawsuit they were shut out of the voucher-like program; a 79-year-old man was identified as the person killed Saturday morning after a loose wheel from another vehicle struck his car on the highway in Dallas. Richard Hood Dunham died at the scene; and for the fifth consecutive season, the Dallas Stars are heading to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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New eats are dropping across the Metroplex — and we've got the scoop. We're talking a new Italian restaurant in Keller, a hot spot in Plano and a brand-new taqueria that basically grew out of Imelda's own reporting. (Yes, really.) Then we're diving into the protein craze that has completely taken over menus, grocery aisles and our entire lives. #Brotein is real, and we need to talk about it.
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John and Evan continue to whittle away at the biggest questions of spring. Evan is pretty high on how the Rangers have wandered, er, walked in the desert And he also offers his potential starting lineup. And the fellas sum up the WBC. Spoiler alert: Nobody's mad. Then Rangers Hall of Famer Ian Kinsler stops by to become the first member of the two-timers club and discuss the Rangers second base situation and the vibe Kinsler has heard about all spring. Finally, in the Archives in Arlington, we stroll down the lane of memorable season-opening moments, including the one where the Rangers were pulled off the field under a hail of baseballs and why Johnny Oates didn't leave his haunted hotel room.
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The University of North Texas will eliminate or consolidate dozens of academic programs that have seen low enrollment as it aims to close a projected $45 million shortfall. In other news, a month out from James Broadnax’s execution date, another man has admitted to pulling the trigger during the deadly 2008 robbery that sent Broadnax to death row; one of Dallas’ most exclusive office campuses is about to get bigger. Developer Crow Holdings told The Dallas Morning News in an exclusive interview that they plan to begin work soon on a second phase of Old Parkland East; and Rashaun Agee had 22 points and nine rebounds, and No. 10 seed Texas A&M beat seventh-seeded Saint Mary’s 63-50 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Ruben Dominguez added 11 points for the Aggies, who advanced in the South Region to face No. 2 seed Houston on Saturday.
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As climate change continues to reshape the environment and our lives, another place its impact can be found is in the earlier arrival of summer heat in North Texas. In other news, for many Muslims, it is a tradition to buy new clothes to wear for Eid al-Fitr, often referred to as Eid. The holiday this Friday is a time for family, renewal and celebration; he IRS estimates about 1 in 5 eligible taxpayers miss out on the Earned Income Tax Credit each year, leaving thousands of dollars unclaimed. Ascend Dallas is hosting free virtual Tax Credit Education classes in Spanish at 6:30 p.m. on March 24 and in English March 31 as part of its Tax Credit Tuesdays series;
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Dallas County’s elections chief is trying to scrap the precinct system pushed by Republicans and return to countywide voting for the May 26 runoff. In other news, as Dallas officials prepared to debate City Hall’s future, a commercial real estate broker helping analyze relocation options grew frustrated when his firm was not allowed to compete for the work; Texas’ school voucher-style program application window has been extended by two weeks, following a federal judge’s order Tuesday, citing concerns about the exclusion of Islamic schools from the program; and Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall icon of the State Fair of Texas, is getting a new pair of boots. The State Fair announced this week that Aaliyah McNeal had produced the winning design of the 2026 Big Tex Boot Design Contest.
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SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Calvin Watkins discuss [2:04] the Cowboys' offseason moves. Calvin tells us why the Cowboys traded Osa Odighizuwa to the 49ers and why a third-round pick in return was better than he thought they'd get. The guys also discuss the priorities in the draft now that the Cowboys have made the bulk of their free agent moves. [21:14] Evan breaks down a potential starting lineup for Opening Day, fills us in on a "lighter" Corey Seager and notes that a bad spring is good for Joc Pederson. We'll take his word for it.
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Rick Welts, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, on the Luka Doncic trade, his vision of the Mavericks as a sports entertainment company and conversations about a new arena in Dallas.
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Once a skeptic, Sen. John Cornyn has become one of President Donald Trump’s most eager allies. Cornyn’s loyalty has put him in line for Trump’s coveted endorsement in the May 26 runoff, potentially a huge boost over Paxton. In other news, Dallas is the worst major city in Texas for allergies, but conditions are improving; students will soon be able to study at Texas A&M University’s new Fort Worth campus. The downtown campus, which broke ground in 2023, is opening its first building and starting classes this fall; nd a federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee.
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Today's announcer has a much better podcast voice. Would like to hear from her more often.
Very informative podcast. Hope you continue to release more special reports.
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I like these short updates but would also welcome a longer, more in-depth podcast on a single, local news story per day (or weekly).