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Paul Quinn College received a $20 million gift, the largest in the school’s 152-year history, officials announced Thursday; an upcoming hearing could decide whether a Dallas County jury’s award of nearly $4 million for the family of a motorist killed after hitting a 18-wheeler stopped on an interstate will be upheld; First Baptist Dallas gets approval to try and save walls of historic sanctuary; Texas has once again sent a strong contingent across the globe to compete in the Olympics, this time to Paris for the 2024 Games. To check out the Olympic athletes with Texas connections to watch, click here.
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Got questions about food and restaurants? The Dallas Morning News food team has launched Ask Eat Drink D-FW. The team answers questions on the pod about an Italian restaurant that closed and how to make a shortcut beef stroganoff. The team also discusses how local farmers could benefit from the recent news of Michelin moving into town, plus why Fort Worth is poised for Michelin recognition. 
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit service to downtown’s Central Business District has been restored following a Sunday morning accident that caused major damage to the electrical system that powers DART’s light rail; Public health authorities announced Wednesday a person in Dallas contracted West Nile virus, marking the city’s first human diagnosis this year; Decriminalizing marijuana among Dallas charter proposals to qualify for November election; More than 18,000 vehicles were stolen in Dallas in 2023, an all-time high that represents a dramatic surge from the year before and made motor vehicle theft Dallas’ most common crime in 2023, according to the Dallas Police Crimes Analytics Overview.
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A trial in a countersuit brought by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones against a mother and daughter who say he is the younger woman’s father came to a sudden resolution Tuesday afternoon;Fair Park has been under scrutiny since its nonprofit manager, Fair Park First, launched a forensic audit to determine whether the park’s operator, Oak View Group, used restricted donor funds for daily operations;Secret Service director steps down: ‘I take full responsibility for the security lapse’; Dallas scientist to receive $11M for research into deadly parasitic disease
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Many of the weekend’s delays and cancelations resulted from an outage involving Austin-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike that said the issue behind the outage, which affected Microsoft 365 apps and services, was not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue grounded hundreds of flights for major airlines like Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Fort Worth-based American Airlines; Convention delegates from Texas greet Biden news with sadness, questions about what’s next; Cowboys delay opening training camp news conference because of ongoing Jerry Jones trial; and Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal wants to sell one of his two homes in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Daily rain chances, below normal temperatures expected this week in Dallas-Fort Worth; Vice President Kamala Harris is the instant front-runner for Democrats; Texas Democrats thank Biden for his service, ponder way forward; Dallas firefighters injured after truck drives off elevated roadway; lands on DART tracks
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