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Dec 13 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Child sex abuse allegations have divided the family behind Daystar Television Network, a Christian media empire based in Dallas-Fort Worth that airs shows with pastors like Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes.
2/ Daystar CEO Joni Lamb and her son, Jonathan, are telling starkly different stories about a family rift that led to his firing.
Jonathan says his young daughter was sexually abused by a relative and the allegations led to disagreement with his parents. dallasnews.com/news/faith/202…
May 15 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1/ North Texas — where the pace of construction of tollways over the past two decades has far exceeded other regions in the state — is the epicenter for criminal enforcement of unpaid tolls, a Dallas Morning News investigation found. It also found that the methods the state uses to criminally charge vehicle owners may stand on shaky legal grounds. dallasnews.com/news/investiga…2/ Additionally, The News found that toll enforcement action across North Texas overwhelmingly impacts people of color, often those who live in low to moderate-income communities.
Nov 21, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Good evening. Here is your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting North Texas and the state. ⬇️
2/ Dallas County reported 1,974 new coronavirus cases today, surpassing the record number it announced yesterday by more than 100. Fifteen new COVID-19 deaths were also reported. dallasnews.com/news/public-he…
Nov 20, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey, y’all. Here is your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting North Texas and the state. ⬇️
2/ Dallas County broke the county’s previous record for the highest number of cases reported in a single day. The state also set a record for new cases. dallasnews.com/news/public-he…
Nov 19, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey, y’all. Here is your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting North Texas and the state.
2/ Dallas County reported 17 new COVID-19 deaths — the most deaths reported by the county on a single day in more than a month. dallasnews.com/news/public-he…
Sep 23, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Private companies can adopt a policy to require COVID-19 vaccines, but such a move would be controversial. dallasnews.com/business/healt…
Sep 22, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Life won’t return to normal until there’s a COVID-19 vaccine, and that poses a big challenge, especially for Texas. buff.ly/32QXCDy
Sep 21, 2020 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
1/ As a longtime champion for women’s rights, #SCOTUS justice #ruthbaderginsburg opened doors for women in the law and many other aspects of life.
The Dallas Morning News is taking a look at Ginsburg’s legacy, her impact on Texans and the void left by her death.
2/ Texas women’s rights advocates mourned the late justice this past weekend, calling her an inspiration. bit.ly/2HkwSTA
Sep 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Six months after #COVID19 was declared a pandemic by the @WHO, coronavirus has had a devastating impact on retailers.
20,000 stores are expected to shutter this year - 60% of those are in malls. bit.ly/33NLiTz2/ Even healthy suburban malls like @shopstonebriar in #Frisco are feeling the pain. Reporter @mariahalkias studied how the mall has been impacted by coronavirus. Though 180 stores are open, about a dozen other spaces are vacant.
Sep 20, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Teacher-turned-evangelist Rickie Rush built a megachurch and cast himself as a warrior battling Satan. But former congregants allege it was the perfect mask to abuse members. dallasnews.com/news/investiga…2/ At first, Rush was a source of strength for Renee Phillips and her family. But she says Rush began to sexually abuse her when he was her drama teacher at Skyline High School.
For years, she kept quiet.
Sep 18, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ The Texas governor on Thursday eased his coronavirus restrictions on many businesses and allowed a resumption of elective surgeries in North Texas and most other parts of the state. buff.ly/3iKnlmv
Sep 17, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Dallas County reported six new COVID-19 deaths and 311 additional cases today. Here's more case updates from around North Texas. dallasnews.com/news/public-he…
Sep 16, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Dallas County reported 190 confirmed coronavirus cases and three more deaths on Tuesday. Find more updates on cases in North Texas here: dallasnews.com/news/public-he…
Sep 15, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Dallas County reported 440 more coronavirus cases Monday and three new deaths.
1/ In the six months since #COVID19 was detected in Texas, scientists have worked to discover how the virus made its way here and how it spread.
Research shows the coronavirus likely arrived in Texas far earlier than first documented. bit.ly/3ka8YIz2/ Researcher Alessandro Vespignani believes cases could have started arriving in Texas as early as January, seeding local person-to-person transmission. Vespignani is an expert on virus transmission at @Northeastern.
Sep 12, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Dallas County reported 259 additional coronavirus cases Friday, as well as one new death from COVID-19. bit.ly/3ka3hdv
Sep 11, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Dallas County reported 7 more deaths and 152 new cases of #coronavirus Thursday. bit.ly/2F8Xgz9
Sep 10, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/ In April, we published the results of a yearlong investigation into how police use hypnosis in an effort to solve crimes, sending dozens of men to prison — and some to their deaths.
This death row inmate from Dallas is one of those men. dallasnews.com/news/investiga…2/ In 1998, when a Farmers Branch woman had trouble describing a man believed to have killed her neighbor, she asked to be hypnotized by police to help her remember.
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ We asked 3 North Texas health experts: Should you prepare for flu season differently because of COVID-19? Here’s what they told us: bit.ly/3bM3sce
Sep 9, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Hey y’all! We are back with your daily roundup of the latest news on #COVID19 and how it is affecting the metroplex and state.
2/ Dallas County reported 139 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, along with three new deaths. bit.ly/3jXhPNC
Sep 8, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
1/ @instagram, @Facebook, @Twitter and @tiktok_us have made activism more accessible for teens. With recent events, most notably George Floyd’s death and Black Lives Matter protests, North Texas teens had one thing in common: social media was where the political action happened.
2/ @dallasnews interviewed over 10 teens from communities all over North Texas about how political speech has impacted their relationships online, and in person. Here is what they said ➡️ dallasnews.com/news/2020/09/0…
