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Exxon Mobil profit tops Street in 3rd quarter, helped by Pioneer Natural acquisition
Read full article: Exxon Mobil profit tops Street in 3rd quarter, helped by Pioneer Natural acquisitionExxon Mobil’s third-quarter profit beat analysts’ expectations, as the oil and gas giant was helped by contributions from Pioneer Natural Resources, a recent acquisition.
In 12-team College Football Playoff, strength of schedule will go a long way in deciding bracket
Read full article: In 12-team College Football Playoff, strength of schedule will go a long way in deciding bracketThe executive director of the new 12-team College Football Playoff suggested that while wins and the age-old “eye test” will play a role in determining who makes the bracket, strength of schedule also will be a major factor in the selection committee’s deliberations.
Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
Read full article: Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 millionThe jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, has sold at auction for over $24 million.
Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey could get as much as $30 million at auction
Read full article: Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey could get as much as $30 million at auctionThe jersey worn by New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth during his famous “called shot” home run in 1932 could sell at auction for as much as $30 million.
Suspect arrested following shooting at Dallas-area Chick-fil-A restaurant that left 2 employees dead
Read full article: Suspect arrested following shooting at Dallas-area Chick-fil-A restaurant that left 2 employees deadTwo people were killed in a fast food restaurant in suburban Dallas in a shooting that police say was targeted.
Exxon overcomes hefty charge and falling crude prices in fourth quarter to top profit expectations
Read full article: Exxon overcomes hefty charge and falling crude prices in fourth quarter to top profit expectationsExxon Mobil’s fourth-quarter revenue and profits declined as the oil giant was weighed down by a hefty impairment charge tied to regulatory issues in California.
UTSA freshman long jumper sets school record in first meet of season
Read full article: UTSA freshman long jumper sets school record in first meet of seasonIda Breigan was named the American Athletic Conference’s Field Co-Athlete of the Week after dominating the competition in UTSA’s first indoor meet of the season.
Boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore on ‘M-A-S-H’ sell at auction for $125,000 that will go to charity
Read full article: Boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore on ‘M-A-S-H’ sell at auction for $125,000 that will go to charityThe combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” have sold at auction for $125,000.
'Cheers' bar sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction of items from classic TV shows
Read full article: 'Cheers' bar sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction of items from classic TV showsThe bar from the television series “Cheers” sold for $675,000 at auction over the weekend, garnering the highest bid among the nearly 1,000 props, costumes and sets from classic TV shows offered up from a collection amassed by one man.
Rolling thunder: Contestants chase cheese wheel down a hill in chaotic UK race
Read full article: Rolling thunder: Contestants chase cheese wheel down a hill in chaotic UK raceDozens of reckless racers have chased a 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill near Gloucester in southwestern England.
UTSA offensive lineman named among 15 finalists for academic Heisman
Read full article: UTSA offensive lineman named among 15 finalists for academic HeismanUTSA senior offensive lineman Ahofitu Maka was among 15 players named as finalist on Wednesday for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given to college football’s top scholar-athlete.
‘That devil there’: Mom of 2 slain teens testifies at ex-husband’s Texas trial
Read full article: ‘That devil there’: Mom of 2 slain teens testifies at ex-husband’s Texas trialThe mother of two teens fatally shot in 2008 in the Dallas area told jurors Thursday that her ex-husband, who is on trial for the killings after evading arrest for over 12 years, was abusive and controlling during their marriage.
Trial to start for Texas man accused of fatally shooting 2 teenage daughters in 2008
Read full article: Trial to start for Texas man accused of fatally shooting 2 teenage daughters in 2008A man who evaded arrest for over 12 years after being accused of fatally shooting his two teen daughters in a taxi parked near a Dallas-area hotel is set to go on trial this week.
Future liability releases at center of Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Read full article: Future liability releases at center of Boy Scouts bankruptcyAttorneys for the Boy Scouts of America say protecting local BSA councils and troop sponsoring organizations from future liability for child sex abuse claims is critical to the national group’s reorganization plan.
Texas man accused of killing mother days after release from jail
Read full article: Texas man accused of killing mother days after release from jailPolice in a Dallas suburb say a man with a history of violence toward his 81-year-old mother has been charged with killing days after his release from jail.
AP Source: NFL plans changes to COVID-19 protocols
Read full article: AP Source: NFL plans changes to COVID-19 protocolsA person familiar with the plans told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that the NFL is planning “significant changes” to its COVID-19 protocols amid the worst three-day stretch for the league during the pandemic, The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because details haven’t been finalized, said the league and the NFL Players Association are discussing three main areas: testing protocols; return to play guidelines to allow asymptomatic players who’ve tested positive to...
MLB owners lock out players, 1st work stoppage since 1995
Read full article: MLB owners lock out players, 1st work stoppage since 1995Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day.
Texas infant run over, killed after falling out car door, police say
Read full article: Texas infant run over, killed after falling out car door, police sayDallas-area police are seeking information from the public after a rear passenger door opened on a car making a left turn, dumping an 8-month-old baby in front of another car that ran over and killed the child.
Texas’ new political maps create safer districts for incumbents — and put an end to some challengers’ runs
Read full article: Texas’ new political maps create safer districts for incumbents — and put an end to some challengers’ runsThe redistricting process in the GOP-dominated Legislature made many political districts less competitive, which some experts believe might hurt civic engagement.
Texas man charged with killing girlfriend’s 2-year-old son, says he hit boy with fists: police
Read full article: Texas man charged with killing girlfriend’s 2-year-old son, says he hit boy with fists: policePolice in the Dallas suburb of Irving say a man has been charged with killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son after confessing to hitting the boy with his fists.
Judge moves ahead with key hearing in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Read full article: Judge moves ahead with key hearing in Boy Scouts bankruptcyA Delaware judge has refused to delay a key hearing that could determine whether the Boy Scouts of America might be able to emerge from bankruptcy later this year.
Committee wants to file own plan in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Read full article: Committee wants to file own plan in Boy Scouts bankruptcyA committee charged with representing the interests of tens of thousands of alleged victims of child sex abuse in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is seeking to terminate the BSA’s exclusive rights to file a reorganization plan so that it can file its own.
Boy Scouts settlement reached with primary insurer
Read full article: Boy Scouts settlement reached with primary insurerOne of the primary insurers of the Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement agreement with the Boy Scouts and attorneys representing tens of thousands of men who say they were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters and others.
Hispanic Texans are still underrepresented in the vaccination process. Here’s how Dallas is trying to change that.
Read full article: Hispanic Texans are still underrepresented in the vaccination process. Here’s how Dallas is trying to change that.Volunteers and officials with the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services register people for the COVID-19 vaccine at an event in Irving on March 19, 2021. This is only a drop in the bucket,” said Marisa Gonzales, community outreach program managerfor the Dallas County Health and Human Services. Credit: Carly May for The Texas TribuneAdIn Dallas County, as in Texas, the Black community remains underrepresented in the vaccination process as well. Last: Leslie Maria Armijo helps a woman fill out her medical history form at the COVID-19 vaccine registration event. “This has been something of trial and error because we had no idea about things like this.”A supply station at a COVID-19 vaccine registration event in Irving.
Michaels signs a deal with Apollo to go private
Read full article: Michaels signs a deal with Apollo to go privateFILE - In this April 24, 2020 file photo, customers lineup outside a Michaels store in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)NEW YORK – Arts and crafts retailer Michaels is going private. Under the terms of the agreement, approved by Michaels' board, Apollo will begin a tender offer to buy shares for $22 each in cash. Company executives said that by going private, Michaels will have the financial flexibility to invest and improve its retail and online business. The deal includes a 25-day go-shop period which lets Michaels to solicit and evaluate other offers and to terminate the deal for a better proposal.
Ex-campaign spokesman kills self outside Texas congresswoman’s home
Read full article: Ex-campaign spokesman kills self outside Texas congresswoman’s homeRep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) wears a protective mask while walking through the Canon Tunnel to the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)IRVING, Texas – A former campaign spokesman for freshman Rep. Beth Van Duyne, of Texas, shot and killed himself outside of the Irving Republican’s home, police said Thursday. The congresswoman was inside her home when she heard a gunshot Wednesday afternoon, looked outside and saw Richard Christian Dillard’s body, Officer Robert Reeves said. He also was a public affairs officer for the Texas State Guard. I’m devastated for her, his daughter and grandchildren, we are praying for Chris’s family and loved ones and ask that everyone please respect their privacy,” Van Duyne, a former Irving mayor, added.
Big 12 releases 2021 conference football schedule
Read full article: Big 12 releases 2021 conference football scheduleFILE - In this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley hosts the Big 12 Conference championship trophy after defeating Baylor 30-23 in overtime in an NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 released its 2021 conference football schedule Thursday, less than two months after Oklahoma won its sixth consecutive league championship. AdThis will be the 11th season in a row with the 10 Big 12 teams playing round-robin league schedules with nine conference games. The first conference game is Sept. 18, when Baylor plays at Kansas. Every other team, except TCU, will open league play on Sept. 25.
Man convicted of helping brother evade arrest in slayings of two teen daughters in Texas
Read full article: Man convicted of helping brother evade arrest in slayings of two teen daughters in TexasIRVING, Texas – A federal jury on Thursday found a man guilty of helping his brother evade arrest for over 12 years after being accused of fatally shooting his two teen daughters in Texas. Yassein Abdulfatah Said, 59, was found guilty of conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, concealing a person from arrest and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, federal prosecutors said. AdThe sisters were found shot multiple times in their father’s taxicab outside a hotel in the Dallas suburb of Irving. Prosecutors said Yassein Said and Islam Said harbored Yaser Said in an apartment in the Dallas suburb of Bedford and later in a home in Justin. Read also: Texan pleads guilty to helping dad evade arrest in killings of teen sisters
Texan pleads guilty to helping dad evade arrest in killings of teen sisters
Read full article: Texan pleads guilty to helping dad evade arrest in killings of teen sistersAn image of Islam Yaser-Abdel Said provided by the Irving Police Department. IRVING, Texas – A Texas man has pleaded guilty to helping his father evade arrest for over 12 years in the fatal shootings of the man’s two teen sisters. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, 32, of Irving, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, concealing a person from arrest and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, federal prosecutors said. Islam Said's father, Yaser Said, was arrested in August in Justin, a small city 36 miles (58 kilometers) northwest of Dallas. The sisters were found shot multiple times in their father's taxicab outside a motel in the Dallas suburb of Irving.
Beth Van Duyne could be the GOP’s antidote to high-profile progressives when she joins Congress
Read full article: Beth Van Duyne could be the GOP’s antidote to high-profile progressives when she joins CongressBut Van Duyne easily sailed through a five-way primary to win the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Coppell. To be sure, Van Duyne will be a freshman member of the chamber’s minority party when she is sworn in next month. “The people spoke loud and clear that they’re ready for a change,” Van Duyne said after her first mayoral victory. “People talk about, ‘Oh you’re so brave,’” Van Duyne said during a 2015 speaking engagement, according to The Morning News. On the same day in 2019 that Marchant, the outgoing U.S. House member who Van Duyne replaced, announced he wouldn’t seek another term in Congress, Van Duyne said she planned to run for the seat.
Out of savings and without enough money for food, this North Texas woman is running out of options
Read full article: Out of savings and without enough money for food, this North Texas woman is running out of optionsCarrie Mansfield and her husband, Marcus, live in Irving. Carrie Mansfield prides herself on being proactive during the pandemic. "I dispatched mobile work to our mobile technicians across the United States," she said. "We had a remote team in our office that handled any of our devices that were inside collision centers." In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, listen to why the North Texas woman says she and her husband are still struggling more than five months later.
Texas man drowns in southeastern Oklahoma river
Read full article: Texas man drowns in southeastern Oklahoma riverEAGLETOWN, Okla. – A Texas man has drowned in the Mountain Fork River in southeastern Oklahoma, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Pedro Segura, 58, of Irving, Texas, drowned in the river near Eagletown, about 190 miles (305 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City, after getting off an inner tube shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, according to an OHP report. Segura was on an inner tube that was tethered by rope to another inner tube when the rope detached. Segura got off the tube to pull the second inner tube to shore, but disappeared in about 10 feet of water, the report said. The report said Segura was not wearing a personal flotation device.
Police: Texas officers fatally shoot man who shot his wife
Read full article: Police: Texas officers fatally shoot man who shot his wifeIRVING, Texas Police in a Dallas suburb shot and killed a man Saturday after he reportedly shot his wife and opened fire on the officers, a police spokeswoman said. Officers in Irving responded to a call before 10 a.m. from a woman who said her husband shot her, Investigator Ariel Esparza said in a statement. The officers announced themselves while entering the backyard, she said, and then both the man and the officers began shooting. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Esparza said. None of the officers involved were hurt.
AMBER Alert issued for missing 7-month-old from Irving, Texas
Read full article: AMBER Alert issued for missing 7-month-old from Irving, TexasIRVING, Texas An AMBER Alert has been issued for a missing child who police believe is in grave or immediate danger.Police said they are searching for seven-month-old Serenity Berry. Berry is 2 feet tall and is 22 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet 9 inches tall, roughly 280 pounds, with black hair and black eyes. According to police, they were last seen in the 2900 Block of West Pioneer Street in Irving, Texas around 7 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Irving Police Department at 972-273-1010.
Cowboys RB McFadden breaks elbow during Memorial Day weekend
Read full article: Cowboys RB McFadden breaks elbow during Memorial Day weekendIRVING, Texas – Dallas running back Darren McFadden fractured his right elbow in an accident at home and will likely be sidelined at the start of training camp. Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said the accident happened during Memorial Day weekend, and McFadden returned for voluntary workouts last week. Garrett said the fracture was discovered during a physical before the mandatory minicamp that started Tuesday. McFadden, who had surgery Tuesday, was fourth in the NFL in rushing last season with 1,089 yards. Garrett said McFadden would be out "at least a couple of months."