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Cynthia M. Allen: Are gaffes contagious? Jill Biden’s ‘taco’ line reads like one of her husband’s hits
There’s a theory in psychology called empathic mimicry, which postulates that over the course of a relationship, a couple’s shared empathy may ultimately cause its members to start resembling one another. I can’t say that this phenomenon of physical si…
Mac Engel: The Big 12’s biggest issue isn’t realignment. It’s Baylor and college football’s bias.
ARLINGTON, Texas — As long as college football is a beauty contest and evaluated by a crew of biased Olympic judges, schools like Baylor will continue to get the shaft. It’s not fair. It’s not right. And it’s not OK. (The rest of this Whitney Houston s…
Former Cowboys running back Marion Barber died from heat stroke, autopsy says
FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber III died from heat stroke last month. The Collin County medical examiner’s office released the findings Monday, calling his death accidental. Barber was found dead inside his Frisco a…
Mac Engel: Joey Gallo is on the trading block again, and he should neither be a Yankee nor a Ranger
Joey Gallo says he wants to stay with the New York Yankees, but he really wants to be in the place where he could strike out four times a game, and bat .165 without having to hear about either. He wants to be with the team that drafted him, developed h…
Former Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber died from heat stroke, autopsy says
Former Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber III died from heat stroke last month. The Collin County medical examiner’s office released the findings Monday, calling his death accidental. Barber was found dead inside his Frisco apartment on June 1 b…
Amid heat, power grid operator asks Texans to conserve electricity on Monday afternoon
The operator of the major power grid in Texas asked people in the state to conserve electricity on Monday during a period when it expects a record high demand. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a conservation appeal from 2 to 8 p.m. and …
Man who sold pistol used in Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis pleads guilty to crime
The Dallas man who sold Malik Faisal Akram the gun he used to kidnap hostages in a Colleyville synagogue pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal gun crime, according to a federal official in Dallas. Henry “Michael” Dwight Williams, 32, who was charged via…
Mac Engel: WNBA player speaks honest truth about Brittney Griner: ‘If this was Shaq, he’d be home’
FORT WORTH, Texas — A prominent American remains detained in Russia because Brittney Griner is not as prominent as her supporters want to believe. Because Brittney Griner plays in the WNBA, not the NBA. Because Brittney Griner is a woman. Since we’re b…
Cynthia M. Allen: For pro-lifers, Roe ruling isn’t cause to gloat. It’s time to get to work for women, children
FORT WORTH, Texas — It has finally come. The day that many people, especially those who have been fighting for decades to defend the lives of the unborn, never thought would. Roe v. Wade is no more. It does not mean abortion is banned, only that the po…