The Dallas Morning News

Eat Drink D-FW: New year, so much new food

Want to know the hottest new places to eat in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2026? The Dallas Morning News food team has got you covered. The team also discusses what chefs and other restaurant pros hope to see trending in dining in the new year, along with a bevy of recent closures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dallas police chief pushes back after Abbott links AT&T exit to downtown public safety ... and more news

In an interview with the Dallas Morning News, Dallas police Chief Daniel Comeaux said that Gov. Greg Abbott was off base in blaming AT&T’s planned move from downtown on city leaders’ public safety decisions, saying instead that conditions were improving from stepped-up patrols and renewed focus on the area. In other news, more than 400 people gathered outside Dallas City Hall Thursday night to march and protest the killing of a Minneapolis woman shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer; a man has died after being mauled by a dog in West Dallas Wednesday — a case investigators have now classified as a homicide; nd a new cocktail bar and restaurant named ‘Ritual’ is expected to open later this month in Old East Dallas. The space will continue to be “female-forward” in design, as Alice was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abbott: Dallas leaders’ failure on policing, homelessness to blame for AT&T relocation ... and more news

Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Dallas leaders were responsible for AT&T’s decision to relocate its headquarters from downtown Dallas to Plano, blaming what he called the city’s failure to fully fund and staff its police department. In other news, a Texas A&M professor has been told not to teach certain writings from Plato, a staple in introductory philosophy courses, because they may violate the university system’s new rules against “advocating” race or gender ideology, or topics concerning sexual orientation, in core classes; a shooting in northwest Dallas last week that left one woman dead and injured her husband stemmed from a dating app meetup; and Salad and Go will close all remaining locations in Texas and Oklahoma, which includes the 25 locations still operating in North Texas and the seven in Oklahoma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas AFT sues TEA over investigations of teachers linked to Kirk assassination comments ... and more news

The American Federation of Teachers of Texas is suing the Texas Education Agency over a series of investigations the agency launched over teachers’ comments on social media after the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In other news, a police officer and a public service officer with the Dallas Police Department have been terminated from their positions following a January disciplinary hearing; over 40 Dallas police units responded to a bomb threat at North Dallas High School on Tuesday morning. Police initially responded to the school after reports of a bomb threat just before 8 am; and changes in how methamphetamine trafficking is punished under federal law are being proposed this year to bring sentences more in line with other hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cross Examining History with Richard Carwardine

Talmage Boston interviews historian, recipient of the Lincoln Prize and Oxford University professor Richard Carwardine on his new book Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices