Luby's Lives + A Bar 'Remembers' 9/11 + Texas Is STARR Struck

Rise and shine, Dallas! It's Monday, July 5.

Today's Headlines: Luby's Cafeterias will live to serve another day after nearly going out of business; a Fort Worth bar takes on the dubious task of helping patrons "remember" the September 11 attacks. Also, the new STARR report shows just how far behind Texas students fell in learning last year due to the pandemic.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 90 Low: 74.

Among the top stories in Dallas today::

1. Man Charged With Murder Of 18-Year-Old At Carrollton Apartment Complex (Patch)
2. Father Of Baby From Ennis Amber Alert Arrested On Unrelated Family Assault Charge (Patch)
3. Dallas Officer Injured After Handcuffed Suspect Steals Squad Car, Police Say (CBS Dallas / Fort Worth)
4. Victim Identified, Suspect Arrested in Deadly April Shooting: Dallas Police (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
5. A year later, Dallas-area residents feel renewed sense of freedom on the Fourth (The Dallas Morning News)
6. Violence interrupters offering a new approach to prevent violent crime in Dallas (FOX 4 Dallas)

Today in Dallas

• Dallas Museum of Art -Community Programs and Dallas Yummy Mommies (10:00 AM)

Dallas Patch Notebook

• Dallas Mavericks: "Next stop: #Tokyo2020! @kzs_si defeats Lithuania 96-85 behind @lukadoncic's triple-double performance, 31pts/10reb/13" (Instagram)
• Dallas Police Department: "Please keep your community safe, call 9-1-1 if you see illegal fireworks and/or celebratory gunfire." (Facebook)
• DFW Airport: "Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July! " (Facebook)
• Dallas Museum of Art: "Happy #FourthofJuly! Celebrate the holiday by visiting a work by an iconic American artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat." (Instagram)
• North Texas Food Bank: "Happy Fourth of July, from our Food Bank family to you!" (Instagram)
• Dallas Park and Recreation Department: "Spend some time with the family at one of #DallasParks 8 Family Aquatic Centers! Find a location and hours" (Facebook)
• Dallas ISD: "Dallas ISD is closed July 5–9 for summer break . We hope everyone has a safe holiday!" (Facebook)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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