Dallas Observer

Here’s a guide on how to catch a shuttle to Buc-ee’s, and an explainer on why we’re running public transit to a cult-favorite gas station.

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The last time Dallas hosted the World Cup was in 1994, and restaurants and bars are already prepped to make 2026 the most memorable year.

🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/food-drink/dallas-world-cup-bar-guide-where-to-watch-by-country-40680952/

From the FIFA Fan Festival to live concerts and street festivals, here's a full guide to discovering Dallas.

🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/things-to-do-during-world-cup-dallas-40654318/

One of the loudest voices stirring racial conflict in North Texas is in the Dallas County jail after being arrested on Tuesday.

🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/white-nationalist-influencer-in-dallas-county-jail-bond-set-at-1-million-for-a-terroristic-threat-40686131/

These essential spots are some of the best restaurants in a city, where bowls of queso and chili con carne, blessedly, runneth over.

🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/food-drink/best-tex-mex-in-dallas-19146682/

Activists and faith leaders demanded that a Plano-based company at Love Field Airport end cooperation with federal immigration enforcement on Tuesday.

🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/faith-leaders-activists-call-on-dallas-officials-to-stop-love-field-ice-deportations-40686044/

A Collin County jury has found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet last year.

The ruling was announced Tuesday afternoon after seven days of trial and three hours of jury deliberation. Murder was the highest charge Anthony faced, although the jury was allowed to consider manslaughter or acquittal.

He will now face between five and 99 years in prison. The case will now proceed to the sentencing phase.
🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-verdict-guilty-murder-40685892/

Our picks for some of the best pages to get lost in by the pool this summer.

🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture/best-books-to-add-to-your-summer-reading-list-40685711/

OPINION | Real leaders need to inspire Collin County to reflect on the lessons of its racist past before it is too late.

🔗 https://www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/racist-protests-at-karmelo-anthony-trial-distubingly-familiar-in-collin-county-40685668/