В Далласе хирургическая бригада спасла беременную гориллу, а местный бизнесмен обвиняется в мошенничестве

Dallas gorilla saved by a “dream team” of doctors. There’s a cool story on the front page of the DMN this morning. Asha, a pregnant, 23-year-old gorilla who recently transferred from the Cincinnati Zoo to Dallas, needed surgery. A team that included gynecological oncologists and anesthesiologists from Baylor Scott & White ad UT Southwestern Medical Center were assembled. “It was a remarkable intersection of human and veterinary medicine,” said Dr. Joseph Beckham, an anesthesiologist with Fort Worth’s Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center. Emmitt Smith accused of investment fraud. Selena Gomez isn’t the only entrepreneurial celeb making investors mad. 4 13 Solutions, an energy company founded by former Dallas Cowboy and Dancing With the Stars winner Emmitt Smith, is being sued by Kituwah LLC, which invested $2.5 million two years ago to fund a solar farm that has never been built. Now, Kituwah—a business entity owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians—is accusing Smith of running a scheme to pay back investors. I like the earnestness of this Sports Illustrated line: “It’s an unfortunate situation for anyone to get involved in, and hopefully there will be a quick resolution.” And speaking of alleged financial fraud… A Grand Prairie attorney was arrested this week for allegedly running a $1.45 million Ponzi scheme, and charged with wire fraud, witness tampering, and aggravated identity theft. The lies are pretty extravagant. Allegedly. Some rain. Maybe. Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall Tuesday near the Texas-Louisiana border, and was downgraded to a tropical depression, but its remnants are still making their way up to North Texas and bringing some chances for rain today and tomorrow. A judge could rule that Camp Mystic could see its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case dismissed or converted to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which would mean liquidation instead of reorganization. The popular camp has been closed since 25 children and two counselors were killed in flash flooding a year ago. The U.S. trustee for the case says it is concerned that the case has been on file for more than two months and no plan for reorganization has been forthcoming. City estimates more than $2 million in RNC convention expenses. In a memo to the City Council dated September 3, city staff estimates that the costs to the city for this week’s RNC midterm convention will be more than $2 million, with most of it going to security. However, one of the local organizers, Dallas developer Ray Washburne (who also, by the way, says he won’t be running for mayor), says the host committee does not plan on the city having to pay anything. City could raise fees. The City Council could approve new, higher fees for various city services in its September 16 meeting. That would include trash service, which could see a $45 fee for alley pickup and $37.76 for curb. See the full schedule here. TCU restores Star-Telegram credentials. Almost two weeks after rescinding the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s credentials, the TCU football program reinstated them. The school pulled the credentials after the newspaper’s coverage of an August 13 locker room assault that ultimately led to the dismissal of safety Jacob Fields. The school says the move comes after a “series of productive discussions.” Still hot. No rain. Hate this. The National Weather Service says it’ll be in the 100s and dry pretty much the entire week. If you happen to live closer to the Red River, there’s a low chance you could get some precipitation later this week. Good luck perambulating around Victory Park, RNC conventioneers. The Dallas City Council’s Economic Development Committee met this week to discuss, among other things, whether the city should tighten up its zoning in regards to data centers. Among the things learned: There are 23 in Dallas with a collective property value of about $1.5 billion, generating more than $10 million in property taxes. The city doesn’t have any hyperscale data centers, but it also currently doesn’t have a specific zoning category for them: they’ve been classified as “communications exchange facilities,” which are allowed by right in many non-residential area of the city. (The Dallas Morning News covered the meeting, but didn’t actually quote from it—you can watch the meeting here.) Two progress reports on Fair Park. The Dallas Park and Recreation Board will get a progress report on Fair Park this morning, nearly a year since the city took over management of the venue. Parks department head John Jenkins is expected to tout several key developments, including $4 million in improvements to the African American Museum, completing $140 million in renovations to the Cotton Bowl, restoring the Spirit of Centennial sculpture, reviving the Old Mill Inn, and extending more year-round programming and events. Earlier in the week, Fair Park First, the nonprofit working to build the 10-acre community park, told a council committee that groundbreaking for that park will happen in December. Ross Fire “human caused.” Investigators say that the Ross Fire that has consumed more than 90,000 acres in Palo Pinto County was likely “human-caused.” The Texas A&M Forest Service Law Enforcement initially said the cause was a blown tire, but now they say they can’t confirm that. They believe that it started along US-180 near Palo Pinto, where there is little to no shoulder, giving sparks easier access to dry grass along the embankments. It’s historically hot. The Washington Post reports that five of the 10 warmest summers on record in the contiguous U.S. occurred in the last 10 years. Average temperatures this summer are on track to surpass the Dust Bowl summer of 1936. It might rain but probably not really. Yesterday some of my friends in the more easterly direction said they had rain, but I don’t believe them. I don’t think rain is real anymore. Anyway, there is a chance we could get some, and even a flash flood watch. Don’t get too excited though: the watch is to the southeast of us. “The remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard will bring additional chances for showers and storms to the region today,” the National Weather Service says. “The highest rain chances and rainfall totals will be in portions of Eastern Central Texas and the Brazos Valley where isolated flash flooding will be possible. The rest of the area will receive little to no rainfall with this system.” See? Not real. DeSoto football coach addresses handshake incident. Saturday DeSoto lost 38-14 to Florida’s St. Thomas Aquinas in a nationally televised game. Before the kickoff, three of the four DeSoto captains refused to shake hands with their opponents, and video of the incident went viral, because social media are engineered to make people angry. After his players were called racist, Coach Claude Mathis yesterday tried to bring the heat down a little. “There were no issues after the game,” he said. “There was a lot of trash talking going on before the game, but to not shake their hands before the game, you’ve definitely got to do that. I don’t care what is being said, you’ve got to shake their hands. They made a mistake. They are kids.” We might get some rain. From the National Weather Service in Fort Worth at 5:02 this morning: “Localized beneficial rain amounts are possible mainly across southeast Central TX midweek. Tropical Storm Edouard is currently in the Gulf, and is expected to move WNW into the Upper Texas coast, bringing increased moisture and rain chances to mainly our east and southeastern counties Wednesday-Thursday. Storm coverage will peak in the afternoon and evenings. Not everyone will see meaningful rain! Most likely amounts for SE Central TX are 1 to 2″, with isolated higher amounts to 3″. Western North TX is likely to miss out, with rain chances remaining around 10% or less.” TL;DR: We in Dallas County need a little rain luck if we’re to get more than a quarter inch. Everyone, please manifest. Bank robber brings knife to gunfight. A suspect wielding a knife entered a Chase bank in Cedar Hill and demanded money. A witness shot the robber, who later died at the hospital.