Cruz and Cambridge Analytica, Austin bombings, Dallas housing market 'overheated': Your Monday evening roundup

March 19,  2018 By Wayne Carter Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during a Reupblican Party of Dubuque County reception in Durango, Iowa, during his 2016 bid for the presidency. (2016 File Photo/The Associated Press) Cambridge analytica Ted Cruz under fire in scandal; firm targeted voters with data from 50M Facebook users Sen. Ted Cruz is under fire for his connections with [a voter-targeting firm that used data taken from 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.]( The Cruz presidential campaign touted its collaboration with Cambridge Analytica as a sign of a cutting edge run for the White House, allowing the Texan to carefully identify likely supporters. The firm shifted allegiance to Donald Trump once the Texan dropped out of the GOP primaries. Cruz continued work with Cambridge Analytica for six months after allegations surfaced in December 2015 that the firm was using Facebook data it had received illicitly. Recent revelations show the data harvesting was far more extensive than previously suspected, and possibly among the biggest privacy breaches in history. Previously: An investigation has found that a company that aided President Donald Trump's campaign [exploited millions of Facebook users' data.]( Commentary: How does Cambridge Analytica [fit into Russia's web of connections to Trump?]( advertisement An Austin police crime scene van arrives Monday at the site where two people were wounded Sunday night in an expolsion investigators say was set off by a trip wire. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press) editorial The bombs in Austin look a lot like terrorism, and they require us to be Texas Tough The Dallas Morning News editorial board called for drastic measures Monday following yet another deadly explosion in Austin. If ever there were a need for Texas toughness, it's in situations like this, when even the authorities seem to have little sense of who the enemy is. It's anyone's guess right now as to whether these are race-based hate crimes, twisted political ideology or random evil. But as Austin strives to remain steady, [it's imperative that America's best counterterrorism specialists be engaged with, if not in charge of, this confounding investigation.]( Terrorism — home-grown or foreign-led — less often presents itself in America as a single massive tragedy. Instead, it emerges, day after day, in the form of small events such as those unfolding in Austin. Commentary: [The latest Austin bomb was personal]( — just like every other bomb in the world, writes Jacquielynn Floyd. Tell us: [What do you want to know about the Austin bombings?]( (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) Business Wall Street expert issues most dire warning to date that Dallas home values are 'overheating' Dallas-Fort Worth is one of most overvalued home markets in the country, a top Wall Street analyst warns. In it most dire warning yet about the rate of North Texas home price gains, [Fitch Ratings says that home prices in the D-FW area are as much as 19 percent overstated.]( "The Dallas housing market has shown the most significant overheating in the last two years and is now 15 percent to 19 percent overvalued," Fitch managing director Grant Bailey said in a new report. "Overvalued markets are more likely to experience a slowdown in price growth, or a price correction." Dallas-Fort Worth home prices have shot up by more than 40 percent in the last four years and are now at record levels. Strong employment and population growth in the area and a shortage of homes for sale has fueled the price boom, local analysts say. Want to start out making $100K? [Take a look at these tech jobs.]( Grocer growth: WinCo Foods [opens this month]( in Carrollton's growing Bush Turnpike corridor. AT&T-Time Warner: Not sure what the big deal is about the merger trial? [We break it down for you.]( advertisement (Smiley N. Pool/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day Texas Rangers outfielder Drew Robinson applies pine tar and rosin to his batting helmet before a spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Robinson, in his second major-league spring training with the Rangers, is vying for a significant role this season. SportsDay's Evan Grant and photographer Smiley Pool spent a day with Robinson to get [a look inside the life of a young player at spring training.]( Around The Site - Fatal incident: A shooting and head-on crash in Pleasant Grove [left two people dead.]( - Tell us: Are you marching in anti-gun rallies in Dallas, Austin or Washington? [We want to hear from you.]( - Scouting report: "I wouldn't give him no $13 million," Steelers Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw [says of Dez Bryant.Â]( - School scare: A first-grader [took an unloaded BB gun to school]( in Southlake. - Worker injured: A tree trimmer was in critical condition [after a shock from high-voltage power lines]( Tuesday in Bedford. Finally... From the outside, Country Burger in Oak Cliff looks like your typical neighborhood burger joint. But within the walls of this unassuming restaurant [is a virtual shrine to Selena Quintanilla-Perez.]( She’s known as the Queen of Tejano, but has become the unofficial bicultural patron saint and role model for Latinos and even non-Latinos today. The Selena theme at Country Burger started more than 22 years ago, with two big events in Rafael Jimenez’s life: Country Burger gave him his first managerial job and his favorite artist was murdered. advertisement 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? 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