Student walk out, Trump to Dallas, jet engine inspections: Your Friday evening roundup

April 20,  2018 By Holly Rusak Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Students at Frisco ISD's Lone Star High School participate in the National School Walkout on Friday morning. (Ron Baselice/Staff Photographer)  guns in schools Armed men show up near Frisco rally as students nationwide protest gun violence Students across North Texas and the nation walked out of their schools Friday, [raising their voices against what they see as political inaction on gun control and gun violence](. At Heritage High School in Frisco, a rally was held inside a school gym, but outside four men who students said had AR-15s were reportedly hanging out near the campus. Student organizers said in a tweet that the men were protesting the walkouts "and did not appear to be planning anything." Frisco police say they were licensed gun owners who had long rifles and were legally permitted to carry those weapons. "This is why we march," said a tweet from the student organizers of the rally, noting it was legal for the men to have their weapons as long as they were more than 500 feet away from the school. Police said the men left without incident. Be informed: Students [worried about being expelled for gun protests]( should know their rights. Keller ISD: A threat of violence at a planned pep rally or a student-led walkout [prompted Keller ISD to limit the participation of Keller High School students]( during today's National School Walkout protests. President Donald Trump waves during his departure on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on Thursday. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) POLITICS Donald Trump to visit Dallas in May for fundraiser for re-election campaign [President Donald Trump will be in Dallas next month for a joint fundraiser]( hosted by the Republican National Committee and Trump's re-election campaign. According to an invitation obtained by The Dallas Morning News, the event is scheduled for May 14. The location and time has not been publicized Tickets for the fundraiser are going for up to $100,000 a couple, which includes a photo with the president. Trump may also visit Dallas earlier in May for the National Rifle Association convention, May 3 to May 6, though the NRA and the White House haven't said if he plans to appear this year. Lawsuit: [The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and Wikileaks](, claiming they conspired to damage Hillary Clinton's campaign and elevate President Donald Trump to the White House. Local lawsuit: State District Judge Eric Moyé will decide Monday [whether a lawsuit that would kick more than 80 Democrats off the November general election ballot]( should proceed. Do you believe in miracles? Beto O'Rourke, buoyed by stout fundraising and a surprisingly favorable poll, has a renewed belief in miracles. More than ever before, [he's talking like beating Sen. Ted Cruz is no longer a pipe dream](. National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the CFM International 56-7B turbofan engine belonging Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 that separated during flight Philadelphia International Airport on April 17 in Philadelphia. (Keith Holloway/NTSB) Southwest Flight 1380 Fatality prompts immediate inspections of more than 1,000 engines worldwide The company that manufactured the jet engine on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, which was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday after a mid-air engine failure, is [calling for immediate ultrasonic inspections of fan blades on older engines of that type](. "CFM recommends ultrasonic inspections within the next 20 days to fan blades of CFM56-7B engines with more than 30,000 cycles since new," the service bullet issued Friday said. "Also, it recommends inspections by the end of August for fan blades with 20,000 cycles, and inspections to all other fan blades when they reach 20,000 cycles." The Federal Aviation Administration followed suit with its own "Emergency Airworthiness Directive" Friday afternoon. At least 352 engines in the U.S. and 681 engines worldwide are expected to be covered by the latest directive. From the CEO: [Southwest Airlines is sending checks to cover "immediate financial needs" of passengers who were on Flight 1380](. What's in it for me? [A $15-a-month skinny bundle]( and other ways AT&T plans to keep you happy after Time Warner merger. More courtroom time: [AT&T is being sued by a startup]( that accuses the largest U.S. provider of pay TV of stealing technology for providing online streaming news and interfering with its launch. [Sign up for breaking news alerts]( (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day At least it's not Tide Pods? But lettuce not get a-head of ourselves. Pictured above, [senior Cammy Rodriguez chomps down into a head of iceberg lettuce (no E. Coli-laden Romaine here!) during a meeting of The Lettuce Club]( at Heritage High School in Frisco.  Students have 20 minutes to munch on the leafy greens (no dressing allowed) while '80s tunes like "Eye of the Tiger" blast over the classroom speakers. Whoever eats all the way to the core the fastest becomes the next president. Around The Site - 'Merit or on quota?' A former member of the Texas State Board of Education [took a shot Friday at a biracial California teen who was accepted to Harvard](. - Fatal crash: A West Dallas man [survived a stroke and cancer but died last week in a wrong-way crash]( blocks from his home. - A public farewell: Hundreds line up to [pay final respects to former first lady Barbara Bush]( in the sanctuary of a Houston church. - Where the cool kids aren't? [These three North Texas cities get an 'F' in hipster cred](. - Editorial: [Lawmakers must act as Texas students slip]( behind on reading and lose momentum on math. - Change of venue: A free concert by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on Saturday [has been moved from NorthPark Center to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center](. Finally... Goodbye, Starplex. Hello, ... Just when we were getting used to the new, old name Starplex Pavilion, the music venue located in Dallas' historic Fair Park will no longer be called that. As local music lovers will recall, this is just the latest in a long lineage of brand-based names for the venue. It opened in 1988 as the Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre, which is why fans went wild last year when we broke the news it had reverted to a semblance of its original moniker after Gexa Energy's naming rights expired. 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