Plano doctor talks pay gap, driver killed during traffic stop, Ray Charles' house: Your weekend news roundup

September 02,  2018 By Nataly Keomoungkhoun Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines of the weekend so far. ️ 🌥️ Weather: [Partly cloudy with a high of 93 degree and a 30% chance for isolated showers and storms.]( 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Gary Tigges, appearing at an arts gala in 2014, is one of three doctors at the practice he founded in 1996, Plano Internal Medicine Associates. (DMN File photo) Plano 'Female physicians do not work as hard,' Plano doctor tells Dallas Medical Journal A Plano physician is under fire for a hot take in the Dallas Medical Journal [saying his female colleagues are paid less because they don't work as hard](— but the doctor says his comments were misconstrued and that he did not know they would be made public. "Yes, there is a pay gap," Tigges wrote. "Female physicians do not work as hard and do not see as many patients as male physicians. This is because they choose to, or they simply don't want to be rushed, or they don't want to work the long hours. Most of the time, their priority is something else.... Family, social, whatever." Texas: Texas restaurant apologizes and fires an employee accused of [taunting customers with gay slur](. Dallas: A controversial ['abortion is self-care' billboard]( asks Dallas to trust black women. Politics 'It's a race': Cruz allies will spend plenty to put brakes on Beto, keep Texas Senate seat red With Beto O'Rourke fighting Ted Cruz to a draw in polls and topping him in cash, and his party itching to nab a Senate seat and end their drought in Texas, major GOP players are grappling with a possibility they haven't faced in decades. Cruz has been warning Republicans about complacency for months, sounding the alarm that Democrats are unified and eager to use the midterms to punish President Donald Trump. He recently asked Senate colleagues — including many he antagonized during his first term — to help replenish his coffers. With two months to go, allies are poised to pump millions into an ad blitz aimed at putting the brakes on O'Rourke's momentum, and [they're standing by to spend even more heavily in the final two months](. "Democrat enthusiasm is at an 11. It's unclear what Republican turnout and enthusiasm will look like," said Jason Johnson, a senior strategist on the Cruz presidential campaign who now runs Texans Are, a pro-Cruz super PAC. "The No. 1 issue that I've run into is potential supporters trying to wrap their head around the reality that this is a real race." "It's a real race," he said. 2018 Elections: Beto O’Rourke faces new questions about [1998 DWI arrest](, and his punk rock phase. Also: Texas Legislature is [going to redraw a Fort Worth statehouse district]( that was ruled a racial gerrymander. Sports Shocker! Cowboys kicker Dan Bailey among team's roster cuts The Cowboys elected Saturday to go with NFL unknown Brett Maher over [Dan Bailey, one of the most consistent kickers in league history](. Maher (MAH-her), 28, is due to make $480,000, versus Bailey's cap hit of $4.2 million. Maher has had a strong preseason, including hitting a 57-yarder Thursday night at Houston in the exhibition finale. Yet he has no regular-season stats to back up what he's shown this preseason. Also: Details of Cowboys TE Rico Gathers' [arrest for marijuana possession]( in Frisco the night before final roster cuts. And: Texas spent the offseason focused on finishing games. [Then came the regular season](. Advertisement (Ryan Michalesko/The Dallas Morning News) Photo of the WEEKEND Allen High School linebacker Keith Johnson high fives fans following the Allen Eagles 40-0 win over the Mesquite Horn Jaguars on Friday, August 31, 2018. Editor's Picks - Crime: A Mansfield man was jailed for his nephew's 1981 murder that he says [he doesn't recall confessing to police](. - Opinion: Dallas doesn't have to choose between [public safety and tax cuts]( to become the world-class city that we dream about. - Courts: A Dallas man [stole $2.5 million from low-income children's nutrition program](. - Sports: 5 thoughts from TCU's season-opening win over Southern: [It's Shawn Robinson's world](, we're just living in it. - Transportation: The Trinity Railway Express is going [to miss the safety tech deadline]( and they're wanting an extension to avoid shutdown in 2019. - Education: A $95K simulator puts Arlington students and police to the [test with virtual bad guys](. - Crime: A [d]([river was shot to death]( as he fled Arlington traffic stop -- with an officer's arm caught in the window. - Opinion: Contributor Hannah Ortega has white skin and her brother has dark skin. To her, [the world treats both of them very differently](. Finally... Ray Charles' South Dallas house has a new owner, and he's open to suggestions about what to do with it The house, at the corner of Eugene and Myrtle streets in South Dallas, looks better than it did last time I drove past, a little less than a year ago. It's sealed up now, its white-framed windows and bright-white doors closed tight. It's been repainted slate blue. Neighbors says workers come by every so often to check on the place, mow the lawn. The house, a legend's residence when he was still a mere mortal, is empty. Has been for years. "It's been vacant the whole time I've owned it," said Mark Ellis, who closed on 2642 Eugene St. just before New Year's 2017. "It's a shell." When he bought the bungalow on Eugene, Ellis had no idea Ray Charles had once lived there — yes, Ray Charles, that Ray Charles. "And I thought, 'How neat,'" Ellis said. "And then I thought, ['What's the right way to handle it?'](" Advertisement 👋 That's all for this morning! 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