Ellie Goulding might cancel on Cowboys, Dean Foods files Chapter 11: Your Tuesday evening roundup

Grammy-nominated singer Ellie Goulding is threatening to cancel her performance at the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show.  [Evening roundup]( 11/12/2019 By Wayne Carter Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Singer Ellie Goulding is threatening to cancel her halftime performance at the Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day game over concerns about the Salvation Army's stance regarding the LGBT community. (2014 File Photo) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT [Ellie Goulding threatens to cancel her Cowboys Thanksgiving halftime show over Salvation Army concerns]( Grammy-nominated singer Ellie Goulding is threatening to cancel her performance at the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show. The show, which is set to appear on national TV on CBS during the Dallas Cowboys game against the Buffalo Bills, serves as the kickoff for the Salvation Army’s yearly Red Kettle Campaign. Goulding made the announcement after fans took to her Instagram to accuse the Salvation Army of trans and homophobia — [and condemn her for supporting the organization.]( Birds of a feather: The reunited brothers of the Black Crowes will come to Dallas [for the 30th anniversary of the band's debut album.]( Editorial: What city is leading the world for women conductors? [It ain’t Paris or Vienna.]( ADVERTISEMENT  BUSINESS [Nation’s leading milk producer Dean Foods files for bankruptcy, pursues sale]( Dallas-based Dean Foods, the largest dairy producer in America, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced that it is currently in talks to sell the company. The company said it was in "advanced discussions" with the Dairy Farmers of America about a potential sale of all of Dean Foods’ assets. The Dairy Farmers of America is a co-op of dairy farmers that markets and sells members’ raw milk and other products and represents roughly one fifth of U.S. milk production. The dairy producer’s bankruptcy filing and pursuit of a sale [comes after it had stated in September that it would not seek a sale of the company.]( Dean Foods had been pursuing the possibility since the start of the year.  Growth target: Topgolf Entertainment will expand into Asia, [potentially doubling the number of venues it has opened worldwide.](   Luxury accommodations: A high-rise Hilton hotel [is in the works for Uptown Dallas.](  POLITICS [Trump paints DACA recipients as ‘hardened criminals,’ and Hispanic lawmakers call him a bigot]( Hispanic lawmakers from Texas and around the country [blasted President Donald Trump as a bigot on Tuesday]( as he dusted off a provocative claim that many young immigrants protected from deportation under an Obama-era program he ended were "hardened criminals." Trump made the assertion just before the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on his decision to scrap DACA, or Deferred Adjudication for Childhood Arrivals, in September 2017.  DACA : The fate of some 680,000 beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.](  Presidential primary: Joe Biden has gotten the backing of another North Texas politician [and named a veteran Dallas consultant to run his campaign in Texas.](   ADVERTISEMENT (Lynda M. Gonzalez/Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Dallas Park and Recreation Department employees Leroy Powell (left), Mirna Juárez and Luis Escobar brave the bitter cold Tuesday morning to plant winter flowers in a public plaza downtown. If you're in need of something to warm you up after a long, cold day, check out our list of [nine great cold-weather dishes at Dallas restaurants.]( EDITORS' PICKS - Transit delays: Problems with overhead power lines[temporarily suspended DART train service in downtown Dallas]( Tuesday afternoon. - From the archives: Is it a dance? Is it a race? [The Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot is a little bit of both.]( - Philanthropy: Southern Methodist University has received a $100 million gift from the Galveston-based Moody Foundation [to fund its eighth degree-granting school.]( FINALLY... [What does data on poverty tell us about educational outcomes in Texas public schools?]( From The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board: Data from the Texas Education Agency shows that, generally, the greater the poverty among students, the lower the educational outcomes. In the chart below, the state’s largest school districts — those with 50,000 or more students — are listed in order of the percent of students who are economically disadvantaged. [The results are stark, and they show the work that’s left to be done.]( 👋 That's all for this afternoon! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2019 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](