The Memory Room Part II, D-FW's new terminal delayed, wineries uncork new ideas: Your Thursday evening roundup

Willie Nelson will host an online Farm Aid.  [Evening roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 04/09/2020 By Todd Davis and Chelsea Watkins Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( The Texas Association for Investigative Hypnosis sold these commemorative medallions to members at its 2019 annual conference in Huntsville. The association is one of the few, if not the only, remaining societies for police employing hypnosis in criminal investigations. (Smiley Pool/Staff Photographer) INVESTIGATIONS [The Memory Room: Texas courts allow hypnosis despite science, overturned convictions]( Part two of The Memory Room, a two-part investigative series: Prosecutors in the Dallas District Attorney’s Office trying to secure a conviction in the brutal 1988 beating of Southern Methodist University student Helen Barbre did not have much to go on. Police botched the investigation by failing to gather physical evidence from the scene, leaving them to turn to a controversial technique known as investigative hypnosis. Months after the assault, Barbre spent two hours with a Dallas police hypnotist and finally picked a man out of a lineup as her attacker. The police made the arrest. But now it was up to prosecutors to explain why they had enough evidence to send that man to prison. Defense lawyer Marsha Halpern felt confident she could prove her case. Her client, Danny Ray King, a former police trainee, had no criminal record. The hypnotist implanted false memories in the victim’s mind, Halpern tried to show the jury. She believed science was on her side. [But the law was not, and is not, even today](. An analysis by The Dallas Morning News shows prosecutors in Texas sent at least 54 people to prison in cases that involved a hypnosis session since the mid-1970s. Did you miss part one of The Memory Room? Read it [here](. ADVERTISEMENT  CORONAVIRUS [Meet Dr. Philip Huang, a Lake Highlands grad helping Dallas County's coronavirus response]( Metro columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: Dr. Philip Huang ticks all the boxes for a big-city public health administrator: advanced degree from Harvard; stint with the CDC; veteran of the AIDS and Big Tobacco wars; accomplished musician and amateur magician. Laugh if you will, but the Lake Highlands High School graduate who returned a year ago to lead Dallas County Health and Human Services Department said [the ability to connect with an audience is crucial to his job]( -- especially in the face of COVID-19’s scourge. "I think magic actually helped me -- performing helped me understand how to communicate and simplify things."  Also: Dallas County approves close to $1 million for consultants managing [convention center hospital for COVID-19 patients](.   And: The impacts of coronavirus on African-American and Hispanic Texans is clouded by [incomplete data](.  BUSINESS [Timing and size of new Terminal F at DFW Airport in doubt]( DFW International Airport will have to reevaluate the "size" and "timing" of its $3 billion plan to build a new terminal by 2025 with airlines looking at major declines in passengers this year, the airport’s chief executive said Thursday. [DFW International Airport leaders and American Airlines have been discussing the massive expansion for more than a year]( to give the carrier more room as it outgrew the 47-year-old facility. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused massive drops in revenue and traffic this year, but it’s also making airline executives wary of how long it’ll take to recover. "Given the data and the forecast, undoubtedly the timing of the project and the size of the terminal will be revisited," said CEO Sean Donohue at a meeting of the airport’s governing board on Thursday.  And: Texas [jobless claims]( total nearly 750,000 in three weeks since coronavirus lockdowns.   Also: [Real estate agents]( are seeing fewer home buyers and sellers.  ADVERTISEMENT (Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Playground swings are taped off at Mildred L. Dunn Park on Thursday in Dallas. [All of Dallas’ 397 parks will be closed]( over Easter weekend to fend off the spread of COVID-19, officials announced Wednesday. Dallas parks typically see major increases in use on Easter weekend as families and groups gather for picnics, cookouts and Easter egg hunts. EDITORS' PICKS - Heavyweight of boxing: [Amazon’s Jeff Bezos]( makes surprise visit to Dallas-area fulfillment center. - Sneak preview: [Get a handle on Zoombombers]( so they don’t disrupt your meetings. - Seed money: Willie Nelson will host an online [‘Farm Aid’ concert]( with Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews. ADVERTISEMENT FINALLY... [Virtual wine tastings: Texas wineries go online after tasting rooms shut down]( Spring is usually boom time for Texas wineries, but not this year. Amid the coronavirus crisis, social distancing has shut down tasting rooms, the cash cow of most Texas wineries. To stay engaged with customers, wineries are finding creative ways to interact online. Virtual wine tastings, happy hours and classes are the new tools connecting wineries with the public. [Many producers hope to boost sales]( by offering online discounts, free shipping and even prized older vintages. 👋 That's all for now! 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