Trump takes RNC spotlight for acceptance speech, Dallas pro teams' scheduled games postponed: Your Thursday evening roundup

Vietnamese restaurant LaVui opens in Dallas  [Morning roundup] [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 08/27/2020 By Todd Davis Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. ADVERTISEMENT [Trump, painting Biden as ‘weak’ and extreme, will use acceptance speech to defend his own record as exemplary]( [Man in custody on robbery charges now accused of murder in July shooting, Dallas police say]( [Rangers-A’s postpone Thursday’s game after Oakland players decide against taking the field]( [American Airlines slows plans to cut service to three small cities it targeted]( [Vietnamese restaurant LaVui opens in Dallas, with inspiration from popular sushi joint Oishii]( [NBA playoffs will resume, but Thursday’s games, including Mavericks-Clippers, are postponed]( [Mayor Johnson: Top city of Dallas salaries are bloated]( [Is the sanctity of “Friday Night Lights” on the line? What 2020 means for the future of streaming Texas high school football]( [1310 The Ticket’s Norm Hitzges announces he’s undergoing treatment for bladder cancer]( [Here’s one battle Cowboys owner Jerry Jones should lose to head coach Mike McCarthy]( Sonny Cate (center) listens as he eats and socializes with friends at the McDonald's parking lot on Aug. 22 in Keller. The friend group has been meeting at McDonald's for over ten years every day except Sundays, but due to the pandemic, must hangout outside of the lobby.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) CORONAVIRUS [In a McDonald’s parking lot, scenes of camaraderie, laughter, hope cut through virus-imposed isolation]( You remember them from the pre-pandemic days when they were a fixture at many coffee shops or fast food joints. That group of older folks who met every morning, sitting around a couple of tables, in no hurry to get anywhere fast. Then came the pandemic. When the pandemic hit, they lost more than just that sense of routine and familiarity. Not meeting every day in April or May wore on them. So they came up with a plan, which we’ll get to in a second. [But first, some introductions](. ADVERTISEMENT  👋 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? Submit your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to[the newsroom.]( ADVERTISEMENT STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](