Southwest Airlines apologizes to employees, Sha’Carri Richardson finishes last vs. field of Olympic medali sts, 5 takeaways from Cowboys-Texans: Your weekend roundup

About 100 demonstrators marched in downtown Dallas Saturday afternoon to denounce the Taliban and to call for more action from the U.S. to help those trying to flee Afghanistan after the government’s swift fall to the Taliban. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  [Morning roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( |[STATE OF THE CITY]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( | [GAMES AND PUZZLES]( 08/22/2021 By Todd Davis Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines of the weekend so far. 💯 Weather:  It took a while this summer, but we've finally gone from August to Ugh!-ust. The forecasted high is 100 today and a few more times this week, with lows in the upper 70s. The chance of rain is similar to you buying a lottery ticket and expecting to win rain. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( In a 2020 photo, people wore face masks to protect against COVID-19 on a Southwest Airlines flight from Norfolk, Va., to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Glen Burnie, Md. (Julio Cortez) BUSINESS [Southwest Airlines apologizes to employees after ‘challenging summer travel season’]( Southwest Airlines issued an apology Friday to beleaguered workers who are frustrated over mandatory overtime, a hectic schedule and unruly passengers. Southwest chief operating officer Mike Van de Ven said in a memo to workers that operations usually start to lighten once school starts and the vacation season starts to wane, but that didn’t happen this past week. In the past two weeks, [union leaders for pilots and flight attendants issued sharp rebukes to the company]( demanding better working conditions.  Also: Construction material price spikes and shortages still hammer [D-FW homebuilders](.   And: What’s [French bakery La Madeleine]( doing inside your neighborhood Walmart?  ADVERTISEMENT DALLAS [DA: ‘I don’t have 100 percent confidence that I have every document’ impacted by evidence loss]( Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said Friday that Dallas police "failed" to recognize the implications that deleted evidence files would have on the prosecution of cases when they didn’t alert his office about the blunder in April. Creuzot spoke to The Dallas Morning News’ editorial board about how his office found out a city IT employee lost about eight terabytes of videos, audio recordings and more evidence when he improperly moved evidence between systems. Creuzot’s Aug. 11 memo to defense attorneys about the city losing police evidence set in motion public awareness about the IT error and led to the release of a murder defendant because prosecutors could not be sure they had all the evidence in his case. [It’s still not clear how many other cases, if any, will impacted](.  Also: New trails are coming to Dallas. [Here’s what hikers and bikers need to know](.   And: [Protesters marched]( in downtown Dallas to urge more help from U.S. for those trying to flee Afghanistan.  ADVERTISEMENT Caption PHOTO OF THE WEEKEND [5 takeaways from Cowboys-Texans, including a potential backup quarterback battle]( Ben DiNucci’s pass with 57 seconds left sealed it for the Cowboys. The No. 3 quarterback threw his third interception of the night, ending the Cowboys’ chance of their first win of the preseason. The Texans beat the Cowboys, 20-14, on Saturday night. The Cowboys are now 0-3 in the preseason with one final game left in the exhibition season. [Here are five things we noticed about Cowboys-Texans.]( AROUND THE SITE - Sports: [Sha’Carri Richardson finishes last]( vs. field of Olympic medalists in first race since suspension - Crime and courts: [A shoplifting suspect]( fired on a police helicopter, prompting a SWAT response and closure of I-30 in West Dallas. - Food: [Baker’s Ribs]( in Weatherford acts as an unconventional Christian church. FINALLY... [DeSoto rapper Erica Banks reveals who she thinks had the best TikTok ‘Buss It’ challenge]( DeSoto rapper Erica Banks told Atlanta hip-hop station Hot 107.9 that she was caught off guard when her song "Buss It" exploded on the social media platform Tik Tok, The song became a challenge where users uploaded videos when they were not looking their best and once the beat dropped, their look would transform, hence the "Buss It Challenge." [Known professionally as Erica Banks]( Erica Breaux first gained national media attention with the freestyle rap that went viral last summer. 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