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<\/p>\nGood evening, DFW We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n
Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n
While a weak cold front will move into Texas overnight, it won’t bring any rain or a major drop in temperatures. What you will notice is a north wind and a slight drop in humidity. Temperatures will still be above average for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n
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Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0Austin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0San Antonio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0What to know going into this year’s elections<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Early voting across Texas officially kicked off today and will run through Oct. 31. This year\u2019s ballot includes 17 state constitutional amendments and many local fiscal decisions.<\/p>\n Early voting runs from Oct. 20 through Oct. 31, and Election Day is on Nov. 4.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0F1 extends U.S. Grand Prix at COTA with 8-year deal through 2034<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Formula 1 on Sunday announced an eight-year extension with the Circuit of The Americas to continue hosting the\u00a0United States Grand Prix<\/a>\u00a0through 2034.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Gov. Greg Abbott celebrates firing of UT administrator<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Gov. Greg Abbott, in a statement on X, celebrated the firing of a University of Texas at Austin psychology professor from his position as an administrator who had been overseeing academic affairs at the university.<\/p>\n The professor, Art Markman, was fired from his academic administration role over \u201cideological differences,\u201d according to his\u00a0post on LinkedIn<\/a>. Neither Markman nor UT would comment as to what the details of his dismissal were, but Abbott referred to \u201cleftist ideologies\u201d in his post.<\/p>\n Notes for Tomorrow<\/p>\n Tuesday, Oct. 21<\/b><\/p>\n In Case You Missed It\u00a0\u00a0 Warren McVea (6) Kansas City Chiefs running back is stopped on an end run by Dallas Cowboy Leroy Jordan (55) in the first quarter action in Dallas, Sept. 5, 1970. (AP Photo\/Fred Kaufman)<\/p>\n Warren McVea, first Black player to get a football scholarship at a major Texas school, dies at 79<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Warren McVea, the speedy running back who was the first Black player to receive a football scholarship to a major Texas school and later helped Kansas City win its first Super Bowl title, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 79.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, DFW We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":319798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,12762,1596,7371,7372,14242,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-319930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-evening-briefing","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fortworth","13":"tag-katharine-finnerty","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115409501954038328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\")
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