Back home, Randy Jackson would often push teenage players with punishment like long-distance running or extra up-down drills. He learned that he could not be as harsh with his adult German players — and that he hadn’t needed to be so firm during all those years in Texas, either. Read more in The New York Times.

From its earliest moments, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News has found, the examination into Whiteley’s death was riddled with false assumptions and errors that forensics and wildlife experts say left too many unanswered questions. Read more in The Dallas Morning News.

Driving toward Dallas, I began to write his obituary in my head. There he was, in the rearview mirror, starting to notice the landmarks that point the way to the vet’s office. He laid back his ears. He hid his paws. He probably thought it was another nail trim, his least favorite kind of outing. I worried it would be much worse. Read more in Garden & Gun.

Shoppers meandered through NorthPark Center. Some carried big red Macy’s bags that proclaimed, in bold white script, “Believe.” But Casen Hagans, 11, wasn’t sure he should. Read more in The Dallas Morning News.

Today, at least 13 families in North Texas are coping with the shock of learning that their loved ones’ seemingly peaceful deaths were anything but. No one recognized evil when it visited — not the families, not the cops, and not the posh senior living homes where grandmothers stopped showing up for water aerobics. Read more in The Dallas Morning News.

With the family thousands of miles away, trying their best to stay connected, Ashok Kolla is the intermediary. He stands in to serve as a de facto relative, trying to get whatever information he can back to the family in India. Read more in The Guardian.