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DA Won't Charge Desoto Officers The Dallas Morning News Texas' Leading Newspaper $2.99 Dallas, Texas, Saturday, July 20, 2019 POPULATION GROWTH DALLAS COUNTY | POLICE BRUTALITY COMPLAINT Where millennials Dallas: the new are moving Net migration (2017) Dallas DA won’t charge 10,371 millennial hub Seattle 8,007 Tax laws, growing tech SmartAsset analyzed migra- Portland, Ore. tion rates and found that the 6,586 DeSoto officers scene drawing in net population of millennials Columbia, S.C. young professionals in Dallas grew by 10,371 in 6,554 Creuzot’s office cites John Creuzot to publicly ad- charged for drawing weapons 2017, the most recent data Norfolk, Va. dress the fate of six DeSoto po- on the family and slamming By DOM DIFURIO available. It defined millen- 5,430 lack of evidence of lice officers accused of brutal- the mother to the street? For Staff Writer Charlotte, N.C. [email protected] nials as those between the a criminal offense izing a mother and her family using a Taser on her son after ages of 20 and 34. 5,060 in response to her 911 call in he had complied with orders Dallas grew its millennial SmartAsset examined 173 Colorado Springs, Colo. By MILES MOFFEIT August. to lie on the ground? For ar- 3,368 Staff Writer population more than any cities. Other popular spots [email protected] The violence, captured on resting that son and his broth- other city in the U.S., a new for millennials on the move video, drew widespread con- er, though they did nothing il- analysis of Census Bureau were Seattle, Portland, Civil rights leaders have demnation and raised a raft of legal? data shows. waited seven months for Dal- questions. Personal finance website See MILLENNIAL Page 7A SOURCE: SmartAsset Staff Graphic las County District Attorney Would the officers be See CIVIL Page 7A MOON LANDING ANNIVERSARY MIDDLE EAST Remembering a ‘giant leap for mankind’ Iran adds to tension by seizing U.K. ship Second vessel also briefly detained in Strait of Hormuz By GREGORY KATZ The Associated Press LONDON — Iran seized a British- flagged oil tanker Friday and briefly de- tained a second vessel in the Strait of Hor- muz, intensifying tensions in the strategic waterway, which has become a flashpoint between Tehran and the West. The seizing of the British tanker marked perhaps the most significant esca- lation since tensions between Iran and the West began rising in May. At that time, the U.S. announced it was dispatching an air- craft carrier and additional troops to the Middle East, citing unspecified threats Alex Brandon/The Associated Press posed by Iran. President Donald Trump met with astronauts Michael Collins (left) and Buzz Aldrin (right) and members of the late astronaut Neil Arm- The ongoing showdown has caused jit- strong’s family on Friday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission. Aldrin and Armstrong, who died in 2012, ters around the globe, with each maneuver became the first men to land on the moon 50 years ago Saturday as Collins orbited overhead in their command module. (Story, 3A) bringing fear that any misunderstanding or misstep by either side could lead to war and disrupt the flow of oil from the region. Details of what took place Friday re- mained sketchy after Iran reported that it had seized a British oil tanker in the Strait From analog tape to the world of Hormuz. The strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf is a shipping channel for one- UTD team made sure to digitize the audio recordings of cefaring efforts. strong and Buzz Aldrin speak was a fifth of all global crude exports. all of the manned Apollo missions Teams at UTD created equip- big eye-opening moment,” said The tanker Stena Impero was taken to voices of space missions without help from the University of ment that analyzed the moon’s at- John Hansen, an associate dean of an Iranian port because it was not comply- carried through history Texas at Dallas. mosphere so that NASA would research at the University of Texas ing with “international maritime laws and July 20 marks 50 years since know what to expect when astro- at Dallas. “ ‘The Eagle has landed’ regulations,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard By EMMA RUBY Neil Armstrong became forever fa- nauts got there, and they also devel- and ‘One small step for man,’ those declared. Staff Writer [email protected] mous for being the first man to walk oped gear that allowed three are big words.” A statement from Stena Bulk, the com- across the moon’s surface. Back on manned Apollo missions and the The moon landing has captivat- pany that owns the seized tanker, said it It took seven years to put a man Earth, the University of Texas at Gemini 8 mission recordings to be ed audiences since the day it was was unable to make contact with the ship on the moon. Dallas is celebrating its role in sup- digitized in five years. But it would have taken 172 years porting NASA and America’s spa- “Being able to hear Neil Arm- See UTD Page 3A See TANKER’S Page 7A Partly cloudy, hot METRO & BUSINESS SOCIAL MEDIA State jobless rate sets new record Texas’ unemployment rate fell to a new H 97 historic low of 3.4% in June, when employ- Trump’s attacks reinforce rhetoric L 79 ers added 45,000 jobs. 3B Metro, back page Design of new Corvette takes turn Tweets, harsh comments Heart-shaped The new 2020 Corvette is radically differ- notes of sup- ent from its predecessors — more Europe- about ‘squad’ elevate online port lined the LATE SCORES an in styling. 5B racism, conspiracy theories wall outside For results from last the office of night’s games, go to Big ranch carries big price By JILL COLVIN Rep. Ilhan sportsdaydfw.com/ Huge and historic, the Ford Ranch is on the The Associated Press Omar, D- scores. market for $52.5 million. 4B WASHINGTON — Long before Minn., on More delay likely for Paxton case President Donald Trump turned up Friday. The drawn-out criminal case against Texas the heat on four Democratic con- INSIDE gresswomen of color, saying they Lottery 2A Jumble 7B Attorney General Ken Paxton was further Nation 4-5A Obituaries 10B complicated this week as lawyers on both should “go back” to their home coun- sides filed motions. 1B tries, hateful rhetoric and disinforma- World 6A Sports TV 2C Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press Editorials 9A TV 4E tion about the self-described “squad” ........ ........ Viewpoints 8A Comics 2-4E SPORTSDAY was lurking online. oric, playing into a conspiratorial nated in the darkest corners of the Classified 7B Autos Sec. G Racist, inflammatory and inaccu- feedback loop that reared its head re- internet while fueling new ones of his II Spieth gains at British Open rate content has circulated on far- peatedly during his campaign and own. Jordan Spieth of Dallas had a good round ©2019, The Dallas Morning News at the British Open to put himself into right blogs, news sites and social me- presidency. His latest targets are Omar and contention, 3 strokes off the lead. 1C dia accounts about Rep. Ilhan Omar Trump rose to conservative promi- Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of of Minnesota and her three freshman nence by falsely claiming that former New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massa- Ranchview junior thinks big colleagues since they ran for public of- President Barack Obama, the first chusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michi- Golfer Bohyun Park is only a junior at fice. black president, wasn’t born in the gan. Carrollton Ranchview, but she has her With his tweets and harsh com- United States. Since then, he has pro- sights set high. 1C ments, Trump has elevated that rhet- moted claims and memes that origi- See TWEETS Page 2A The Dallas Morning News dallasnews.com FROM THE FRONT PAGE II Saturday, July 20, 2019 3A UTD has vast space legacy Research for the Apollo 11 mission took place in the Continued from Page 1A ditionally transcribed 7,000 Founders Building on the hours of the Apollo 13 mission, University of Texas at broadcast live around the and select tapes from the Apol- Dallas’ Richardson campus. world, and the Apollo 11 missi- lo 1 and Gemini 8 missions. The building has seen up- on symbolizes an advancement Armstrong was part of the crew dates since that time. that has created a ripple effect of Gemini 8, one in a series of in the science world that is still missions that were a precursor felt decades later. to Apollo. An instrument that detected In 2012, Hansen, an electri- Hansen said the digitization the lunar atmosphere cal engineering professor who project proved a testament to during the Apollo 17 mission does speech research, had one his belief that “open-ended is on display in the physics question: How do people work problems are not something to building on the University together in teams to solve shy away from.” of Texas at Dallas campus. problems? Few problems are bigger Looking back than getting a man to the moon. Hansen and a team of But UT-Dallas’ relationship research students decided to with NASA didn’t start with answer his question by pro- Hansen. cessing and analyzing the re- Before UT-Dallas was a uni- cordings of Apollo 11. versity, it was the Southwest While the question seemed Center for Advanced Studies, a simple enough, Hansen and his research institution funded by students arrived at the Johnson the founders of Texas Instru- Space Center in Houston and ments.
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