👖Fort Worth is keeping this Dickies; Local bio-pharma gets $14M from Texas; Bishop T.D. Jakes has 'medical emergency'.

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Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office reportedly have a handshake deal on a contract for the next two production lots of the multi-service, multi-national stealth fighter. The agreement, which has not yet been finalized, comes after a delay that required the company to expend significant out-of-pocket funds to keep production going. 

TechFW member Barricade Therapeutics, Corp., a bio-pharmaceutical company pioneering solutions for colorectal cancer, has received a $14,005,035 grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The funding will support the Phase 1 clinical development of Barricade’s BT-1501 for advanced cancer patients. It previously has raised $5.9M, including $3M from an earlier CPRIT Seed grant.

The move to California will have no impact on the naming rights of Dickies Arena, said Whitney Blake, a spokesperson for Trail Drive Management in an email to the Star-Telegram. Trail Drive is a nonprofit contracted with the city of Fort Worth to operate the arena. “It is business as usual…” Blake said.

4-7: In a wild game, especially for special teams play, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Washington Commanders, 34-26, and snapped a five-game losing streak. Forty-one points were scored in the fourth quarter, highlighted by two Cowboys kickoff returns for touchdowns and a crucial Washington extra point miss with 21 seconds remaining. 

Star-shaped Dallas Cowboys chicken nuggets from Tyson Foods are available at AT&T Stadium and grocery stores beginning Thursday ... cooked at the stadium and frozen in stores. Tyson will donate $1 (up to $100,000) to the Salvation Army for every nugget purchase.

More than 140 Texas Advance Auto Parts employees, including 29 at three Tarrant County locations, will lose jobs as the chain closes hundreds of locations across the country. 

Bishop T.D. Jakes suffered an apparent medical emergency at the end of Sunday's service at The Potter's House, which has congregations in Dallas and Fort Worth. This statement was released. Jakes has more than 4.5 million followers on X.

The Texas Supreme Court denied requests to stay the lawsuit that stemmed from a deadly I-35 vehicle pileup during the 2021 winter storm and ordered it to trial. The I-35 TEXpress toll road operator and FedEx were among those seeking to halt the proceedings. 133 cars and trucks were involved in the icy pileup near downtown Fort Worth in which six people were killed. 

The U. S. Supreme Court will weigh federal administrative power, agreeing to consider the constitutionality of the $8 billion annual slate of subsidies that help cover the cost of telecom services for poor people and rural residents.

Via Senator John Cornyn, help is on the way for hundreds of sexual assault victims awaiting justice in Fort Worth. His office announced the federal government is sending $2.1 million to help clear the backlog.

Saturday against Arizona, TCU's football team scored for the 405th consecutive game, the second-longest streak in NCAA history. No. 1 is Florida at 459 games (1988-present). Texas shut out visiting TCU, 32-0, Nov. 16, 1991.

The highest scoring college football team in history, the Texas Wesleyan Rams, hosts a second-round NAIA playoff game against Benedictine (Kansas) at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Crowley Multipurpose Stadium. Tickets go on sale today at ramsports.net.

The Texas Board of Education approved K-5 curriculum that includes Biblical and Christian lessons about Moses, the story of the Good Samaritan, the Golden Rule, readings from The Book of Genesis, and more. Public schools now have the option to use the new state-written curriculum.

Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, advisors to President-elect Donald Trump, have ideas for mass headcount reductions and eliminating remote work for federal employees. They wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal and also suggested “relocation of federal agencies out of the Washington area.”

Oops: Two American Airlines liftoffs in a week were troubling. One was a near-miss with Hawaiian mountains and another likely flew in prohibited D.C. flight space.

AAA is predicting more than 5.7 million Texans will travel more than 50 miles for the Thanksgiving holiday and about 90% will be traveling by car.

No Rotten Tomatoes score, but General Motors’ YouTube documentary about 70 years in Arlington gets rave reviews.

Work-from-home job postings in the U.S. have fallen to 7.8% as of October, according to Bisnow’s real estate job site SelectLeaders. That’s down from a peak of 10.4% in February 2022, and a fully remote work drop of 37% from 2023 to 2024. 

New York repealed a century-old, seldom-used law that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse — a misdemeanor that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months.

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• The IRS announced that the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans has increased by $500 to $23,500 for 2025.

• What was the most popular song the year you were born?

• American Airlines expands its crackdown on line cutters to more than 100 airports. 

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• Why are mortgages, small-business loans costing more if Fed is cutting interest rates?

• With two kids, one delivered at 14, mom's application to UNT Health Center is a viral hit.

• Tarrant County entity sells $280.4 million of bonds for Baylor Scott & White re-funding.

Significant stat: 1 in 5 Americans say they regularly get their news from “news influencers” on social media, per a Pew Research study; that includes 37% of adults under 30, the largest share of any age group.

Daily digit: The annual American Farm Bureau Federation Thanksgiving dinner survey finds that the classic feast for 10 will run you $58.08 this year, down 5% from last year. However, it’s still 19% higher than five years ago.

Believe it or not: $1.63 million = the sale price of a painting created in large part by an AI-powered robot, the first made by a humanoid robot that’s been sold at auction.

Announcements:

• City of Keene: Hires Jonathan Seitz as City Manager. 

• Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology: Recognizes Lyda Hill and Lyda Hill Philanthropies with Kay Bailey Hutchison Distinguished Service Award.

• Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers: Awards Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at TCU the 2024 NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.

• M&A Advisor: Recognizes Element8 with Telecom Deal of the Year. 

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