Cruz defends family separation, Texas Tesla buyers miss incentive: Your Monday evening roundup

June 11,  2018 By Wayne Carter Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz talks with President Donald Trump on May 31 after Trump arrived at Coast Guard Air Station in Houston for a meeting with families affected by the Santa Fe High School shooting. (Evan Vucci/the Associated Press) politics Ted Cruz defends family separation, as complaints about Trump border crackdown persists  Sen. Ted Cruz [defended the Trump administration's policy of separating parents from children]( when they're caught crossing the border illegally, saying that while such cases can be tragic, it's "inevitable" when people violate U.S. law. "There's actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail. So when you see reporters, when you see Democrats saying don't separate kids from their parents, what they're really saying is don't arrest illegal aliens," Cruz told KERA, the Dallas public radio station, in an interview that aired Monday afternoon. The "zero tolerance" policy has been controversial since the Trump administration announced it last month. Thousands of families have been affected, with condemnation pouring in from south of the border and across the world, and from Democrats. Worming in: South Oak Cliff grad and ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman [is crashing the Trump-Kim summit.]( Commentary: Trump's pardons [really aren't out of the ordinary](, writes Margaret Colgate Love. A test driver takes a Tesla Model 3 for a spin through Elysian Park in Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS) business Why Texas' $2,500 electric car incentive won't apply to the most popular brand Electric car shoppers are finding an unwelcome surprise in Texas' new alternative fuel incentives. The nation's most popular electric car [isn't eligible for the $2,500 cash-back deal the state is offering.]( Tesla, whose Model 3 now tops electric vehicle sales lists, has bucked the Lone Star State's requirement that cars be sold through dealerships. Started by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, Tesla takes a newer approach by selling directly to customers via the internet. However, the Texas legislation creating the alternative-fuel incentive applies only to cars sold in Texas. And although Teslas are often seen on local roads, they aren't sold in the state in the same way as other cars. Throwing shade: DFW Airport will spend $25 million [to install 'intelligent' windows.]( Residential phase: Construction has started on high-rise apartments [at the Dallas Cowboys' Star in Frisco.]( Hot market: North Texas home sales and prices [set records in May.]( A conceptual rendering shows a park-like area as part of redevelopment plans for the old Red Bird Mall site. (Omniplan) opinion Why the Dallas City Council should bet on RedBird project in a big way City Council members have long expressed their desire to correct economic and quality of life deficits that penalize southern Dallas residents. Wednesday, those leaders get to back up their words with a milestone vote. On the council agenda is a request for City Hall to finance infrastructure work needed for the transformation of Red Bird Mall into Reimagine RedBird — the kind of high-quality, mixed-use development that the surrounding community has long desired. We wholeheartedly recommend that council members say yes to this plan. [Read the full editorial.]( Editorial: Won't you spare a buck — or two — [to feed a hungry kid this summer?]( Offering inspiration: This year's Tony Awards [were about more than the winners](, writes theater critic Nancy Churnin. [Sign up for breaking news alerts]( (Jason Janik/Special Contributor) Photo of the Day A customer rummages through the wares for sale in a booth at Plano Antique Mall. The store, which rents out booths to about 130 vendors, is [the sole surviving business in the otherwise vacant Plano Market Square Mall](, which once boasted a Garden Ridge home decor store as an anchor tenant and played host to a variety of community events. Around The Site - Bomb scare: The Fort Worth Fire Department's bomb squad was called to clear the home of man [who had jumped from an overpass onto Interstate 30]( in Fort Worth. - Fire-jacker: Several acres burned in Collin County [after a stolen SUV was set ablaze.]( - Stranger danger: Police say a 'suspicious' man [has repeatedly touched people]( at a Euless park. - Major accident: Four firefighters and another motorist [were injured in rollover crash]( in Fort Worth. - Name flip: [IHOP revealed what IHOb stands for](, and Whataburger burned them on Twitter. Finally... Why are allergies in Dallas-Fort Worth so bad? Curious Texas investigates As summer approaches in D-FW, the time for sun, swimsuits [and insufferable allergies]( has come. Runny noses and watery eyes will soon plague Texans, and while some complain, others are curious about the cause. Nat Dreyer, 67, of Allen, asked Curious Texas: “Is there a vortex or funnel cloud, directly over Dallas concentrating the air currents that control the pollen count?” The question was an early submission to [Curious Texas](, an ongoing project from The Dallas Morning News that invites you to join in our reporting process. The idea is simple: You have questions, and our journalists are trained to track down answers. Advertisement [Subscribe to our Real Estate newsletter]( 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? 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