Home crowd: Mavericks face Game 4 with Slovenia's PM in Luka's corner

Plus: Southwest flight plunges near ocean, Alex Jones to lose assets, Dallas Zoo's whooping crane work [EVENING ROUNDUP]( Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision. Hello, D-FW! FEMA has opened centers in Garland and Richardson in coordination with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Dallas County and its cities to help residents seeking financial aid after the May storms in North Texas. [Find out who might benefit and more details](. Thanks for your readership, and happy Fathers Day to those who have accepted the role. We'll have more news delivered to your inbox Sunday. Go Mavs! — Todd Davis, Senior Audience Journalist   [Prime Minister of Slovenia, Robert Golob, poses by an image of Luka Doncic outside American Airlines Center on Friday.]( Prime Minister of Slovenia, Robert Golob, is having dinner with the Mavericks before tonight's Game 4. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer) [‘We must not give up’: Slovenian prime minister visits Dallas to support Luka]( More than 5,000 miles from the American Airlines Center, a small Eastern European country has its eyes on Dallas. Slovenians have been tuning into NBA games for weeks, waking up in the middle of the night from across the globe to see the Slovenian point guard Luka Doncic lead the Mavericks to the Finals. For the country’s Prime Minister Robert Golob, [it was a childhood dream to come to an NBA championship game](. “But I never dreamt that I would be cheering for one of my compatriots,” Golob said. [READ MORE]( Related: - [Ticket prices for Game 4 drop as Dallas Mavericks face elimination vs. Boston Celtics]( - [Mavericks-Celtics live updates: Will Dallas keep season alive in NBA Finals Game 4?]( - [Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont explains state of the franchise, leadership hierarchy](   ADVERTISEMENT   TOP STORIES [Assets of Infowars’ Alex Jones to be sold to pay $1.5 billion Sandy Hook debt]( If Free Speech Systems’ bankruptcy reorganization had been converted to a liquidation, Jones could have lost [...] [STAAR results: lower math performance for students grade 3-8]( STAAR results for elementary and middle school students showed declines in math across all grade levels. The [...] [Texas Supreme Court affirms winter storm emergency pricing that cost Texans billions]( Luminant, a subsidiary of Irving-based Vistra Corp., argued that the Public Utility Commission exceeded its [...] [Southwest Airlines jet plunges within 400 feet of an ocean near Hawaii]( A Southwest Airlines Max 8 plunged within 400 feet of the coast of Hawaii. [The Dallas Zoo lost its first whooping crane chick to a gun. Their work is far from over]( The International Crane Foundation's George Archibald and Carter Crouch and the Dallas Zoo's Chris Corpus sat [...] [READ MORE NEWS](     ADVERTISEMENT   CRIME AND COURTS [2 sentenced for tampering with corpse of Seattle woman killed in Dallas in 2020]( Charles Beltran, 35, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for failing to call police after witnessing [...] [1 dead after teen mistakes motorist as rival, shoots vehicle in The Woods, police say]( An 18-year-old is facing a murder charge in connection with a Thursday fatal shooting in Dallas, police said. [Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre]( A gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles modified with bump stocks in 2017. [...] POLITICS [The false statement that Trump’s felony conviction bars him from the Texas ballot | Politifact]( A June 8 Threads post said former President Donald Trump’s conviction means he can’t appear on the ballot in [...] [Justice Department says it will not prosecute Merrick Garland for contempt of Congress]( In a letter to the Republican House speaker, the Justice Department said the AG's refusal to turn over audio [...] [Fact-checking Joe Biden on Black employment, health insurance and wealth | Politifact]( President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have prioritized outreach to Black voters as the [...] BUSINESS [‘I just want a little crumb’: Mavs Finals run draws army of merch-selling street vendors]( The Dallas Mavericks and its NBA Finals appearance has drawn out many individual sellers and local small [...] [A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 is being investigated for a ‘Dutch roll’]( A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 is being investigated for a "Dutch roll." [Dallas’ DataBank to build $256 million project in Red Oak]( Data center company DataBank Inc. has plans to build a more than 425,000-square-foot facility in the Ellis [...]   ADVERTISEMENT   [The Dallas Morning News]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X (formerly Twitter)]( [YouTube]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Account Login]( | [Help Center]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( [Manage Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( ©2024 The Dallas Morning News • 1954 Commerce St. • Dallas, TX 75201