Las Vegas Sands asks Irving leaders to drop casino element amid pushback ... and more news

After a marathon public meeting earlier in the week, Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino giant behind a proposed “destination resort” near the former Texas Stadium site, asked Irving City Council members on Thursday afternoon to strip the casino gambling portion from the proposed zoning amendment. In other news, a 400-acre campground facility in Collin County will close this summer after nearly 20 years of providing recreation and outdoor education to North Texans; Tesla is recalling roughly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, the latest in a series of call-backs for the pickup. The recall covers just over 46,000 vehicles built from November 2023 through Feb. 27 of this year; reaction from folks combing through the release of tens of thousands of pages about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination was that it resembled past document dumps. Much of the information contained in the pages was already public and there was no obvious smoking gun. nd Erykah Badu’s fans won’t have to wait until the next lifetime for new music. In a recent Billboard interview, the Dallas-born R&B legend shared that she is working on a new studio album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices