Dallas to Fort Worth high-speed rail gets tentative thumbs ... and more news

North Texas transit officials on Thursday expressed a willingness to continue examining a proposed line that loops around downtown Dallas instead of through it; also in the aftermath of Beryl making landfall Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, the Houston Police Department sent out a call asking for volunteer officers from across the state to help the city as it recovered. And Fort Worth police said officers shot a person Thursday after he allegedly rammed a squad car and tried to carjack a bystander at gunpoint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices