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No-show Rihanna, artsy affair and restaurant thievery: 5 most popular stories this week

Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and there's a lot we all probably missed. But we're looking out for you, kid. Here are the most popular stories from this past week:

1. Rihanna cancels Dallas concert at American Airlines Center. Just hours before Rihanna was scheduled to hit the stage, officials from Live Nation announced she would not make it to her April 16 appearance at AAC. No surprise, really, because the pop star had already canceled shows in Boston, Baltimore and Houston. She has vowed to reschedule.

2. Cane Rosso White Rock gets burglarized twice even before it opens. According to owner Jay Jerrier, thieves broke into his new pizza joint April 11 and then again early Sunday morning. They made off with valuable equipment, including an espresso machine, prosciutto slicer and two tea urns. "What are you going to do with tea urns?" Jerrier wondered.

3. Art, fashion and Downton Abbey spoof dazzle at Untitled: Art Ball 2013. The charitable gala benefiting the Dallas Museum of art was so spectacular no name could do it justice. Aside from artful gowns, oodles of art, and ambience created by star event designer Todd Fiscus, a Downton Abbey spoof dubbed Downtown Artsy made this an affair to remember.

4. 16-year-old arrested for bomb threats at Highland Park High School. University Park Police arrested a 16-year-old Highland Park High School student for a rash of false threats against the campus that started in January. The teen — whose name was not released because he is a minor — has reportedly been charged with 17 felony counts of making a terroristic threat.

5. J.R. Ewing gets parting shot on Dallas season two finale. With blackmail plots, frame-ups and more double crosses than two chimps playing tic-tac-toe, the season finale of Dallas finally answered some big questions. Among them, who shot J.R. Ewing? The answer is he shot himself. Well, sort of.

Rihanna canceled shows in Houston and Dallas.

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Rihanna canceled shows in Houston and Dallas.

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Texas shocks as America's No. 3 least safe state in 2026 report

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Texas ranks as the 48th "safest" state — out of 50.

While no state is invulnerable, some do more to protect their residents than others. And a new study has declared Texas one of the five least safe states in America.

WalletHub's "Safest States in America (2026)" report examined all 50 states for their emergency preparedness and for residents' personal and residential, financial, workplace, and road safety. Factors that weighed into the rankings include specific crime rates per capita, the share of the population that is uninsured, road quality ratings, workplace injury statistics, and more.

Texas ranked at the bottom of the list as the 48th "safest" state — or the third least safe state. It's joined by several other Southern states, like Mississippi (No. 50), Louisiana (No. 49), Florida (No. 47), and Arkansas (No. 46).

According to WalletHub, Texas specifically ranks third to last in the nationwide "emergency preparedness" category, which was determined based on the prevalence of climate disasters causing $1 billion or more in damages from 1980-2024, and the loss amount resulting from those disasters.

The Lone Star State also ranked 40th (or 10th worst) across three safety categories: personal and residential safety, financial safety, and road safety. The report additionally found that Texas has the highest rate of uninsured residents nationally.

Texas' "workplace safety" was the state's highest-ranking category, landing 30th nationally.

Additional rankings that determined Texas' overall safety include:

No. 30 – Assaults per capita
No. 32 – Fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time workers
No. 32 – Sex offenders per capita
No. 35 – Murders and non-negligent manslaughters per capita
No. 36 – Fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel
No. 41 – Loss amounts from climate disasters per capita

According to the report, the five safest states in America are all located in the Northeast. Vermont leads as the country's safest state in 2026, followed by Massachusetts (No. 2), Maine (No. 3), New Hampshire (No. 4), and Connecticut (No. 5).

Though every state has varying levels of safety, WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo asserted that the safest places in the U.S. categorically invest in protecting their residents. Top-ranking states have low crime rates and diligently maintain their road infrastructure, and other states that prioritize their residents' safety have "strong economies and job markets that prevent people from falling into dangerous financial situations."

"[The safest states in America] have high levels of occupational safety and disaster preparedness, too," Lupo said. "In addition, states are made safer by efforts that individual residents take, such as forming a neighborhood watch or working in firefighting and EMT jobs at high rates."

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