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Axios
5 days ago
- Business
- Axios
Here's how to get a 75-cent Whataburger
It's Whataburger's 75th birthday, and fans are getting a treat: 75-cent burgers. The latest: The Corpus Christi-born cult favorite is celebrating its milestone by marking down its classic No. 1 Whataburger — typically priced around $5.79 — to just 75 cents. How it works: The deal is available 11am-8pm Friday, exclusively through the Whataburger app. Add-ons and customizations cost extra. Flashback: Harmon Dobson founded Whataburger in 1950. The burgers were 25 cents back then, according to the Texas State Historical Association. By the numbers: What started as a single burger stand has grown into a national brand with more than 1,100 locations across 17 states. Between the lines: BDT Capital Partners, a Chicago company, acquired a majority stake in Whataburger in 2019, but it remains based in San Antonio.
Axios
28-05-2025
- Axios
Dallas police investigate damage to historical marker
Dallas police are investigating after a historical marker describing the 1910 lynching of a Black handyman was taken from its downtown Dallas location and vandalized. Why it matters: Allen Brooks was killed by a racist mob in downtown Dallas at a time when streetcars, parks and the State Fair were segregated. The historical marker, installed in 2021, was the first permanent recognition of Dallas' history of racial violence, per the Texas State Historical Association. Context: Brooks was accused, "without proof," of assaulting a child, the historical marker says. A large crowd gathered on the day of his arraignment, breaking through extra security and into a locked room where he was being held, per SMU research. Thousands of men gathered as Brooks was dragged, beaten and lynched March 3, 1910, at the intersection of Main and Akard streets. The latest: The metal sign reportedly went missing last week and was found Friday evening. The sign appears to be vandalized, per a Tuesday statement from Dallas Park and Recreation. The department says it will work with the nonprofit Remembering Black Dallas to decide whether the sign should be repaired or replaced. Flashback: The Dallas County Justice Initiative and Equal Justice Initiative partnered in 2021 to install a marker honoring Brooks at the corner of Akard and Main streets. "This is an effort [of] historical activism in which we need to make sure that we reach back in history so we don't repeat it," Dallas County Justice Initiative president Ed Gray said at the marker's unveiling. The state recognized the mob attack and killing with a separate historical marker in 2023. Between the lines: The NAACP describes lynchings as "violent public acts that white people used to terrorize and control Black people." Over 3,000 Black people were lynched in the U.S. from 1882 to 1968, per NAACP research.
