WASHINGTON (AP) – Exxon Mobil is suing the U.S. government to stop a $2 million fine on the oil giant for violating U.S. sanctions on Russia. Exxon is being fined for signing contracts with a Russian oil mogul who was on a U.S. blacklist. The company is pointing to comments from Treasury Department representatives who…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Police Department is warning residents about a new scam that involves citizens receiving an email claiming to be from the department asking them to pay for an outstanding parking ticket. Officer Tracy Carter said the email threatens to have the recipient’s license revoked if they don’t pay. “There’s only been…… MORE
DENTON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The first human case of the West Nile Virus for 2017 has been confirmed in Denton County. Denton County Public Health said the person who came down with it lives in Little Elm. The department’s Juan Rodriguez said they want people to realize that anyone can become infected. “We definitely want…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF News/CNN) — A Nevada parole board granted O.J. Simpson parole Thursday. “You are low risk to re-offend on our guidelines,” parole board member Tony Corda said. Simpson was sentenced in 2008 to up to 33 years in prison for kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. He could be released as early…… MORE
UPDATE (Friday, July 21 at 11:40 AM) FLOWER MOUND (WBAP/KLIF) – Flower Mound Police say they have found the 12-year-old girl who ran away from home earlier this week. The department says she was in Carrollton, despite fears she may have possibly gone out of state. They say people spreading the world helped them find her.…… MORE
Washington DC (WBAP/KLIF News) – The US Senate has started hearings on former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s nomination to become the United States’ ambassador to NATO. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing Thursday morning. Senator John Cornyn introduced Hutchison. “Senator Hutchison has the experience, determination and tact required for our representative to Brussels,”…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The new class of Dallas police recruits will be required to take part in a new brain health program called “SMART”, which stands for Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Training. Major Paul Junger says the program was developed by the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas at Dallas. It will among…… MORE
Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – There almost certainly will be serious congestion Saturday morning in Irving when a new service station opens on Irving Boulevard south of the Airport Freeway. The owners of the 76 station plan to sell regular gasoline to their first 100 customers at 76 cents a gallon once they open their doors at…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A North Texas historian is calling for the City of Dallas to get rid of all of its confederate statues. His name is Michael Phillips, and he posted to Facebook Wednesday that it’s time to “exorcise the ghosts of the confederacy, which still haunt the Dallas landscape.” He’s referring to the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A soon-to-be Family Dollar store in Dallas was destroyed by a fire early Thursday morning. The building off Walnut Hill between Webb Chapel and Harry Hines was vacant, but had a sign on the side that read “Coming soon: Family Dollar.” A three-alarm fire burned through the roof sometime before 2:00…… MORE
