DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas City Council was briefed by a task force appointed by Mayor Mike Rawlings on Wednesday to recommend plans for confederate statues and street names in Dallas. Mayor Pro-Tem Dwaine Caraway defended his vote to remove the Robert E.Lee statue from Lee Park. “Just like they took down Saddam Hussein statue,…… MORE
(CNN) – The suspect in New York’s deadliest terror attack since 9/11 has been charged with federal terrorism offenses in connection with Tuesday’s attack in Manhattan in which eight people were killed. 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov of Uzbeckistan is charged with providing material support to ISIS and violence and destruction of motor vehicles. Saipov, who came…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Real Estate Council of Dallas is hosting its first-ever “Shark Tank” to highlight investment and economic development opportunities in South Dallas. Linda McMahon is the council’s CEO and said Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will speak at this week’s event. “They will talk a little bit about…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Arlington Police Department released new details about the suspect who opened fire on police officers attempting to serve a warrant Tuesday afternoon. An 11-year-veteran officer was shot multiple times and is recovering in the hospital. A bullet grazed a second officer in the hand during gunfire. The department’s Lieutenant Chris Cook said the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Commissioners in McLennan County have filed suit against the country’s largest opioid manufacturers and wholesale distributors. According to the Waco Tribune-Herald the rate of prescription opioid distribution is higher in the county than state and national averages. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports for every 100 people in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Sanger man was killed Tuesday when the motorcycle he was driving in Denton was hit by wheels that popped off a big rig on Interstate 35. The Forth Worth Star-Telegram has identified the motorcyclist as 23 year old Brady Burger. He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 1:30…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – It’ll be a mostly white Christmas cup for Starbucks this year. The coffee chain’s latest holiday design lets customers color it in themselves. The company says the cups – which are typically red-themed – will be in stores Wednesday. A plainer red cup in 2015 spurred an outcry from critics upset…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas City Council is scheduled to hear from the mayor’s confederate task force Wednesday on what the city should do with its confederate monuments. Mayor Mike Rawlings formed the 90-day task force in August following the events in Charlottesville when white supremacists hosted a “Unite the Right” rally. Wednesday marks…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) — Richardson three-year-old Sherin Mathews has been laid to rest one week after the medical examiner positively identified a body found in a culvert half a mile from her home. The funeral was private because, according to the family’s attorneys, they wanted to focus on Sherin’s future in heaven rather than her…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas needs $61-plus billion in federal funding just to rebuild public infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey, as well as to cover projects to prevent future flooding. John Sharp, Texas’ Harvey recovery “czar,” announced Tuesday that the figure was based on surveys of local officials and future U.S. Army Corps of Engineer…… MORE
