Yearly Archives: 2017

Arlington Police Officer Shot While Serving Warrant

Arlington Police Officer Shot While Serving Warrant

ARLINGTON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington police officer was shot while serving a warrant Tuesday afternoon. The shooting occurred after 4 p.m. in the 4300 block of Kelly Hill Road near Green Oaks Boulevard. The Arlington Police Department’s Lieutenant Christopher Cook said a second officer was injured during the altercation and SWAT was called in. The officer that…MORE

Truck Attack in Manhattan Kills 8 in ‘Act of Terror’

Truck Attack in Manhattan Kills 8 in ‘Act of Terror’

(CNN) — The suspect in the New York attack is a 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov from Uzbekistan who came to the United States in 2010, two law enforcement sources told CNN. He lives in Tampa, Florida, the sources said. The driver of a rental truck drove down a busy bicycle path in New York near the World…MORE

North Texas Congressman Will Not Seek Re-Election

North Texas Congressman Will Not Seek Re-Election

(WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling announced Tuesday that he will not run for re-election. Hensarling has represented the 5th Congressional District of Texas since 2003 and will not seek reelection to the US Congress in 2018. “Although service in Congress remains the greatest privilege of my life, I never intended to make it a lifetime…MORE

DPS Mobile App Identifies Homes of Registered Sex Offenders

DPS Mobile App Identifies Homes of Registered Sex Offenders

(WBAP/KLIF) – Parents are able to use a mobile application this Halloween to identify where sex offenders live before taking their kids to trick or treat. The Texas Department of Public Safety’s app lets parents find out which houses to avoid by simply typing in their location under the sex offender link. “Once the app…MORE

Northwest ISD School Bus Crashes, At Least Two Hospitalized

Northwest ISD School Bus Crashes, At Least Two Hospitalized

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Northwest ISD school bus carrying around 20 students has crashed in North Fort Worth. The crash happened around 8:15 Tuesday morning near Alliance Gateway and Park Vista after another car broadsided the bus.   “Crews reported on scenes that they had four people complaining of injuries: the driver of…MORE

American Airlines Will Close St. Louis Pilot Base

American Airlines Will Close St. Louis Pilot Base

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – American Airlines is closing its pilot base in St. Louis, one more disappearing vestige of the carrier’s takeover of once-proud TWA nearly two decades ago. American announced Monday that starting next September the 180 pilots based in St. Louis will have to move or commute to assignments – not unusual…MORE

Judge reinstates 6-game suspension for Cowboys’ Elliott

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Monday night for the NFL to enforce a six-game suspension of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott over domestic violence allegations. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla denied the request for a preliminary injunction from players’ union attorneys working for Elliott. Failla put the ruling…MORE

Governor Abbott says ‘Inaccurate’ Displays Unfit for Capitol

Governor Abbott says ‘Inaccurate’ Displays Unfit for Capitol

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office says “substantially inaccurate historical statements” don’t belong on display in the state Capitol amid debate over a Confederate marker that rejects slavery as an underlying cause of the Civil War. The statement Monday follows conflicting accounts of a meeting between Abbott and a black Texas lawmaker…MORE

Facebook Estimates 126 Million People Were Served Content from Russia-Linked Pages

Facebook Estimates 126 Million People Were Served Content from Russia-Linked Pages

(CNN Money) — Facebook will inform lawmakers this week that roughly 126 million Americans may have been exposed to content generated on its platform by the Russian government-linked troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency between June 2015 and August 2017, CNN has learned. That estimate, which is equivalent to more than half of…MORE

127 Texas Businesses Accused of Price Gouging During Hurricane Harvey

127 Texas Businesses Accused of Price Gouging During Hurricane Harvey

AUSTIN  (WBAP/KLIF News) – 127 businesses in Texas have been accused of price gouging during the state of disaster declared for Hurricane Harvey. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Consumer Protection Division said all of the cases involve consumer complaints against gas stations that allegedly charge $3.99 or higher for a gallon of unleaded gas or diesel. “At…MORE