FORT WORTH, TX (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – The NAACP has warned African-American travelers to be careful when flying with American Airlines. The group issued an advisory late Tuesday, saying it has noticed “a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines.” The group says the incidents “suggest a corporate culture of racial…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Dallas Hosting Job Fair for Seasonal Work Over Holidays
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The City of Dallas is hosting a job fair Thursday afternoon to help people gain employment during the holiday season. The fair will take place from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Sheraton Dallas and will feature companies like Amazon, UPS, Fed Ex, and Wal-Mart. “You can drive UPS packages…… MORE
Amber Alert Discontinued After Missing Lake Worth Infant Found
LAKE WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — An Amber Alert has been discontinued for a six-month-old girl out of Lake Worth. Police believed Aryana Dawn Creech was in grave or immediate danger and sounded the alert just before 4:00 Wednesday morning. Lake Worth Police said she was found safe, but that she was still taken to the hospital just…… MORE
North Texans React to Donald Trump Junior’s UNT Kuehne Speaker Series Speech
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texans are reacting to Donald Trump Junior’s visit to the Metroplex. The President’s son was the keynote speaker at the University of North Texas’ Kuehne Speaker Series at AT&T stadium on Tuesday. Over 650 people attended the event. Fred Moses was at the speech and said Trump Jr. touched on several…… MORE
Senate Passes Cornyn Bill to Fight Nationwide Rape Kit Backlog
(WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn and U.S. Representative Ted Poe announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation, Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act, passed the Senate. The legislation would reauthorize, strengthen, and extend the Sexual Assault Forensic Reporting program to help fight the nationwide rape kit backlog. “This bill will empower law enforcement to identify and…… MORE
Federal Court Clears Way for Immigrant Teen to Get Abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. appeals court has cleared the way for a 17-year-old immigrant held in federal custody to obtain an abortion. The ruling Tuesday by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overruled a decision by a three-judge panel of the court that at least temporarily blocked the…… MORE
Hurricane Relief Concert at Texas A&M Raised $2.6 Million
COLLEGE STATION (WBAP/KLIF News) – The One America Appeal Hurricane Relief Concert at Texas A&M over the weekend raised $2.6 million dollars but organizers said there’s still a lot of work to be done. The “Deep From The Heart” concert featured star-studded musical acts and 5 former U.S. presidents were in attendance. The campaign’s Jim McGrath…… MORE
Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake Announces He Won’t Run for Re-election, Calls Out President Trump
(CNN) — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona will not run for re-election, saying Tuesday he wouldn’t embrace President Donald Trump to win next year’s Republican primary. “Here’s the bottom line: The path that I would have to travel to get the Republican nomination is a path I’m not willing to take, and that I…… MORE
The Body of Richardson Toddler Sherin Mathews Identified
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the body of three-year-old Sherin Mathews. Investigators discovered her body Sunday afternoon in a culvert less than a mile from the Mathews home. On Monday, police re-arrested Sherin’s father, Wesley Mathews, after he changed he changed the details of what happened in the early-morning hours of…… MORE
Missing Toddler’s Father Tells Police She Choked on Her Milk
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – The father of a missing Richardson toddler has changed his story to Police. 3-year-old Sherin Matthews was last seen weeks ago after her father, Wesley Matthews, initially told Police he left her alone in an alley as punishment. A day after Police found a young girl’s body less than a mile from…… MORE
