MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217. Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal, Tuesday’s magnitude-7.1 quake struck on the…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2017
Texas House Speaker Wants State Preservation Board to Remove Capitol Plaque Honoring Confederate Army
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Speaker of the Texas House wants the state’s preservation board to take down a plaque at the capitol that honors people who enlisted in the Confederate Army. The plaque was placed in the building more than 50 years ago. The message on the plaque reads that “We pledge ourselves to honor veterans and…… MORE
Central Mexico Earthquake Kills More than 100, Topples Buildings
Mexico (CNN/AP/WBAP) – The governor of the central Mexican state of Morelos said at least 119 people have been killed in the magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck the city of Puebla, just south of Mexico City, on Tuesday. The massive earthquake leveled buildings as far away as the capital, about 75 miles away. Preliminary reports put the epicenter 2.8…… MORE
Plano Vigil Held to Shed Light on Domestic Violence Following Mass Shooting
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A vigil Wednesday night in Plano will honor the people killed in a mass shooting earlier this month and shed light on domestic violence. The Junior League of Collin County is inviting the public to the candle light vigil at McCall park in downtown Plano as a show of unity against domestic…… MORE
Dallas City Councilman Concerned About State Fair Security and the Dallas Police Department
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas city councilman is concerned about money and safety because of the number of Dallas police officers who will work the State Fair of Texas when it opens later this month. Scott Griggs said the department is low on officers and neighborhoods will be at risk by putting officers on…… MORE
READ: President Trump’s Speech to the United Nations General Assembly
(CNN) — The White House released this transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In the remarks, Trump delivered a doomsday warning to North Korea and mocked its young leader, an escalation in rhetoric in a wide-ranging debut address to the world’s foremost diplomatic body. TRUMP: Mr. Secretary…… MORE
President Trump, White House Push the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare Repeal Bill
(CNN Money) –President Donald Trump would sign the Graham-Cassidy bill if the legislation to repeal Obamacare makes it to his desk, an administration official told CNN Tuesday, as the White House launched a full-court press on Capitol Hill. The White House has been working with Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy…… MORE
‘Safe Babies’ Signs Going Back Up at All Dallas Fire Stations
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – An abandoned baby left at a Dallas 7-Eleven convenience store prompted Dallas Fire Rescue to better mark its fire stations as ‘Safe Baby Sites.’ The ‘Safe Baby Site’ program requires fire stations to have signage indicating that babies up to 60 days old can be dropped there with no questions asked. Firefighter…… MORE
Commission Wants Ft. Worth to Reconsider Sanctuary Cities Lawsuit
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Human Relations Commission is asking the city council to reconsider its decision not to join a lawsuit against Texas’ ban on “sanctuary cities.” The commission stopped short of asking the city council to join the lawsuit. “Whether they want to join it, whether they want to support…… MORE
TX Gov. Unclear About Trump View on Young Immigrants
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has few words about President Donald Trump’s plan for young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and living here illegally. Abbott was asked Monday whether he was comfortable with Trump’s stance on deportation protections for 800,000 young immigrants, or if he was clear about the…… MORE
