FORT WORTH (WBAP/ KLIF) — Hundreds of high school students got the chance to be in the driver’s seat Tuesday when they kicked off this year’s Solar Car Challenge. The competition is a 1500 mile trek from Texas Motor Speedway to Palmdale, California, in solar cars the students built themselves. Dr. Lehman Marks started the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas-based Texas Instruments has announced the resignation of its new CEO who has only been on the job a few weeks. The company said Brian Crutcher resigned due to violations of the company’s code of conduct not related to company operations. “For decades, our company’s core values and code of conduct have…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he meant the opposite when he said in Helsinki that he doesn’t see why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections. Back at the White House on Tuesday, the president told reporters that he said he meant he doesn’t see why Russia “wouldn’t” be responsible. He…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/ KLIF) – Next time you see smoke coming out of someone’s cars, you can do something about it. All you need to do is contact the Regional Smoking Vehicle Program, provide the license plate number, time and location and they will take care of it. Brian Wilson with the program said they will…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – With temperatures expected to top out around 106 degrees this week, first responders are advising North Texans on ways to protect themselves from a potentially dangerous situation. The elderly, the sick and the very young are especially susceptible to heat-related illnesses. Trooper Lonny Haschel with the Texas Department of Public…… MORE
Irving, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Two tax return preparers in Irving have been charged with federal fraud and identity theft. The Department of Justice detailed an indictment against Francisco Ventura and Mario Melendez. Both men have been charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and multiple counts of filing fraudulent tax returns for…… MORE
Duncanville, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police are looking for the person who shot and killed an 18-year-old man outside a Duncanville hotel this morning. It happened around 1:45 this morning at the Rodeway Inn off I-20 and Camp Wisdom road, where police say the man was shot outside the hotel. They say he ran inside, collapsed…… MORE
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo rallied from four points back to win his first American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe on Sunday. Romo, who retired after the 2016 NFL season and is now an NFL analyst, had 27 points on the day to beat three-time defending champion Mark…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has found the estranged wife of concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2016 deaths of the couple’s two daughters. Judge Ruben Gonzalez in Fort Worth on Monday then ordered Sofya Tsygankova who was charged with capital murder, committed to a state…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Paul Ryan says there’s “no question” that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and continues to try undermine democracy in the United States and around the world. The Wisconsin Republican says the American intelligence community and the House Intelligence Committee agree that Russia interfered in the election. He adds: “The…… MORE
