WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding a still-healthy 164,000 jobs to an economy that appears poised to extend its decade-plus expansion. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate stayed at 3.7% for a second straight month. Average hourly earnings increased 3.2% from a year ago, up from annual gains of…… MORE
Witnesses, Meteorologists Look Back 34 Years to Delta Flight 191 Crash
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — It was this day 34 years ago when Delta flight 191 crashed at DFW Airport, leaving more than 130 people dead. Russ Vandeveerdonk was on the tarmac when the crash happened and said it left a major impact on his life. “I still think about it when I drive by there,”…… MORE
Texas Joins Lawuit to Stop Sprint T-Mobile Merger
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a coalition of 13 other states, and the District of Columbia, in challenging the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, the 3rd and 4th largest providers of mobile wireless telecommunications services in the United States. Paxton says if the merger, is consummated, it would result…… MORE
Texas Republicans Reel From Internal Scandal
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Republicans are facing an internal scandal that could threaten their ability to hold off Democratic gains in the state Legislature in the critical 2020 elections. The upheaval involves an alleged hit list of political opponents, a promise of access, denials and suspicions of a setup. A hardline conservative activist claims…… MORE
Texas Congressman Will Hurd Won’t Seek Re-election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s only black Republican —Rep. Will Hurd — on Thursday became the latest GOP lawmaker to say he won’t seek re-election next year, jolting the party’s efforts to appeal to minority voters and wounding its already uphill chances of regaining House control. Hurd, a moderate Texan who’s clashed with President Donald…… MORE
Arlington Officer Firing At Unrestrained Dog Hit and Killed Woman
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Arlington – Police say an Arlington Officer responding to a welfare check reportedly accidentally shot a woman laying in the grass as he defended himself against an unrestrained dog,40 pound lab mix, that was charging him. The woman is identified as 30-year-old Margarita Brooks. Police Chief Will Johnson said the officer involved was a…… MORE
Plano Man Charged with Supporting Islamic State Group
DALLAS (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a North Texas man who was captured by military forces in Syrian has been charged with supporting the Islamic State. In July, a grand jury indicted 23-year-old Omer Kuzu on one count of conspiring to support a foreign terrorist organization. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of…… MORE
Trump Threatens 10% Tariffs on China Starting September 1
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the U.S. will apply a new tariff of 10% on about $300 billion worth of products from China on Sept. 1. Trump tweeted Thursday amid slow-moving talks with China that negotiations will continue. But he blamed China for not following through on stopping the sale of fentanyl to…… MORE
Dallas Leaders Calling for Removal of DPS Troopers from South Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Several Dallas leaders are voicing concern about the activity of State Troopers in South Dallas. Amid an increase in violent crime, the Dallas Police Department called in the Texas Department of Public Safety for assistance earlier this year. According to DPD, the City of Dallas continues to experience an increase in violent crime…… MORE
Tarleton State University Opens Part of its Planned Campus in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarleton State University opened the first building of its planned campus along Chisholm Trail Parkway in Fort Worth. “This is a watershed event for Tarleton, Fort Worth, Tarrant County and the entire A&M University System,” said Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp. “This state-of-the-art facility and future campus will stimulate job…… MORE
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