New York City (WBAP/KLIF) – Wall Street’s famous charging bull statue has been vandalized by a man from Dallas. According to eyewitnesses 42 year old Tevon Varlack was muttering profanities when he repeatedly slammed some sort of heavy weapon or tool against the head of the three and a half ton bronze sculpture in Manhattan’s…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge in Houston has threatened to have Texas prison officials experience the same hot temperatures prison inmates say they are still living with, even though the state settled a lawsuit over oppressive heat more than a year ago. Attorneys for the inmates say prison officials are not adhering to the…… MORE
Southlake (WBAP/KLIF) – A piece of an engine cowling broke off a private plane while it was in flight over Southlake Friday afternoon. It crashed down on Continental Boulevard, near the Timarron Country Club during the afternoon rush hour. No one on the ground was hit. The plane managed to land safely at Fort Worth’s…… MORE
Haltom City (WBAP/KLIF) – One of two young girls who were found, unresponsive in a Haltom City apartment swimming pool over the weekend has died. 7 year old Ivana Mbouna was found in the pool Saturday evening. She died Sunday. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner ruled she was the victim of accidental drowning. The 5…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A number of new laws went into effect in Texas, Sunday, September 1. Texans who legally own firearms will be able to carry them in public after an official declaration of a State of Natural Disaster. School districts will no longer be able to ban possession of guns stored in locked vehicles.…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has added eight counties to a disaster declaration because of ongoing drought in the state. Abbott released a proclamation Friday that added Brooks, Nueces, Jim Wells, and San Patricio counties in south Texas; Wilbarger and Wichita counties in northern Texas; and Briscoe and Castro counties in the Panhandle…… MORE
Dayton (WBAP/KLIF) – Several people were injured Friday afternoon when an eastbound Amtrak train rammed a tractor-trailer rig in southeast Texas. According to DPS investigators the semi pulled into the path of the train near Dayton, some 35 miles northeast of Houston. The truck driver and 16 train passengers were injured.… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A second suspect has been arrested for the August 15th murders of two men in a Dallas game room. Dominic Cortez and Mark Noriega were shot to death in the game room near Military Parkway and North Jim Miller Road by two men who forced their way in through a back door.…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas state officials say at least 20 government agencies throughout the state have been attacked by hackers. They describe the onslaught as a “coordinated ransomware attack.” Several state agencies combined their efforts to respond, including the Division of Emergency Management, and the Texas Military Department. The state has not said exactly what…… MORE
San Francisco (AP) – A federal appeals court ruling will allow the Trump administration to begin rejecting asylum at some parts of the U.S.- Mexico border for migrants who arrived after transiting through a third country. The policy would deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without…… MORE
