FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Police Department is outraged after they say Fox News Political Commentator Tucker Carlson shared inaccurate information regarding the May 31st riots in Fort Worth. The department said Carlson reported “protesters looted and vandalized businesses and dozens of rioters were arrested for this” and Carlson went on to say that…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs of the University of Texas System John Zerwas, MD, provided an update Tuesday on Texas’ hospital capacity. The Governor noted that despite an uptick in positive cases, there continues to be abundant hospital capacity. Governor Abbott also urged all Texans to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that would encourage better police practices and establish a database to keep track of officers with a history of excessive use-of-force complaints. In Rose Garden remarks, Trump stressed the need for…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to declaration racism a public health crisis in Dallas County. Commissioner John Wiley Price outlined ten steps the county will take to reduce racism and prejudice in the county: Assert that racism is a public health crisis affecting our entire county. Work to progress…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – There are new developments in the murder of a North Dallas woman shot to death in her driveway on Memorial Day. Dallas Police arrested two more teens in connection to Leslie Baker’s death. 18-year-old Antony Taylor and 190-year-old Deng Chen Ajack are facing capital murder charges and investigators said they allegedly…… MORE
Port Aransas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A a young teenage fisherman from Weatherford made the catch of a lifetime in Port Aransas off the Corpus Cristi coast. 13-year old Micah Harless got an assist from his dad, Robbie to pull in a huge 844-pound, 11-foot-6 tiger shark on Monday morning after a 36-hour offshore trip in…… MORE
(AP) – Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve survival from COVID-19. A steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients, according to results released Tuesday. The study was led by the University of Oxford and involved thousands of patients randomly…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The House subcommittee investigating billions of dollars in coronavirus aid is demanding that the Trump administration and several large banks turn over detailed information about who applied and received federal loans. The requests come after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress last week that the names of loan recipients and…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Texas has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases throughout the month of June. But Governor Greg Abbott told KRGV-TV there has been particularly large increase in confirmed cases for people in the 20 to 29 age group. “What we’re seeing there is that people of that age group, they’re not following these…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Allan Springer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. The since deleted comment on a post about black lives matter protests read “No s*** we need to find out who’s behind this and find a good tree to use!” This comment was made after someone…… MORE
