NEW YORK (AP) – Health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The latest patient is the husband of the Chicago woman who got sick after she returned from a trip to China. The new case announced Thursday is the sixth in the United States. The…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A retired Illinois man is in federal custody in Dallas charged with cyber-stalking Texas philanthropist Lyda Hill. According to the indictment Edward Pekala has never met Hill, and does not know her personally, but for three years has been stalking her on the internet, threatening her, and harassing her. He reportedly has…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Southwest Airlines has responded to an upcoming government report that claims the Dallas-based airline allegedly regularly flew passengers on jets with unconfirmed maintenance records. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Department of Transportation’s report accuses Southwest of flying more than 17 million passengers on the jets over a two-year-span. The WSJ…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump adjourned late Wednesday night with Republicans appearing focused on bringing the proceedings to a vote of acquittal, possibly in a matter of days. Revelations from former national security adviser John Bolton were countered by the president’s lawyers, who used Wednesday’s question-and-answer session to insist…… MORE
(CNN) – Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky expressed frustration with Republican leadership during the Senate impeachment trial Wednesday night after it was made clear Chief Justice John Roberts would not read his question that named the alleged Ukraine whistleblower; that, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The development brought Roberts into an unusual…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – When you’re victimized by a Whataburger worker … whata-ya-call-it? Whatacrime of course! Such was the case for an Irving couple who ordered at a Whataburger drive-thru off Stemmons Freeway in Dallas earlier this year. WFAA reports that the couple thought all was well, that is until their credit card statement came in.…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – The Texas attorney general is not defending a state agency being sued for punishing a judge who refuses to marry same-sex couples because the state’s actions conflict with his views of the Constitution. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office is not representing the Texas Commission on Judicial Misconduct, which issued a warning to…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — A 78-year-old former Roman Catholic priest has been arrested in Missouri and will be returned to Texas to face accusations of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Dallas police obtained a warrant Tuesday for the arrest of Richard Thomas Brown, a priest who served at five North Texas churches before he was…… MORE
(DALLAS) WBAP/KLIF The Dallas Police Department issued an arrest warrant for a former priest in the Catholic Diocese of Dallas for sexual assault Richard Thomas Brown, 78, was identified among others last year when Dallas Police conducted search warrants at diocese owned properties. Brown served at five different churches in the Dallas area including St.…… MORE
(DALLAS) WBAP/KLIF The Mesquite Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying two armed robbery suspects. The incident happened at a Sonic Restaurant located in the 1800 block of Military Parkway early Tuesday morning. The two male suspects first ordered food outside and then confronted an employee outside of the restaurant at gunpoint. They…… MORE
