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Spotlight on Texas’ ’10-day rule’ in Life Support Cases

Spotlight on Texas’ ’10-day rule’ in Life Support Cases

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas law that gives families 10 days to find a new hospital if they disagree with doctors who decide to take a patient off life support is once again under the spotlight after a judge halted a Fort Worth hospital’s plan to remove a 9-month-old girl from a ventilator against her…MORE

A Crowd Demanding Change and Justice at the Dallas Police Oversight Board Meeting

A Crowd Demanding Change and Justice at the Dallas Police Oversight Board Meeting

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas Oversight Committee Board meeting opened with public comment after the first public meeting erupted in chaos between activists groups and police after the board didn’t take any comment. A large line wrapped around the room with people voicing their concerns and some support for the board. The family of Diamond Ross,…MORE

Farmers Branch Police Searching for Suspect in Reported Attempted Kidnapping

Farmers Branch Police Searching for Suspect in Reported Attempted Kidnapping

FARMERS BRANCH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Farmers Branch Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a man accused of trying to kidnap a 12-year-old girl. According to Police, Officers responded to the 14200 block of Heritage Circle the afternoon of November 9 in reference to a report of an attempted child abduction. When Officers…MORE

Dallas Based Dean Foods Files for Bankruptcy

Dallas Based Dean Foods Files for Bankruptcy

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – America’s biggest milk processor filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. The announcement from Dean Foods comes amid a steady drop-off in milk consumption in the United States. It’s been a continuous decline in milk consumption most recently blamed on a variety of choices. Government records show Americans drank around 24 gallons of milk per year in 1996. That dropped to 17 gallons…MORE

Moody Foundation Gifts SMU $100M, Makes History

Moody Foundation Gifts SMU $100M, Makes History

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – SMU announced Tuesday the largest gift in school history. According to the University, a landmark $100 million commitment from the Moody Foundation will fund the University’s eighth degree-granting school – the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. “We cannot overstate the power and reach of this gift,” said SMU President R. Gerald…MORE

Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Shooting Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer to Move Forward

Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Shooting Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer to Move Forward

WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit filed against a national gun manufacturer by the relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to move forward. 26 people, mostly children, were killed on December 14, 2012 when 20-year-old Adam Landza stormed into the Newtown, Connecticut school and opened fire using a Bushmaster…MORE

Bridge in Arkansas Renamed in Honor of Slain Houston Girl

Bridge in Arkansas Renamed in Honor of Slain Houston Girl

Hempstead County, Arkansas (WBAP/Texa) – The former Red Lake Road Bridge in Arkansas is now the Maleah Davis Memorial Bridge. The new name was unveiled by Hempfeild County Sheriff’s officials, over 6-months after deputies discovered the body of the slain 4-year old from Houston near the bridge. This is Hempstead County Sheriff James Singleton, (pictured,…MORE

Transit System Apologizes to Rider Handcuffed for Eating

Transit System Apologizes to Rider Handcuffed for Eating

The head of a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train system apologized to a black rider who was detained and cited by police for eating a breakfast sandwich on a train platform after an outcry from people who assailed enforcement of a no-food rule as racist. More than two dozen people staged an “eat-in” at…MORE

Substitute Teacher Fired After Viral Beating & Stomping of a Student

Substitute Teacher Fired After Viral Beating & Stomping of a Student

Kyle, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A substitute high school teacher in Central Texas has been fired and arrested after a viral video shows her beating of a 15-year-old female school student and stomping on her head. 32-year old Tiffani Lankford was reportedly working at Lehman High School in Kyle, just south of Austin when the incident…MORE

Used Southwest Planes Under The Microscope

Used Southwest Planes Under The Microscope

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines says it will speed up inspections of dozens of used planes it bought from foreign airlines after federal regulators threatened to ground the jets because they might not meet all safety standards. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that Southwest agreed to complete the inspections by Jan. 31, and that…MORE