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American Airlines Announces Boeing 737 Max to Return to Service January 2020

American Airlines Announces Boeing 737 Max to Return to Service January 2020

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fort Worth-based American Airlines has announced the embattled Boeing 737 Max is expected to return to service on January 16, 2020. The jets were grounded worldwide in the wake two deadly international plane crashes that claimed the lives of 346 people. Boeing blamed the crashes on a software glitch that the…MORE

Texas Democrats Ask Judge to Force Release of Secret Recording to House Speaker Bonnen

Texas Democrats Ask Judge to Force Release of Secret Recording to House Speaker Bonnen

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Lawyers for the Texas Democratic Party asked a Travis County judge on Tuesday to force the release a secret recording of the Texas House speaker. Democrats want political activist Michael Quinn Sullivan to make the recording available by Friday. Sullivan alleged over the summer that during a meeting with Speaker Dennis Bonnen…MORE

Greyhound Apologizes to Texas Man Who Was Kicked Off Bus

Greyhound Apologizes to Texas Man Who Was Kicked Off Bus

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Greyhound Lines has apologized to a Texas man who sued the company after a driver forced him off a bus at a station in Kansas at the dead of night, accusing him of being unruly and uncooperative. Mohammad Reza Sardari was traveling from Dallas to Kansas City, Missouri, in November…MORE

Uber plans to Test, Map out Dallas for Self Driving Rideshare Technology

Uber plans to Test, Map out Dallas for Self Driving Rideshare Technology

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Uber hosts it’s first town hall at it’s new hub in Dallas to talk about self driving technology coming to the city. Uber plans to have drivers map out the entire city starting next month. Eric Meyhoffer CEO of Uber Advanced Technologies Group says this will be completely safe for riders and pedestrians.…MORE

Dallas City Council Votes to Rename Columbus Day

Dallas City Council Votes to Rename Columbus Day

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – According to the calendar, next Monday is Columbus Day but in Dallas the day will bare a different name. The Dallas City Council voted Tuesday to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Supporters of the change said Tuesday that the new name is more appropriate when acknowledging Christopher Columbus’ journey. “Native…MORE

White House says it Won’t Comply with Inquiry

White House says it Won’t Comply with Inquiry

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House has notified the House that the Trump administration will not participate in what it is calling Democrats’ “illegitimate” impeachment probe. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone writes in a letter to House Democratic leaders that their inquiry has processed in a “manner that violates fundamental fairness and constitutionally mandated due…MORE

Dallas Police Say Witness in Guyger Trial was Killed in Drug Deal Gone Bad

Dallas Police Say Witness in Guyger Trial was Killed in Drug Deal Gone Bad

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department identified three suspects Tuesday in the Murder of a witness in the trial for former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger. Joshua Brown was found shot to death outside his apartment two days after Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the killing of Botham Jean. Brown…MORE

Fort Worth Firefighter Among 92 Added to National Fallen Firefighters Memorial

Fort Worth Firefighter Among 92 Added to National Fallen Firefighters Memorial

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Fort Worth firefighter shared an honor with 92 others by being added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmetbsburg, Maryland. William Thompson started with the department in 1988 and served on a truck until he was side-lined with a job-related respiratory illness. He continued to serve, working as…MORE