FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Dr. Tisha Rowe, a Houston area doctor was about to board her flight to come home from her vacation in Jamaica when an American Airlines crew member pulled her aside. “They kept asking me if I had a jacket and I kept asking why,” Rowe said. Rowe says she was told she…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County Prosecutor Tracy Kapsidelis said 21-year-old Joel Mambe kidnapped a woman in her apartment parking garage at gun point and forced her to drive him to an ATM to withdraw money before he raped her. “He is charged with possession of a controlled substance, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery and aggravated sexual assault,” Kapsidelis…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas-born teenager who was wrongfully detained by U.S. Border Patrol is planning to sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 18-year-old Francisco Galicia is a U.S. citizen, born in Dallas. He was detained at a border checkpoint in South Texas while he was traveling to a soccer tryout at Ranger College. Border…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Tarrant County health officials are warning residents about a rabid bat found dead in the water at the Fort Worth Water Gardens July 15th. Rabies, which is typically spread through the scratch or bite of an infected animal can be fatal in humans. If a human contracts the disease, symptoms…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the Russia probe created a “phony cloud” over his administration and says House committee hearings featuring testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller were “all nonsense.” He says Mueller’s performance was “obviously not very good” and is accusing him of not knowing about certain details of his investigation. Trump…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Over ten years since TxDOT first implemented left-lane restrictions for big trucks, the agency is considering expanding them in an effort to improve safety. In a press release, TxDOT cited traffic studies that show truck lane restrictions improve mobility, safety and air quality.” If implemented truck lane restrictions would expand to…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas teen who has been linked to multiple rapes and murders in two states will be tried as an adult in the death of 23-year-old Maria Ezquerro (pictured right) whose body was found in her Galleria-area apartment last November. The slain woman’s family was in juvenile court Wednesday when 16-year old…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal court says Texas can change voting maps without federal supervision despite “grave concerns” and findings that Republicans racially discriminated while trying to strengthen their majorities in Congress and the state Legislature. The ruling Wednesday is a key decision ahead of the 2020 census. It clears the way for Texas…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas teenager who rapped under the name Tay-K has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the 2016 shooting death of a man during a home invasion. A jury in Fort Worth convicted 19-year-old Taymor McIntyre last week for his role in the death of 21-year-old Ethan Walker. On Tuesday,…… MORE
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced late Wednesday that he will resign Aug. 2, conceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers. A crowd of thousands outside the…… MORE
