EL PASO, Texas (AP) – An attorney for three Indian nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. says they have been forced to receive IV drips at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their third week of a hunger strike. A court official says the U.S. Department of Justice filed…… MORE
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Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, Scheduled to Step Down Next Month
WASHINGTON (AP) – Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his job next month, ending a two-year tenure marked by President Donald Trump’s clashes with intelligence officials. Trump tweeted Sunday that the nation’s top intelligence official would step aside on Aug. 15, and that he would nominate a Texas congressman, Republican John Ratcliffe, to…… MORE
Flood Risk Evaluated in Dickinson, Two Years After Harvey
DICKINSON, Texas (AP) – Crews are working to unclog tributaries and bayous snaking through a Houston-area city to reduce the risk of flooding nearly two years after more than 7,000 homes had water damage during Hurricane Harvey. The August 2017 storm dumped about 50 inches of rain in Dickinson, a city of nearly 20,000. The…… MORE
Officer Involved Shooting Leaves One Suspect Dead, Dallas Police Say
(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police have shot dead a man who they say fired a handgun he was waving in an intersection. The incident happened shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Texas 342 and Camp Wisdom Road in the city’s South Oak Cliff district. Police Sgt. Warren Mitchell says someone flagged…… MORE
Autopsy Will Determine Charges Facing Mother of Newborn Thrown in Restaurant Trash
IRVING – WBAP/KLIF – Irving police say the mother of a baby believed born inside the restroom of an Applebee’s Restaurant on North Belt Line Road Friday night could face several possible charges, including murder, if an autopsy determines the child was born alive before being left in a restroom garbage can. Irving Police are…… MORE
Southwest Airlines, Planning to Resume Expansion of Flights to Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) – Southwest Airlines is preparing to resume expansion of its service to Hawaii. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that the carrier’s expansion plans were delayed due to a lack of available aircraft. The aircraft limitation was a result of a Federal Aviation Administration order in March to ground Boeing 737 Max planes following…… MORE
New Fire Truck Valued at 350K Destroyed By Fire, According to Fire Chief
ABILENE, Texas (AP) – A nearly $350,000 fire truck delivered last month to a West Texas department has gone up in flames during a test drive to check the brakes. Snyder fire Chief Perry Westmoreland said Friday that the new pumper truck was destroyed a day earlier in Abilene. Westmoreland says the rig, put into service…… MORE
Deceased Baby Found in Irving Restaurant Trash Can
IRVING- WBAP/KLIF – Irving Police are asking for public tips to find the mother of a baby they believe was born in an Applebee’s Restaurant bathroom and then placed in a restroom garbage can to die. Police believe the baby’s mother left the restaurant about half an hour before restaurant personnel were cleaning the bathroom…… MORE
U.S. Supreme Court Clears Pentagon Funds to Build Border Wall
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. By a 5 to 4 vote, Supreme Court justices Friday voted to allow the White House to use approximately $2.5 billion dollars in Defense Department money to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The High Court says it will lift a freeze on the…… MORE
Trinity Metro Receives $200 Million Grant, Expands Services
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- U.S. Senator John Cornyn announces a $200 million federal grant that helps fund Trinity Metro’s TEXRail commuter rail system that opened in January. The 27-mile commuter rail takes passengers to and from downtown Fort Worth to DFW airport. “The TexRail project is a tremendous economic benefit for the entire region,” said Frank…… MORE
