FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The new president of the American Airlines pilots’ union says his group will help assure the public that the Boeing 737 Max is safe when it is cleared to fly again. But Eric Ferguson also says Boeing needs to fully explain how the Max differs from previous versions of the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A jury has found former Mesquite police officer Derick Wiley not guilty of aggravated assault in a trial where he was accused of shooting an unarmed man in 2017. Wiley was charged in the shooting of Lyndo Jones who Wiley thought was in a stolen vehicle. The vehicle turned out to belong…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A large crowd came to the Event Center in Dallas for State Senator Royce West’s announcement that he is joining the race for a U.S. Senate Seat. “I believe that I’m ready…I think I’ve demonstrated over the last 26 years that I have been a true servant of the people and I have…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn’s campaign team is responding to a growing number of Democratic opponents in the 2020 Senate election. ‘Texans for Senator John Cornyn’ released a video, launched a website, and began a week-long advertising campaign in response to State Senator Royce West’s Monday announcement of his campaign for U.S. Senate. “Liberal Royce West supports late-term…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people. If approved by the federal district court Northern District of Georgia, the proposed settlement with the Consumer…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Democratic Texas State Senator Wendy Davis is running for Congress against freshman Republican Representative Chip Roy. In a video announcement this morning, Davis said, “I’m running for congress because people’s voices are still being silenced.” “I’m running for our children and grandchildren so they can live and love and fight for…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – In a letter dated today, the attorney representing former Fort Worth police chief Joel Fitzgerald tells City of Fort Worth attorneys that an August first hearing has been scheduled on a temporary injunction granted last week. The T-R-O bars the city from hiring a new police chief until Fitzgerald is granted…… MORE
Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In Denton over the weekend city council member Jesse Davis hosted a community conversation dubbed “Conversation Over Controversy” on a potential ordinance protecting the rights of LGBTQ individuals; Fort Worth, Dallas and Plano all have such protections. Denton resident Amber Briggle spoke at the forum she is the mother of a…… MORE
WATAUGA, Texas (AP) — Police in North Texas have discovered the bodies of two people inside a home after an hours-long standoff with officers. Officials say a SWAT team entered the house in Watauga, a suburb about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Fort Worth, around 6 p.m. Saturday and found the bodies of a…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Authorities in Texas are looking for a 29-year-old mother who hasn’t been seen since going on a date last weekend. El Paso police issued a missing person alert late Thursday describing Erika Andrea Gaytan as “endangered.” Television station KFOX reports that she made several Facebook posts from the July 13…… MORE
