DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and seven Dallas City Council members are endorsing State Representative Eric Johnson for Mayor. Rawlings will leave office under term limits this summer. The current Mayor said Tuesday that Johnson’s opponent, Dallas City Councilman Scott Griggs, has a track record of being divisive. “It’s just practical history of…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Tim Conway, the stellar second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, has died, according to his publicist. He was 85. Conway died Tuesday morning after a long illness in Los Angeles, according to Howard Bragman, who heads LaBrea Media. “The Carol Burnett Show”…… MORE
BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) – A Texas police officer fatally shot a woman moments after she seems to say “I’m pregnant” in an altercation captured on video. The shooting happened late Monday in Baytown, about 40 miles east of Houston. Baytown Police Lt. Steve Dorris says the officer was patrolling an apartment complex and attempted to…… MORE
Forney (WBAP/KLIF) – Forney Police caught a trio of suspected car thieves Monday afternoon after chasing them into far southeast Dallas. They had tried to stop a red Toyota Tacoma pickup truck that had been reported stolen in Terrell, but the suspects lead them on a high speed chase along I-20, then south down 635,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Dallas man has set a new record for deep ocean diving in a submarine. Victor Vescovo took a submersible sub 35,853 feet, more than seven miles, to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans. Vescovo has spent years diving to the deepest…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Legislature has quietly revived a controversial bill that LGBTQ advocates say foments anti-gay discrimination. The so-called “Save Chick-fil-A” bill was killed by the state house last week, then revived Monday by a senate committee. The bill’s supporters say it ensures religious beliefs are protected from discrimination. Opponents call it the…… MORE
New Orleans (WBAP/KLIF) – The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans takes up Texas’ attempt to cut off federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. The state tried to do so in 2017, but was blocked by a federal judge. Since then a three judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court has decided…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Homeland Security officials considered arresting migrant families around the country who had final deportation orders and removing them from the U.S. in a flashy show of force. That’s according to two Homeland Security officials and two other people familiar with the proposal, one of several immigration possibilities discussed as the Trump administration…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Weeks after canceling a trip to New York amid backlash from LGBTQ activists and environmentalists, Brazil’s controversial President is visiting Dallas later this week. Jair Bolsanaro will speak at an event hosted by the ‘World Affairs Council of Dallas-Fort Worth.’ The group’s CEO Jim Falk, said Monday that the invitation is not political, but…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- A California aerospace company is relocating its headquarters to the Fort Worth area this September. Aeromax Industries Inc., a leading manufacturer for military aircraft parts is moving it’s facility to Aledo Industrial Park off I-20 and Markum Ranch Road. Chris Strayer, The Fort Worth Chamber’s Senior Vice President for Business Attraction said…… MORE
