(WBAP/KLIF) – Staffing shortages amid the government shutdown at two major airports in the northeast are causing some flights across the country to be delayed or re-routed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. New jersey’s Newark International Airport and New York City’s Laguardia Airport are reportedly experiencing an increase in employees using sick leave. Officials…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Stone, an associate of President Donald Trump, has been arrested in Florida. That’s according to special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, which says Stone faces charges including witness tampering, obstruction and false statements. The indictment does not accuse Stone of coordinating with the Russian government’s election interference in 2016, the key matter…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the arrest of former Donald Trump campaign adviser Roget Stone in the special counsel’s Russia probe has nothing to do with the president. Sanders’ comments came hours after Stone was arrested Friday during a pre-dawn raid at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home. Stone was…… MORE
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – More people continue to move to McKinney. The city has announced its annual population estimate of nearly 190,000 residents, a roughly 4.5 percent increase in population from January 2018. The population has increased nearly 327 percent during the last 20 years. Last year, the city was named one of the fastest growing…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Southwest Airlines says it will drop its service to Mexico City by the end of March. It says it is doing so to reallocate its resources to better opportunities. The airline says it is gearing up to expand flights to Hawaii. Final government approval for those flights has been delayed by the…… MORE
Denton (WBAP/KLIF) – The University of North Texas Police are defending themselves against allegations of misconduct that grew out of a video that’s gone viral on social media. That video shows a man shaking in a police car with an officer leaning over him. He can be heard complaining that police were choking him. UNT…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – The Johnson Space Center in Houston is now requiring NASA employees who have been working without pay during the government shutdown to “volunteer” to clean the bathrooms, and take out the garbage. The Space Center reportedly now has minimal or no custodial services, so it’s demanding its employees perform janitorial work in…… MORE
Uvalde (WBAP/KLIF) – A 12 year old boy in the town of Uvalde has been arrested for the shooting death of a professional boxer. 24 year old John VanMeter was gunned down on his front porch Wednesday night when he went to see who was trying to open his front door. Witness descriptions lead police…… MORE
Taylor (WBAP/KLIF) – 17 year old Devant Davis-Brooks was arrested when an off duty Fort Worth Police officer playing an online video game reportedly overheard him threatening to “shoot up Taylor High School tomorrow.” Davis-Brooks and two other 17 year olds were arrested last August for making the same threats to shoot up the same…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Signs of strain from the 34-day partial government shutdown are emerging on the Senate floor. Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado tore into Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Thursday after Cruz backed a GOP bill to pay Coast Guard members but not reopen the government. The normally mild-mannered Bennet erupted…… MORE
