(WBAP/KLIF) – Two new Air Force One planes are going to be built in Texas. The Department of Defense awarded the contract to Boeing Co. this week. The value of the planes is $3.9 billion. Boeing released the following statement: “This award from the U.S. Air Force brings us a step closer to providing the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Temperatures are expected to reach close to 108 degrees through the weekend across North Texas and doctors are warning of the risk of heat illness. Heat exhaustion is common for people exposed to extreme heat for long periods of time. “It can start very mild with headaches, nausea, and vomiting, said Parkland…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF) – Fire Officials responded to the home on 6100 Abbott Avenue in North Richland Hills Friday morning. Carissa Katekuru with North Richland Hills Public Safety said the fire started after a tree fell onto a powerline, causing the powerline to fall onto the home. Katekuru said the homeowners and their pets…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s next meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will focus on national security concerns the leaders discussed earlier this week in Finland. A White House official says Friday that those issues include Russian meddling, nuclear proliferation, North Korea, Iran and Syria. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the…… MORE
Houston (AP) – Police say a 3-year-old boy has died after being left in a hot day care center van for 31/2 hours parked outside the center in Northwest houston. Police say the child was found unresponsive when his father arrived at Discovering Me Academy about 7 p.m. Thursday to pick him up. The van…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Texas Rangers play a day-game on Sunday with record high temperatures expected, but don’t expect a cancellation or postponed first pitch. As of Friday, there are no plans to change the start time of the Rangers’ game against the Cleveland Indians, which begins Sunday at 2:05, even though the high…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Trump administration says it has reunified 364 children ages 5 and older with their families after they were separated at the border, still leaving hundreds to go before a court-imposed deadline of next Thursday. The Justice Department reaffirmed in a court filing Thursday that it has identified 2,551 children who…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — The City of Dallas and the Police Department are working with the feds to help clean up violent crime areas in Dallas. Dallas councilwoman Jennifer Staubach-Gates says they are looking at specific neighborhoods. “Where we have high immigrants and refugees that are vulnerable to crime, that don’t know always how to trust…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police have detained three suspects after three North Texas bank employees were shot Thursday morning but were expected to survive. FBI Agent Eric Jackson said authorities traced a vehicle that appeared to be connected to the robbery attempt and gunfire around 9:30 a.m. Thursday inside Veritex Community Bank to an…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Meteorologists are anticipating record heat through the weekend in North Texas. Meteorologist Dennis Cain with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth says the DFW area reached 108 degrees Thursday which surpassed the previous record of 107 set in 1925. “It won’t be the last record. We’ll break the record Saturday…… MORE
