Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – American Airlines says it will stop using plastic straws and drink stirs and replace them with biodegradable alternatives. The Fort Worth-based airline said Tuesday that starting this month in its airport lounges it will serve drinks with straw and wood stir sticks and begin moving to what it called eco-friendly…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Three University of Texas professors are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to revive their lawsuit challenging a law allowing concealed handguns on campus. The law requires public universities to allow people with concealed-handgun licenses to carry weapons on campus. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Health and Human Services has announced the first human case of West Nile virus in Dallas County. The patient is a resident of Irving. Infections can cause neurological complications. Milder symptoms include fever, headache and muscle aches. There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the virus. The best way…… MORE
Garland (WBAP/KLIF News) – Garland Police are working an officer involved shooting on the shoulder at the I-30 and Bass Pro Drive exit. Lieutenant Pedro Barineau says no officers were injured in the shooting. He said calls came in reporting a man waving two machete’s at passing cars near the Interstate 30 Service Road and Bass Pro Drive. Staff at…… MORE
Update at 1:45pm: Authorities have evacuated an Army Reserve base in Seagoville following a report of gunfire. Police say a bullet fragment was found in one of the buildings but police never encountered a shooter. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office evacuated the base and swept all the buildings out of precaution. Police say there were no signs of an active…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) If you want to eat peanuts on a Southwest Airlines flight you’ll soon have to bring them yourself. The airline announced it will stop serving the packaged snack on August 1st because some passengers have peanut allergies. In a statement the airline said, “Peanuts forever will be part of Southwest’s history and DNA. …… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Amid the controversy of being stripped of her valedictorian title at DeSoto High School, 2018 graduate Destiny Brannon has received nearly 40-thousand dollars in donations for college. The Dallas Morning News reports donations are pouring in to a GoFundMe account dubbed ‘Get Destiny to UT.’ Destiny had initially counted on the automatic…… MORE
UPDATED: 7/10/18 7:07AM MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) – The Latest on the rescue of a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand Thailand’s navy SEALs say all 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in far northern Thailand, ending an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Four people are in the hospital, including two Dallas police officers, after an early morning wreck on Stemmons Frwy involving a suspected drunk driver. The crash happened around 2:00, when the driver was being pulled over for speeding. That driver crashed into a parked Dallas police car monitoring a construction zone at…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Donald Trump has announced his pick to the U.S. Supreme Court. From the White House President Trump selected Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Justice Kennedy served for more than four decades. Trump reportedly considered federal appeals court judges Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge, Thomas Hardiman…… MORE
