(WBAP/KLIF) – Kroger is opening up new locations in fast growing areas of North Texas, while shutting down some older stores. Recently Kroger has closed stores in both Garland and McKinney, and is planning to shutter 60 additional locations across the country. However, as Kroger closes locations, the company is also expanding into fast-growing suburbs…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – BOERNE, TX – A country superstar is hosting a benefit concert to help those affected by the central Texas flood. On his social media accounts George Strait announced that he’ll be performing in Boerne, Texas, which is located in the hill country close to Kerr County. The concert is scheduled for Sunday July…… MORE
The new tax law signed by President Donald Trump creates a federal tax deduction for interest on auto loans. Starting this year, taxpayers can deduct up to $10,000 of interest annually on loans for new vehicles assembled in the U.S. The deduction excludes some high-income earners and vehicles purchased for commercial use. An expert at…… MORE
PARIS (AP) — The European Union has decided to hold off on imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods that were set to begin Monday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the delay on Sunday, following a letter from President Donald Trump about new U.S. tariffs on EU and Mexican goods starting Aug. 1.…… MORE
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Emergency crews have suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas amid new warnings that additional rain will again cause waterways to surge. Ingram Fire Department officials ordered search crews to immediately evacuate the Guadalupe River corridor in Kerr County until further notice, warning the potential for a…… MORE
Kerrville, TX (AP) – Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found. The Federal Emergency Management Agency included…… MORE
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents quickly enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way. Trump met Friday with first responders and other state and local officials gathered at an…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks. Trump said in an NBC interview “NATO is paying for those weapons, 100%.” Secretary…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court has thrown out an agreement that would’ve allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks. Friday’s decision undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical…… MORE
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — South Sudan has accepted eight third-country deportees from the U.S. and Rwanda says it’s in talk with the administration of President Donald Trump on a similar deal. Nigeria meanwhile says it’s rejecting pressure to do the same. These initiatives in Africa mark an expansion in U.S. efforts to deport people to…… MORE
