DALLAS (AP) – Federal officials have made more than two dozen recommendations aimed at further safeguarding power plants and natural gas supplies to prevent a repeat of the February blackouts that caused more than 200 deaths in Texas. Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Reliability Corp. made their recommendations Thursday…… MORE
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – One of the founders of the Taliban says the hard-line movement will once again carry out punishments like executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public. Mullah Nooruddin Turabi was justice minister and head of the religious police when the Taliban were last in power in the 1990s. At…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The North Texas Food Bank will be set up at the State Fair this weekend in an effort to collect donations and raise money to help feed a growing population of residents in need. It’s part of a 30-year partnership between the food bank and the fair, but this year the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- North Texans can donate to more than 3,000 local non-profits for this The 2021 Communities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day. The 13th annual Giving Day follows another record-setting year, where more than 106,000 donors raised $58.8 million for more than 3,000 nonprofits. After a tough year it’s been for many businesses,…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – According to a tweet from KHOU- Houston reporter Adam Bennett who is covering the migrant crisis in Del Rio a Texas non-profit “has arranged transportation for migrants, 95% of whom are Haitian” to be transported to Houston. About 500 of the migrants who entered Texas illegally arrived in Houston on Wednesday, with…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas woman who was living in a trailer outside her home while it was being renovated, woke up to find her 2-story home in flames overnight. The two-story home was heavily engulfed in flames when Dallas Fire Rescue arrived around 3 a. m. The woman saw the flames after being…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Family owned and operated, DCI Hollow Metal, today announced it will expand from Southern California into Fort Worth, Texas to accommodate new and existing customers. The expansion initially brings over 20 full-time positions to Fort Worth, with plans to shortly expand beyond 40, DCI Hollow Metal officials say. The company will lease…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Office of State Representative Lyle Larson filed a bill that would add rape or incest as an exception to SB8 or the “Heartbeat Bill”, a new Texas law that bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected or as early as 6 weeks into pregnancy. State Representative Lyle Larson wrote a letter…… MORE
CROWLEY (WBAP/KLIF) A teacher at the Crowley Ninth Grade Campus has been put on administrative leave as the district investigates allegations of use of excessive force on a student. Due to the investigation, the district said on Wednesday that it cannot release the teacher’s name or the student’s name. “The incident occurred in a classroom…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is launching meetings with Democrats from the House and Senate as Congress works to bridge party divisions over his big $3.5 trillion “build back better” agenda. The afternoon sessions Wednesday come ahead of crucial voting deadlines. The House is to vote soon on the first part of Biden’s plan…… MORE
