(AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressing the Taliban to allow charter flights carrying would-be evacuees to leave Mazar-e-Sharif. Blinken said Wednesday that the Taliban aren’t permitting the flights’ departure because they claim that some of the passengers don’t have the required documentation. He added: “While there are limits to what we…… MORE
Bexar County, TX (WBAO/KLIF) – The Bexar County judge was reportedly harassed over the weekend in the parking lot a popular grocery store over his mask mandate. County Judge Nelson Wolff was at an H-E-B in San Antonio when woman began recording herself that he should be ashamed of himself for masking children. In a…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A mother was killed and her 10-year-old son critically injured after a man evading Garland Police ran a red light at high speed. The incident started around 3:30 p.m. Monday near Shiloh Rd. and Northwest Highway. Investigators said a Garland police officer had stopped the driver of a Honda accord. After police…… MORE
KAUFMAN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Kaufman County Sheriff’ Office is investigating a deadly overnight shooting that prompted two Forney ISD schools to cancel classes for the day. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday in the 6100 block of Falcon Way, north of Forney city limits. Officers found…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth – As new daily COVID-19 cases continue to soar across Texas and nationwide, the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday said that children now account for 22% of new cases in the U.S. In many cases children showed symptoms just days after started school, a testament highly infectious and rapidly spreading Delta variant.…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans in America’s largest conservative state for years racked up victories under the slogan “Keep Texas Red,” a pledge to quash a coming blue wave that Democrats argued was inevitable given shifting demographics. Now, those population transformations have arrived, with the 2020 census confirming that the state got bigger, more suburban and…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday defended a new state law banning most abortions that also does not provide exceptions for cases of rape or incest, saying it does not force victims to give birth even though it prohibits abortions before some women know they’re pregnant. Abbott, a Republican, added that Texas…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Granbury VFW is leading an effort to honor first responders on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Community groups plan to serve a free meal to every first responder in Hood County on Saturday, September 11th. Local VFW representative Ricky Johnson says over 200 first responders will dine on brisket and pulled pork.The…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that he will convene a third special legislative session at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 20, 2021. The proclamation identifies 5 agenda items for the third Special Session. “The Texas Legislature now has the opportunity to redraw legislative and congressional districts in accordance with the new census…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – More than 400,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana still don’t have power nine days after Hurricane Ida. The state Public Service Commission said Tuesday that 98% of utility customers in the four hardest-hit parishes remain without electricity. In contrast, nearly all power has been restored in the capital city of Baton…… MORE
