FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 in February that killed her husband. The lawsuit was filed on…… MORE
TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Fans are banned from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics as the city falls under a state of emergency due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, including the highly-contagious Delta variant. The International Olympics Committee and Japanese organizers announced the ban which comes months after fans from oversees were blocked from attending. The…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) – An Iowa man – 32-year old Keegan Casteel – who was in custody in Chicago after police found a rifle with a laser sight and several rounds of ammunition in a hotel room that overlooks a Lake Michigan beach during the July Fourth weekend made bond and then proposed to his girlfriend…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn joined fellow Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina in a letter this week asking Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, to consider a bill that would give permanent legal status to temporary residents allowed to stay in the U.S. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. In 2017,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored. But legal experts say the suits are likely doomed to fail, given existing precedent and legal protections. Trump announced the action Wednesday against Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube…… MORE
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A somber moment of silence marked the end of the two-week search for survivors of a Florida condominium collapse, as rescue workers stood at solemn attention and clergy members hugged a line of local officials while many of them sobbed. The painstaking search for survivors shifted to a recovery effort at…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Research shows the COVID-19 Delta Variant is growing in North Texas and across the country. The Delta Variant was first discovered in India. Health officials are encouraging people to get vaccinated as the strain is causing a rise in cases and hospitalizations both locally and nationally. According to a UT Southwestern analysis of case…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- On the 5th year anniversary, the Dallas Police Department hosted a memorial to honor and remember the five officers who died in the line of duty on July 7th, 2016 as well as other officers who made that same sacrifice. “With this memorial we preserve and honor their memory and the sacrifices of…… MORE
The U.S. Air Force is bing held partially responsible for a church shooting that left 26 people dead. A District Judge has ruled the military branch of being “60 percent responsible” for the killing of more than two dozen people at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs in 2017. According to the judge, the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by them. Trump announced the action Wednesday against Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube as well as the companies’ CEOs. He spoke at a press conference in New Jersey. Trump was joined…… MORE
