SURFSIDE, FL (WBAP/KLIF News) – Search and rescue has been halted temporarily due concerns about the stability of what remains of the collapsed twelve-story condominium in Surfside, Florida. Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky detailed the concerns at a news conference Thursday morning. “Concerns assesses included six to twelve inches of movement from a large column…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has upheld voting restrictions in Arizona in a decision that could make it harder to challenge other voting measures put in place by Republican lawmakers following last year’s elections. The court reversed a lower court ruling in deciding that Arizona’s limits on who can return early ballots…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has approved a bill to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol. The bill calls for the removal of statues such as those of Jefferson Davis. It would also remove the bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice who wrote an infamous pro-slavery decision. Five Texas congressman were among…… MORE
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of deaths in Canada, Oregon and Washington may have been caused by the historic heat wave that baked the Pacific Northwest and shattered all-time temperature records in usually temperate cities. Oregon health officials said late Wednesday more than 60 deaths have been tied to the heat, with the state’s largest…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Eyebrows are raised in Fort Worth over a proposed payment to the former head of the Tarrant Regional Water District. The expenditure of an extra $300,000 in post-retirement compensation to Jim Oliver was approved by former board president Jack Stevens according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Oliver led the utility…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – A grand jury has declined to indict a former Houston-area health department doctor accused of stealing nine doses of coronavirus vaccine and administering them to family and friends. Authorities alleged Hasan Gokal, who worked for Harris County Public Health, stole a damaged vial of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine while working at a…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was soiled by the long and costly Iraq war, died Tuesday, his family said in a statement. He was 88. Regarded by former colleagues as equally smart and combative,…… MORE
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — Four more bodies have been found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo tower, a fire official said Wednesday, raising the death toll in the disaster to 16 people. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members at a morning briefing that rescuers found the bodies Tuesday night. He…… MORE
WESLACO (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and other Republican state leaders, for a border security briefing in the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. The former President’s trip comes as Governor Abbott pledges to complete the construction of a wall along the Texas-Mexico border. As of Wednesday, donations for that…… MORE
WESLACO (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and other Republican state leaders, for a border security briefing in the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. The former President’s trip comes as Governor Abbott pledges to complete the construction of a wall along the Texas-Mexico border. As of Wednesday, donations for that…… MORE
