DALLAS (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, has been the only tool keeping millions of tenants in…… MORE
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Mansfield, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An Amber Alert triggered Saturday near the in Brownsville led to an arrest early Sunday in North Texas of the 18-year-old man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl. The Mansfield Police Department released dramatic bodycam video of the arrest as officers approached the car were the two were sleeping. In the…… MORE
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – A new and dangerous problem area in Mexico is getting a closer look. The highway between the Texas border city of Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey is becoming known as the “highway of death” More than 50 people have completely vanished on…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas Democratic lawmakers are suing Republican Governor Greg Abbott after he vetoed Capitol paycheck funds because they walked out to block sweeping new voting restrictions. The lawsuit filed Friday reflects the tensions that remain more than a month after Democrats staged a late-night quorum break to stop the GOP from passing tougher…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Supreme Court has ruled survivors and relatives of those who were killed in a 2017 mass shooting at a church cannot sue a sporting goods chain for selling the rifle used in the attack. The court threw out four lawsuits against Academy Sports and Outdoors that alleged a San Antonio…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – ALBUQUERQUE – WBAP/KLIF – Four people died in the crash; a fifth died after transport to an area hospital in critical condition. Albuquerque Police say the crash of a hot air balloon into power lines happened about 7 am Saturday on the city’s west side; three men including the pilot and two…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Jobless Texans have lost their extended unemployment benefits. The federal government had been boosting unemployment checks during the pandemic, but some Texas businesses have been complaining that meant many people without jobs were making enough money that they didn’t want to go back to work. So, as of Saturday 8 states, including…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Civil rights organizations and people who were part of a Biden campaign caravan last fall that was surrounded on a Texas highway by Trump supporters have filed two federal lawsuits, including allegations that local law enforcement failed to respond to efforts to intimidate them. Videos shared on social media from Oct. 30…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation has determined that new personnel and procedures along with insufficient oversight led to reporters not witnessing the May 19 execution of condemned killer Quintin Jones. That was the state’s first execution in nearly a year. Each of the 570 executions that have been held since they resumed in 1982 has…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Critics are calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to visit the Rio Grande Valley, the busiest sector along the border. Fox’s Alex Hogan says the increase in border apprehensions are up by 267% in El Paso, while the Rio Grande Valley is up 406%. Many migrants cross the U.S. – Mexico border at one…… MORE
