McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oil field workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly setting up to hold children crossing the southern border. The Associated Press has learned that the converted camp has…… MORE
Denton County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Denton County grand jury declined to indict the Denton police officer who fatally shot a UNT college student last year. Last January police responded to calls of someone acting erratically at a student apartment building. 23-year old Darius Tarver was found holding a frying pan and a meat cleaver.…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The NFL says it’s investigating allegations that Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson sexually assaulted multiple women after three massage therapists filed lawsuits against the star player. Watson has broadly denied that he acted inappropriately and says he looks forward to clearing his name. The lawsuits were filed this week. The women are…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –Billions of dollars in electric overcharges are in danger of not be refunded from the winter storm in February if the legislature or governor don’t act soon. “We need to correct it. It’s wrong. You just can’t walk down the road and say maybe it was wrong; maybe it was right,” according to…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)-The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation is launching a Charley Pride Fellowship Program, offering rising college Juniors and Seniors a ten-week internship opportunity with the team’s front office. The new Fellowship Program honors the late Country Music legend, who had a strong connection to the Texas Rangers organization for more than 50 years. The details…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Local non-profit groups are providing support to the temporary shelter for migrant teenagers at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Faith Forward Dallas is one of several organizations pitching in while as many as 3,000 migrants will be housed at the convention center in comings weeks and months. Andrew Paley…… MORE
TEXAS CITY (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Oregon woman who’s arrest went viral after she refused to wear a mask at a Galveston bank is caught up in scandal again for a similar incident. Terry Wright was arrested by Texas City police Wednesday morning at an Office Depot on resisting arrest and criminal trespassing charges from…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former Dallas Mavericks center Shaun Bradley, 48, has announced that he is paralyzed following a car accident on January 20. The retired NBA player was riding his bicycle near his home in St. George, Utah, when he was hit from behind, suffering a traumatic spinal cord injury. Neck fusion surgery and…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose by 45,000 last week to 770,000, a sign that layoffs remain high even as much of the U.S. economy is steadily recovering from the coronavirus recession. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims climbed from 725,000 the week…… MORE
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Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials in North Texas’ largest counties have asked the state for more COVID-19 vaccines In comments to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial Board, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley were critical of getting fewer doses from the state for the general population due to FEMA’s efforts to…… MORE
