UPDATED: 2/10/23 ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has for years tempted fate by not enforcing modern construction codes while allowing — and in some cases, encouraging — a real estate boom in earthquake-prone areas, experts say. The lax enforcement, which experts in geology and engineering have long warned about, is gaining renewed scrutiny in the aftermath…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police searched the Dallas County Health and Human Services building after reports of a possible shooting around 2:30pm, Thursday. After searching each floor of the building, Dallas PD confirmed there was no evidence that a shooting had taken place. There was a heavy police presence along the I-35E southbound service road and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior executive of Southwest Airlines apologized to a Senate committee Thursday for a December meltdown and said the airline is upgrading software to help fix its inability to reassign crews after the winter storm. The president of the Southwest pilots’ union told senators that airline leaders ignored calls to improve technology for…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart, changing his plea weeks after the U.S. government said it wouldn’t seek the death penalty for the hate crimes and firearms violations. Patrick Crusius still faces a…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A portrait of Fort Worth’s Opal Lee is now among others approved to hang on the walls of the Texas Senate Chamber inside the Texas State Capitol building in Austin. The Civil Rights icon led the effort to make Juneteenth a Federal holiday. During a ceremony on Wednesday, her portrait was officially…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The McKinney City Council voted to call an election where voters will consider one general obligation bond proposition and three Council seats. The general and special election is scheduled for May 6. Early voting takes place April 24 – May 2. According to the city, a bond committee made a recommendation to…… MORE
JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — Over 11,000 people are confirmed dead following a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. Residents digging through rubble on Tuesday in a northwest Syrian town discovered rescued a toddler, and a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble from this…… MORE
Periods of heavy rain will allow for a continued flash flood threat. Remember to never drive through flooded roads! Over the afternoon, the rain will exit the region from west to east, and end completely by the evening hours. Clouds will be slower to exit, and skies should be mostly clear by Thursday morning. Overnight…… MORE
Garland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A jury has been seated in the capital murder trial of garland man on trial for allegedly helping his teenage son carry out a triple murder over a year ago. 33-year old Richard Acosta Jr. is accused of transporting then 14-year old son Abel Acosta to and from a Garland convenience…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A local airline has lowered a key requirement for its new hire pilots.Southwest has cut in half the number of turbine engine hours needed in an effort to make the hiring process easier for pilots that have flown professionally . The Dallas-based carrier is hoping the move wll speed up pilot recruitment…… MORE
