AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced, on Wednesday, that the Governor’s Public Safety Office is providing $1.25 million to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. The announcement comes more than two months after the Robb Elementary School massacre that left 19 students and two teachers dead. According to the Governor, the funds will…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Weeks ahead of the start of the school year, local first responders are preparing for the potential of a school shooter scenario. The Dallas Police Department, Dallas Fire Rescue, City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management, Dallas Independent School District and the Dallas ISD Police Department partnered for a routine joint exercise…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline in the gross domestic product – the broadest gauge of the economy – followed a 1.6% annual drop from January…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in three decades to tame high inflation. The Fed’s move will raise its key rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to its highest level since…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan. That’s according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who also revealed that he had asked to speak with his Kremlin counterpart for the first time in months. The statement…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The FBI Dallas Field Office is hosting an in-person information session in the DFW-area on Thursday night to encourage job-seekers to join the FBI as a Special Agent. “It is important that the FBI represent the people we are sworn to protect and serve and we are looking for highly qualified candidates who…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is ending his COVID-19 isolation after testing negative for the virus on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday. That’s according to a letter the White House released Wednesday from Biden’s physician. Dr. Kevin O’Connor writes that Biden has completed his course of treatment with the drug Paxlovid…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has tested positive for COVID-19. Jenkins made the announcement on Twitter, Thursday night, saying the positive test was the result of daily personal testing. According to the Dallas County Judge, he is asymptomatic and will work remotely as he isolates at home. Jenkins is fully vaccinated and has…… MORE
UPDATED 5:24: Watch Press Conference and BodyCam Video below The woman accused of firing shots inside Dallas Love Field on Monday has a long criminal history. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia says Portia Odufuwa first tried to buy a gun in 2016 but was denied because of an outstanding traffic warrant. In 2019 she was…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Monday that it received a shipment of 14,780 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine. DSHS immediately forwarded 5,120 doses to Dallas County Health and Human Services. Dallas County has reported the largest number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Texas. According to DSHS, the…… MORE
