Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – US Capitol Police early Monday arrested a California man who they say had multiple knives in his truck which was parked near the DNC headquarters. They say that the weapons, some of which are banned in the District of Columbia had a swastika and other White supremacist symbols painted on it. Patrol…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Hurricane Nicholas has made landfall along the Texas coast, bringing the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast. The hurricane center says the category 1 storm touched down on the eastern part of the Matagorda Peninsula, about 10…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – In response to severe weather threats along the Gulf Coast due to Tropical Storm Nicholas, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas State Operations Center to increase its readiness to Level II beginning Tuesday morning. The storm is forecast to begin impacting the Texas coast on Tuesday. According to the Governor,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 6, the Damon Allen Act, into law at the Texas Pastor Council’s Safer Houston Summit on Monday. The bill recently passed the state legislature and prohibits the release on personal bond of defendants charged with a violent offense or who are charged while released on…… MORE
UPDATE: 09/12/2021 6:05 PM – Forecasters warn some areas of the Texas Gulf Coast, notably, from Port Aransas to Sargent could see near hurricane force or hurricane force winds if the storm sits over warm Gulf waters much longer. The storm is expected to bring tropical storm winds to much of the Texas Gulf coast…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Abortion clinics in Oklahoma and Kansas report they are seeing a high volume of patients from Texas now that a new state law banning most abortions has gine into effect in Texas. The Biden administration this week sued Texas over the law, arguing it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”…… MORE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- North Texas will honor and remember those who lost their lives 20 years ago on September 11th. Cities across the metroplex are hosting memorial events you and you family can attend. Stars, Stripes & Remembrance in Arlington: Tickets start at $25. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the 9/11 ceremony starts at…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. The government’s expansive new rules, announced Thursday, mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas economists say the impact of the state’s newly enacted abortion law has yet to be seen. In recent years, big corporations have been vocal in opposing some state laws. “Both the NBA and the NCAA pulled events from North Carolina when they passed the restrictive bill on transgender rights,” said Texas…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and…… MORE
