AUSTIN (AP)- Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a 38-day holdout. Enough Democrats returned to the state Capitol to allow the Texas House to resume work for the first time since mid-July. That’s when more than 50 Democrats flew to Washington, D.C., in what amounted to a second…… MORE
Some students in DISD will now have an in-home learning option. The district hopes this new option will appeal to folks who are nervous about sending their kids back to school for fear of catching the virus. It’s also for those kids who may be too young to get the vaccine and those who are…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Manager is promising more transparency following the deletion of police evidence files. According to city leadership, more than 22 terabytes of Police evidence files were unintentionally deleted by a city employee. Eight of those files are still missing. The files went missing in April, but the City Council and Mayor…… MORE
Updated at 1:45pm: WASHINGTON (AP) – The man who claimed to have bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement, ending an hourslong standoff. The man, identified by law enforcement officials as 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry of North Carolina, crawled out of the vehicle and was being taken into…… MORE
TCU football coach Gary Patterson said his team is getting closer to 100 percent vaccination. The horned frogs now sit at 90-percent vaccination, according to coach Patterson. He estimated only 10 players have yet to get the vaccine, out of a 85-man rosters. Since the team arrived on campus for fall camp only one person…… MORE
PENTAGON (AP) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. military doesn’t have the capacity to extend security forces beyond the Kabul airport perimeter in order to get more civilians out of Afghanistan. Afghans and aid groups say citizens are having a hard time getting past the Taliban and into the airport. The mass…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A disabilities rights group is suing Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his ban on mask requirements in schools. Disability Rights Texas filed a federal lawsuit late Monday night on behalf of 14 child plaintiffs against Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath. The complaint states that the Governor’s…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth ISD voted last night to join lawsuit against Gov. Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates; that, fter a Tarrant County judge late Friday blocked a mandate for the district. The school board heard comment from boths sides of the issue, during an often roudy meeting last night. “Those of…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19. He is currently isolating in the Governor’s mansion receiving monoclonal antibody treatment. His office says he has no symptoms as he is in good health and fully vaccinated against the virus. Abbott is tested daily according to his office. “Governor Abbott is in constant…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A volunteer group based in North Texas is helping the people of Haiti recover from this month’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake that left more than 1,000 people dead, and thousands of others hurt. “This earthquake has devastated Haiti,” said Texas Baptist Men Spokesperson, John Hall. “It has rocked the foundation of this country.…… MORE
