MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said state investigators arrested Derek Chauvin. The arrest comes after three days of protests,…… MORE
0:29 — Police stations burned, controversial Presidential tweets, and a CNN reporter arrested. That’s just scratching the surface of the chaos in Minneapolis this week. We discuss it all, plus much more, in today’s KLIFnotes. 9:35 — Constitutional lawyer David Coale joins Amy & Scott to break down what exactly President Trump’s executive order on…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas county is approaching 10,000 confirmed Coronavirus cases. County health officials reported another 202 cases of COVID-19 and one new death. Overall, Dallas county has almost 9,600 cases, while neighboring Tarrant county has about 5,300 infected residents. 104 new cases were diagnosed in Tarrant, 33 in Denton county, and 19 in Collin county.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order aimed at curbing liability protections for social media companies. This comes after Trump lashed out at Twitter for applying fact checks to two of his tweets. Trump had threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering, but he alone can’t…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- UPDATE: The Dallas Police Department now say a juvenile was responsible for the death of North Dallas Woman found shot in her car. 59-year-old Leslie Squair Baker was found shot in her driver’s seat outside her home in the Preston Hollow neighborhood on Monday. Dallas Police say the juvenile was arrested and charged…… MORE
0:29 — Minneapolis has been in a state of turmoil after a police officer killed a black man held in custody. Riots and looting has since taken place. Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata joins Amy & Scott to provide a law enforcement perspective to the entire situation. 7:26 — Do teachers feel comfortable going…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas City council decides not to look at a property tax hike. The resolution would have asked the county to calculate how much revenue Dallas would get from new appraisals if property taxes were increased by 8%. Dallas faces a major budget shortfall in this pandemic since sales tax revenues are down. On…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott gave an update Wednesday on the COVID-19 surge response efforts in Amarillo. The Governor discussed the state’s ongoing collaboration with local and federal leaders to address COVID-19 hot spots within the Amarillo area, and outlined the data on hospitalizations, testing, fatalities, and positive rates that he said demonstrate the success of…… MORE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit has been called off with 16 minutes to go in the countdown because of the danger of lightning. Liftoff is rescheduled for Saturday. The spacecraft was set to blast off Wednesday afternoon for…… MORE
0:29 — President Trump got flagged on Twitter for potential “misinformation,” and he’s not happy. Amy & Scott talk about it in today’s KLIFnotes, along with what else in Texas is reopening this week, a new form of Stimulus payments, and a wedding video company that turned out to be real jerks. 10:28 — For…… MORE
