Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department got an early Christmas present Wednesday — new body armor to protect against high powered rifles like the one used in the 2016 downtown ambush. Officers have been asking for the gear for several years to keep in police vehicles in the event of an attack. Dallas…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – A month after the Florida school shooting, high school students across the country held school walkouts Wednesday to advocate for change. Several schools in North Texas planned walk-ins instead of walkouts because of the spring break holiday. Students at Coppell High School say the #Enough movement is overdue and are calling for more gun control…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Over a dozen Northwest Texas teachers recently added pistol training to their resumes. The training was organized by Tim Bulot, a sergeant with the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department, and owner of Strategic Weapons Academy of Texas in Ennins. The academy typically does firearms training for SWAT teams, police officers and overseas…… MORE
(AP) United said Tuesday that it took full responsibility for the incident on the Monday night flight from Houston to New York. In a statement, United called it “a tragic accident that should never have occurred, as pets should never be placed in the overhead bin.” The dog was in a small pet carrier designed…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas firefighters who lost their colleague in a helicopter crash in New York over the weekend gathered at the station Tuesday morning to remember the life of 26-year-old Brian McDaniel. Daniel Fox worked at Dallas Fire Station 36 and said McDaniel was the type of guy you needed during a dangerous situation. “You…… MORE
UPDATED: 8:45AM LOXLEY, Ala. (AP) – A charter bus carrying students home to Texas from a high school band trip to Disney World plunged into an Alabama ravine early Tuesday, and numerous children were being carried by helicopters to emergency rooms. A local official in Baldwin County, Alabama says there are multiple injuries and the…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF News) – After a somewhat stormy relationship, President Trump sent his Secretary of State packing. Rex Tillerson has been fired and will be replaced by current CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Tillerson said he received a call from Air Force One about his termination around noon on Tuesday, hours after President Trump tweeted that he had…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas firefighter and a Southern Methodist University graduate are among 5 people killed in a helicopter crash in New York City over the weekend. The helicopter went down in the East River around 7 p.m. on Sunday while en route to a private photo shoot. 26-year-old Brian McDaniel, a Dallas firefighter, and 26-year-old Trevor…… MORE
Update at 4:10pm: (AP) – Austin’s police chief says package bombs caused both explosions in Texas’ capital city on Monday, making it three this month. Police Chief Brian Manley said at a news conference that the latest bombing injured a 75-year-old Hispanic woman. Manley says investigators believe that attack and one earlier Monday that…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A Dallas-bound flight was diverted to the Albuquerque International Sunport after smoke filled the aircraft’s cabin. According to KRQE-TV , Southwest flight 3562 took off from Phoenix on Sunday night and was headed for Dallas Love Field Airport. The plane was forced to land in Albuquerque after what might have been…… MORE
