AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Lawmakers in Texas largely failed to take significant action to address the state’s skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the U.S., but the developed world. Legislators introduced proposals to address the issue after a University of Maryland-led study found…… MORE
LONDON – Update: London Police have made 12 arrest in what they are treating as an “Act of Terrorism.” Via the @metpoliceuk twitter account a statement was released stating: “At 0025hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket were declared as terrorist incidents.” The attack killed 7 people and injured nearly 50 people. London Police…… MORE
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Golf-ball sized hail was reported in Mesquite as severe thunderstorms swept through North Texas early Friday evening. Flash flood and Severe Thunderstorm warnings were issued for parts of Dallas, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. WBAP’s Christian Powers was near Highway 80 and Galloway Avenue in Mesquite during the storm. He said the storm caused…… MORE
Grand Prairie (WBAP/KLIF News) – A teenager is dead after being hit while trying to cross Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie. According to Grand Prairie police four kids were attempting to scurry across the road between Texas 360 and Great Southwest Parkway when one of them was hit around 5:30 a.m. Friday. He was pronounced dead at the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The new Dallas City Manager says finding a new police chief is one of his top priorities. T.C Broadnax says the city is about a month or so away from getting a new full-time chief, with the goal being mid-to-late July. Chief David Brown will have been out of the position…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord Thursday afternoon. Trump said the Paris Accord is more about other nations gaining a “financial advantage” over the U.S. than it is about climate change. “This agreement is less about the climate and more about other…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ted Cruz is one of the lawmakers urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. The Texas Senator was a guest on WBAP’s “Chris Salcedo Show” and said “I think it’s exactly what he should do, it is what I have been urging President Trump to do for…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A paramedic shot and critically wounded while treating another wounded man during a shooting rampage in a Dallas neighborhood near Fair Park has been discharged from a hospital almost a month after the shooting. Dallas Fire-Rescue Firefighter/Paramedic Will An was discharged from Baylor University Medical Center on Wednesday after spending the month…… MORE
According to the Dallas Police Department, Senior Corporal Dale Ordogne was responding to a burglary on South Westmoreland Road Monday when his vehicle was struck by a white pick up truck. Deputy Chief Albert Martinez said the impact sent the Officer’s car on to a 12-inch metal gas pipe that hovered a creek. “When the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Children’s Health has announced it will no longer host its annual holiday parade. The organization had hosted the event for nearly 30 years. Hospital spokesman Scott Summerall telling WFAA-TV, “We have decided to move forward with other new and meaningful ways to bring cheer to families in our community this holiday…… MORE
