DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – In a unanimous vote, the Federal Open Market Committee has lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, to a target range of 4.50%-4.75%.The Fed justifies easing the rate as it supports employment as as much of a priority as stopping inflation. This rate sets what banks charge…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Several sources now reporting Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iran have now begun. This follows more than two hundred missile attacks on Israel back on October the first, with Israel vowing retaliation. America’s F-16 fighter jets, reported arriving in the Middle East from a German air base; arriving to undisclosed locations in…… MORE
U S CENTRAL COMMAND – (WBAP/KLIF)- American air reinforcements are arriving today in Israel; the second round this month. F-16 fighter jets; placed ahead of the expected Israeli attack on Iran, in retaliation for Iran’s missile blitz on Israel October first. Earlier this month, a squadron of U S F-15’s arrived at an undisclosed base,…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills home, providing the brothers with a chance at freedom after 34 years behind bars. An official with knowledge of the decision who was not authorized to speak on the record…… MORE
(FORT WORTH) – FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM – If you’re considering voting early in Tarrant County, know in advance wait times have been running up to 45 minutes to do that, at some polling locations. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports the HSC voting site was one of a dozen or more across the county…… MORE
BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband Sen. Robert Kennedy to assassination, has died. She was 96. Kennedy was by her husband’s side when he was killed while running for president in 1969. She endured that tragedy and many others while raising their 11 children. A millionaire’s daughter and family matriarch, she…… MORE
UPDATE; 11:15AM; Fire officials have lifted the “shelter in place” order in Frisco resulting from the chemical fire at the Texas Pool Supply Warehouse; the fire is out, and Public Information Officer Kelli Kistner reports fire fighting foam was mopped up in a manner to ensure it would not run off to contaminate water supplies.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a…… MORE
WASHINGTON – (WBAP/KLIF) – The acting head of the U.S. Secret Service, Ronald Rowe reveals needs of the agency in a review of alleged assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump Rowe says assets are needed in every category of protection there is; more personnel, more tech, and more tools to better protect those in…… MORE
Grand Prairie – (WBAP/KLIF) At least one official now is reported as saying fire fighting foam has been determined the likely cause of a “do not use other than to flush toilets” warning to Grand Prairie area residents. Firefighting foam is believed to be likely carcinogenic, or, cancer-causing. Officials are urging Grand Prairie residents, especially…… MORE
