DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Despite cooler temperatures hovering over the region, some North Texas county officials are warning the threat of wildfire is still present. Denton County Judge Andy Eads issued a mandatory burn ban on Tuesday due to warm temperatures, high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation. The Texas A&M Forest Service’s Adam…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – An animal cruelty investigation in Tarrant County has led to the closure of ‘Seaquest Fort Worth’ at Ridgemar Mall. PETA said it filed a complaint with Fort Worth police about two dead sharks and dozens of dead fish. The animal rights organization also said former employees described conditions of…… MORE
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says two Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 88 people. The ministry said a five-story building was hit in one of the strikes Tuesday, killing at least 60 people, more than half of them women and children. Israel has escalated airstrikes in…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon has been released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Bannon left the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, on Tuesday morning. He later resumed his podcast, saying he…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire. The latest evidence of Google’s prosperity emerged Tuesday with the release of its corporate parent Alphabet Inc.’s results for the July-September period. Both Alphabet’s profit and revenue…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings tumbled last month to their lowest level since January 2021, a sign that the labor market is losing some momentum. Still, openings remain well above pre-pandemic levels. The Labor Department reported that the number of job openings dropped to 7.4 million in September from 7.9 million in August. Economists…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including in Baltimore, where a deadly bridge collapse killed six construction workers and disrupted commercial shipping traffic for months. President Joe Biden announced the grants Tuesday during a visit to the city’s main…… MORE
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads. The grants announced Tuesday will go to projects across 41 states and Washington, D.C. Most of the money will go to track…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X. That’s thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president’s social media platform. Trump Media & Technology Group is now valued at over $10 billion after its shares more than quadrupled since…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department, seeking to keep the Chinese military from gaining an edge in advanced technologies, issued a rule Monday to restrict and monitor American investments in China in artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The finalized rule arises from an executive order issued in August 2023 by President Joe…… MORE
