DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall issued an updated general order on Wednesday that immediately revamps the department’s protocols and procedures in the management of peaceful protests. The modifications involve restrictions on the use of non-lethal tools such as tear gas and kinetic impact projectiles. Across the country, police departments are re-examining their…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Catholic Diocese of Dallas announced this week its plans to reopen school in person amid concerns surrounding the continued spread of COVID-19. According to school superintendent, Dr. Matt Vereecke, the leaders of diocesan schools have been meeting regularly with the Diocese of Dallas administration and outside medical experts throughout Texas. In making…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr say federal agents will surge into Chicago and Albuquerque to help combat rising crime as Trump runs for reelection under a “law-and-order” mantle. More than 100 federal agents have already been sent to Kansas City, Missouri, to help quell a record rise in violence…… MORE
LEWISVILLE (WBAP/KLIF)- Operation Homefront plans to give out backpacks and school supplies to around 500 military children in DFW. Registration is now open until July 29th for the Operation Homefront’s Back-To-School Brigade. Robin Miller with Operation Homefront said those who register can come to the event on August 1st from 9 am to 12 pm at…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston in the latest escalation of tensions between the world’s largest economies. The move came as the Trump administration steps up actions and rhetoric against China that have increased since the outbreak of the coronavirus but also picked up steam since…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A disgraced ex-Dallas mayor pro tem who is in prison on federal corruption charges wants a release to home confinement because of coronavirus concerns. The lawyer for 68-year old Dwaine Caraway says his client has underlying medical conditions that put him at high risk for suffering complications from the virus, according to…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — New York slashed a billion dollars from the state’s police department budget, earlier this month, as lawmakers caved to pressure from groups to “defund the police”. Democrats in the House of Representatives recently proposed cutting roughly $65-billion from the national defense budget. According to the Heritage Foundation’s Jim Carafano, the move is an…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped to historic lows and hospital bed capacity is improving. The number of Texans dying from the Coronavirus appear to be dropping. Of the almost 342,000 Texans who have contracted COVID-19, just 1.2% of them have died. The 4,152 fatalities represents just .01% of the Texas population. The…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — COVID-19 is on the rise along the Texas-Mexico border. As Coronavirus cases have slightly fallen in the Metroplex, health officials in Texas counties along the Mexico border are concerned. Starr county Judge Eloy Vera indicated his county is in danger of losing control of the health crisis. Vera is considering a stay-at-home recommendation…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — More than 500 women at a federal medical prison in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus, in one of the largest confirmed outbreaks at a federal prison, the Bureau of Prisons said. The number of confirmed cases at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth jumped to 510 on…… MORE
