(WBAP/KLIF) – FORT WORTH, TX – Fort Worth officers will see a pay increase under a new labor contract that was negotiated by the police union. Last week the Fort Worth city council approved the raise which will cost about $47 million dollars over a four-year period. The salary bump brings Fort Worth’s police pay…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – FORT WORTH, TX – According to a filing from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Continental is building its first US distribution center in North Texas. Next month construction is expected to begin on a $69 million dollar facility plant on Old Burleson Road in Southern Fort Worth. The new 752,000 square…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – General Motors is recalling nearly 450,000 vehicles for not displaying a warning when the brake fluid is running low. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated that this can actually increase the risk for a crash. The recall is impacting 2023 Chevy and GMC pickup trucks and 2023 and 2024 Chevy, GMC,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Hotel chain Motel Six has been sold for $525 million dollars. The India based hotel company Oyo is acquiring Motel Six’s parent company G-6 Hospitality, in an all cash transaction that’s expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024. Motel Six was founded in 1962, and has around 1,500 franchise properties in…… MORE
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel’s military says a top Hezbollah leader was among those killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut apartment block. Lebanese officials on Saturday raised the death toll from Friday’s strike to 37, including seven women and three children. Lebanon’s health minister told reporters that 68 people were also wounded, including…… MORE
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Google has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government. Testimony Friday afternoon from a Google executive came after the government rested its case two weeks…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing is replacing the head of its defense and space business. That the unit that has been saddled with money-losing government contracts and embarrassing failures by its Starliner space capsule. Boeing said Friday that Ted Colbert was removed immediately as president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. He’s being…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – DENTON, TX – Denton is reporting its first human case of West Nile Virus this season in the southwest area of the city. In response to this development, the city is moving to risk level 4, reflecting an increased risk of transmission within the community. The individual diagnosed with West Nile is currently…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – ATLANTA, GA – Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation to debate former president Donald Trump on CNN next month. The debate would take place at CNN’s studio’s in Atlanta without a live audience, and would follow the same format and rules as the debate between Biden and Trump last June.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – DALLAS, TX – Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an appeal to a judge’s ruling over the gun ban at the State Fair of Texas. On Thursday, a Dallas County judge denied Paxton’s effort to block the gun ban. Last month, Paxton sued both the city and the State Fair of Texas. He…… MORE
