Saginaw (WBAP/KLIF) – The Chicken Express fast food chain has reprimanded a Saginaw store manager, and ordered him to undergo diversity training. He told a muslim employee she was not allowed to wear a hijab while on the job, and sent her home when she refused to take it off. Chicken Express says the manager…… MORE
New Orleans (WBAP/KLIF) – Botham Jean’s family is appealing last week’s decision to remove the city of Dallas from their civil rights lawsuit. Jean was shot and killed inside his apartment by an off duty Dallas Police officer who says she thought his apartment was hers, and Jean was an intruder. Lawyers representing Jean’s family…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said Thursday it is negotiating with Boeing Co. over compensation for the airline’s grounded planes and expects to share some of the proceeds with employees. American had 24 Boeing 737 Max jets when the planes were grounded worldwide in March after two deadly crashes. Like other airlines, American…… MORE
BAGHDAD (AP) – The Pentagon says the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. An airstrike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran’s regional security apparatus, at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said. The attack is expected…… MORE
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – Ethan Couch, the so called “Affluenza teen” with a history of legal troubles following his DUI driving conviction in the deaths of 4 people and injuries to 9 additional people, was taken back to the Tarrant County jail Thursday after reportedly violating probation. Tarrant County Sheriff spokesman David McClelland says…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Former Obama housing secretary Julian Castro ended his run for president on Thursday. The Texan and former Mayor of San Antonio made the announcement in a video posted to social media. “It’s with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for president today,” said Castro. “I’m so proud of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall released the department’s 2020 Violent Crime Reduction Plan on Thursday. The specific strategies related to the goals and objectives of the plan will be presented to the Public Safety Committee on January 13. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson requested the plan late last month amid a significant increase in…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A Texas judge has sided with a Fort Worth hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support against her mother’s wishes. The mother of Tinslee Lewis had asked Judge Sandee Bryan Marion, the chief justice of Texas’ Fourth Court of Appeals, to issue an injunction to ensure the Cook Children’s…… MORE
(AP) An investigation continues after a small plane crashed during takeoff from an airport near Kansas City, killing the pilot and a passenger. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the victims as the pilot, 48-year-old Jonathan J. Vannatta of Maumelle, Arkansas, and 43-year-old passenger Darcy L. Matthews of Belton, Texas. The Federal Aviation Administration registry lists…… MORE
White Settlement (WBAP/KLIF) – Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM for Richard White, one of the two men killed Sunday morning when a man with a shotgun opened fire inside the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement. He was a member of the church’s volunteer security team, and tried to draw…… MORE
