The second largest shareholder of Southwest Airlines is calling for special meeting of shareholders to vote on its slate of eight new directors, which would represent a majority of the struggling airline’s board. Elliott Management, which has been highly critical of Southwest in recent months, is pushing for leadership changes and an overhaul of the…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — A new wave of lawsuits accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping men and women and molesting a 16-year-old boy. At least six lawsuits were filed Monday against the hip-hop mogul in federal court in Manhattan. They were filed anonymously by two women and four men. The accusations are part of what…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant has gone on trial over a year after the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco. Prosecutors on Monday told jurors that Momeni planned the April 2023 attack after a dispute over Momeni’s younger sister. They say he drove Lee to a secluded spot…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – North Texans now have access to a new opioid overdose prevention hotline. The service comes as communities nationwide, including Texas, grapple with the fentanyl crisis. It’s the result of a partnership between Dallas County Health and Human Services and the North Texas Poison Center, which operates inside Parkland Hospital. The…… MORE
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Investigators are looking into the cause of a massive fire at the Silver Lake Marina on Grapevine Lake on Sunday. One person was injured and ten boats were damaged around 1 p.m. Authorities said one individual was on board the vessel when it exploded. Ella Taylor was enjoying the water…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Pentagon says the US will send an advanced anti-missile system — and US troops to operate it — to Israel “to help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s unprecedented attacks. Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, says It is not the first time the US has deployed the system to the…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Republicans have a stranglehold on every statewide elected office in Texas and control the state Supreme Court, both chambers of the Legislature and both U.S. Senate seats. And despite the state’s shifting demographics, a Democrat hasn’t won a statewide office there in 30 years. Still, Democrats hope a congressman from…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — Quinn Ewers returned from injury to lead No. 1 Texas to a 34-3 win over 18th-ranked Oklahoma, throwing for 199 yards and the go-ahead touchdown and running for another score in the teams’ first Red River Rivalry matchup as Southeastern Conference members. Quintrevion Wisner ran for 118 yards and a touchdown for…… MORE
BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinians in northern Gaza are describing heavy Israeli bombardment in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people. Israel is warning people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups. The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Saturday that…… MORE
CORTEZ, Fla. (AP) — Many Floridians spent much of Saturday either waiting hours in line for gas, trying to get home or beginning the arduous work of cleaning up after Hurricane Milton. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday several fuel depots where residents could get 10 gallons of gas for free were set to open. Officials…… MORE
