MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent. Monday’s spectacle was witnessed by millions of spectators in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. It was North America’s biggest eclipse crowd ever, thanks to the densely populated path. Cloud cover spoiled the view in…… MORE
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden says student loan relief will empower Americans to pursue their dreams without the burden of debt. He visited Wisconsin on Monday to announce new steps to help more than 30 million people. The trip came a week after primary voting in the Midwest battleground state highlighted weaknesses for…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Short-range model shows heavy storms over DFW by 9-10 PM and two storm areas merging over DFW between 6 and 9 AM tomorrow with the potential for high winds including tornadoes, large hail and repeated 3″ per hour rains with flash flooding likely. Tornado watch southeast of DFW in effect until 8PM. Storms…… MORE
BY MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ AND JENNIFER PELTZ Updated 4:35 PM CDT, April 8, 2024Share NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan — foiling the former president’s latest attempt to put off…… MORE
DALLAS – The Big American Total Eclipse may be over, but you can help others around the world by donating your used eclipse viewing glasses. At least two groups collect them, ensure they are still safe – free of major scratches, punctures or tears, and through several programs, pass them along to school children and…… MORE
DALLAS – Procter & Gamble is recalling more than eight million packages of several types of detergent packets or pods, packaged in flexible “film” type bags. The recall involves certain batches of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel laundry detergents made between September of 2023 and February of 2024. Major retailers and Amazon sold the affected…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – As many as 22,000 spectators were expected to be in downtown Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park, and as the time of the partial eclipse began, the crowds appeared to bunch up like fans at a rock concert trying to squeeze in to get closer to the band. Groups of people gathered on…… MORE
BALTIMORE (AP) — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. Aboard Marine One, circling the warped metal remains and…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — NEW YORK (AP) — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the Northeast. The agency reported a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7, centered near Lebanon, New Jersey, or about 45 miles west of…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group says it won’t field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. No Labels CEO Nancy Jacobson said in a statement Thursday that “the…… MORE
