(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex is gearing up to host the equivalent of nine Super Bowls. The FIFA World Cup is still two years away, however if businesses aren’t preparing now, they may miss the boat. UNT business expert Michael Savoie says the business community has a golden opportunity to cater to a large population, as…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — As the Texas wildfires burn, relief organizations are rushing to provide aid. Texas Baptist Men (TBM) have organized a relief effort to assist residents in the Texas Panhandle who have lost everything. The humanitarian group has boots on the ground in Fritch, TX, to assist victims affected by the devastating wildfires. According to…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Texas law that would allow local and state law enforcement to arrest, detain and deport those who are suspected of entering the United States illegally. The development hands a victory to the Biden administration amid it’s battle with Governor Greg Abbott…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate Republican leader, becoming the first senator to announce a campaign after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will step down from the post in November. Cornyn, who served as McConnell’s No. 2 in leadership before he…… MORE
STINNETT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – What is now the largest wildfire in Texas history has scorched over 1 million acres in the Texas panhandle since it began Monday and claimed the life of at least one victim. The family of 83-year-old Joyce Blankenship said she died at her house in Stinnett. The Smokehouse Creek fire…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved a $2.5 million partial settlement with the family of Tony Timpa, who died in Dallas police custody in August of 2016. The move comes months after a jury found three of the four officers, Dustin Dillard, Raymond Dominguez and Danny Vasquez, violated Timpa’s constitutional…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution. The justices’ order maintains a hold on preparations for a trial focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has appeared on Capitol Hill for a defiant closed-door deposition with lawmakers. He blasted the Republican impeachment inquiry into his father and the family’s business affairs as a “house of cards” built on “lies” as he faced a battery of probing questions. The deposition of the president’s son Wednesday marks…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The two front-runners in the 2024 Presidential Race are conducting dueling border visits, Thursday. Both projected Republican nominee and Former President Donald Trump along with Democrat candidate President Joe Biden will visit the Southern border. SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson says that former President Trump wants to highlight what he feels is…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate,…… MORE
