AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on Monday, directed members of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission to identify ways Texans can quickly report and take pre-emptive action against acts of antisemitism during an emergency meeting held by the Commission at the Texas Capitol in Austin. “There is a new urgency to…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will stand trial on securities fraud charges in April, a judge ruled Monday, more than eight years after the Republican was indicted and a month after his acquittal in an impeachment trial over separate corruption accusations. Paxton was in the courtroom when state District Judge Andrea Beall…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a six-week-old strike against Detroit’s Big 3 automakers. The deal follows the pattern set with Ford last week and Jeep maker Stellantis over the weekend. The deals will last four years and eight months and…… MORE
ARLINGTON, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Texas Rangers 9 to 1 in game two of the World Series. The Diamondbacks took the lead when Gabriel Moreno hit a home run in the fourth inning. The Rangers tried to make a comeback in the fifth inning when Mitch Garver hit his third…… MORE
LOS ANGELES, CA – (WBAP/KLIF) – Matthew Perry, the star of the 90’s sitcom “Friends”, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles today. He was 54 years old. When first responders arrived on the scene they found Perry in a jacuzzi in his home, where it is believed that he drowned. Even though…… MORE
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the nation that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. He says it will only increase ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory.…… MORE
LAS VEGAS, NV – (WBAP/KLIF) – On Saturday, former Vice President Mike Pence announced that he is suspending his presidential campaign, and is dropping out of the race. In a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition Convention Pence stated, “after much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign for president effective today.”…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) — Jeep maker Stellantis has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union that follows a template set earlier this week by Ford, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said Saturday. The deal, which still must be ratified by members, leaves only General Motors without a contract with the…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Adolis Garcia hit an opposite-field homer in the 11th inning, after Corey Seager’s tying two-run blast in the ninth, as the Texas Rangers opened this surprise World Series of wild-card teams with a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Cuban slugger known as “El Bombi” hit a 3-1 pitch from Miguel…… MORE
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of fatally shooting 18 people and wounding 13 in Maine has been found dead. Robert Card, who was wanted in connection with the shootings at Schemengees Bar and Grille and at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley in Lewiston, is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot…… MORE
