SEAGOVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The search continues for a missing Dallas ISD educator who vanished after dropping off a friend in Seagoville in late September. Authorities said 24-year-old Jennifer Mendez Olascoaga, a teacher’s assistant, was last seen on surveillance footage last Wednesday around 8 p.m. at the Creekside Mobile Home Park at 2510 Highway…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Texas Rangers won game one of the American League Wild Card Series as Jordan Montgomery threw seven shutout innings to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0. Texas is one win away from the next round of the MLB playoffs. Game two is set for Wednesday at 2:08 p.m. on ESPN.… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history, The 216-210 vote, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives, throws the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, brought forward the “motion to vacate”…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge imposed a limited gag order on defendant Donald Trump Tuesday after the former president disparaged a key court staffer during his civil business fraud trial. Judge Arthur Engoron issued the order, which applies to all parties in the case and pertains only to verbal attacks on court…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson spent time with a Republican Presidential candidate on Tuesday in Dallas. Mayor Johnson had lunch with Republican Senator Tim Scott at Mi Cocina and took a walk through Klyde Warren Park. The Republican Presidential candidate applauded Johnson for the city’s reduced crime and his recent switch to the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – President Joe Biden announced a major development in his push to make medications more affordable for Americans. On Tuesday morning, Biden said the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs targeted for Medicare’s first price negotiations have agreed to participate. The development clears the way for talks that…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked Monday night by three armed attackers, his office said. Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg released a statement hours after the incident: “As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle. Luckily, he was not…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The UIL is addressing a concerning incident that occurred during the Whitney vs. Dallas Madison varsity football game on September 29, involving a sports official and a student athlete from Whitney High School. “In cooperation with the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO), the UIL has taken action to reverse the game…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — “How would you be different as speaker, compared to Mr. Boehner?” a reporter asked then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in September 2015 as the California Republican pursued, and eventually gave up, his first attempt at the speakership. McCarthy laughed while standing next to outgoing Speaker John Boehner — who had just stepped…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The fraud lawsuit that could cost former President Donald Trump control of some of his most prized properties went to trial Monday, with New York state lawyers vowing to hold him accountable while he denounced the case as a politically motivated “scam.” The civil case, brought by New York Attorney General…… MORE
