AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott advised Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot this week to call on President Joe Biden to secure the border in response to her request that Texas stop transporting migrants to her self-declared sanctuary city. In a letter to Mayor Lightfoot, the Governor said he reminded her of the necessity of Texas’…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border amid an expected migrant surge following the end of pandemic-era restrictions, according to four administration officials. Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork, the officials…… MORE
HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities searching a rural Oklahoma property for two missing teenagers discovered the bodies of seven people Monday, including the suspected remains of the teens and a convicted sex offender who was sought along with them, the local sheriff said. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said the state medical examiner will have…… MORE
TORONTO (AP) — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital. His cause of death was not immediately available. Considered one of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Dallas Police are crediting a member of their canine unit for saving the life of one of their officers during a manhunt in a Pleasant Grove neighborhood last Friday. Senior Corporal Scott Jay and his K-9 partner “Figor” were shot during a manhunt for 20-year-old Brian Casillas, who’s accused of…… MORE
WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – White Settlement police released surveillance footage of four suspects believed to be connected to the shooting of a homeowner amid a rash of car burglaries over the weekend. Investigators said police received several calls about shots fired in the 8200 block of Sussex Street near Meadow Park Drive just…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Stars will face the Seattle Kraken in the second round of the NHL Western Conference Stanley Cup Playoffs. Seattle beat the Colorado Avalanche Sunday night to advance to play the Stars. Dallas will have home-ice advantage against the Kraken, with Game 1 set for Tuesday night at the American Airlines…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Allied Pilots Association, certified collective bargaining agent for the 15,000 pilots of American Airlines, announced on Monday that its membership has voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike. “The summer travel season is almost here, and we’re all wondering whether this will be another summer of uncertainty for American…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in a bid to head off further banking turmoil in the U.S. San Francisco-based First Republic is the third midsize bank to fail in two months. It is the second-biggest bank…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced a $50,000 reward this week for a Texas Department of Public Safety top 10 fugitive who the Governor said is in the country illegally and killed five illegal immigrants in a shooting Friday night in Cleveland, Texas. “Our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of…… MORE
