(WBAP/KLIF) — An opera star pleads guilty to sexual assault in Texas. 57-year-old David Daniels was a well-revered opera singer who has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and the Royal Opera in London. Daniels and his husband Scott Walters both pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a former Rice University student in…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – ERCOT has issued a Weather Watch from August 6-7 due to forecasted higher temperatures, higher electrical demand, and the potential for lower reserves. Grid conditions are expected to be normal during a Weather Watch. ERCOT continues to monitor conditions closely and will deploy all available tools to manage the grid, continuing a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — UPDATE: The National Weather Service has extended the Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM Sunday Excessive Heat WarningURGENT – WEATHER MESSAGENational Weather Service Fort Worth TXIssued by National Weather Service at 11:46 PM CDT on Fri Aug 4 2023 for the counties of: Wise, Denton, Collin, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman,…… MORE
AUSTIN, TX (AP) – A Texas judge says the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without the risk of doctors facing criminal charges. The ruling Friday is the first to undercut Texas’ abortion ban since it took effect last year. The decision delivers a major…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Families across North Texas are preparing their children for the upcoming school year and two of the largest districts are giving a helping hand to those in need. The 27th annual Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair kicked off Friday morning at 8 at the Centennial Building Fair Park and…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Garland police made an arrest in connection to the overdoses of three teen girls who bought fentanyl pills from the same dealer earlier this week. First responders were called to the TGI Fridays and AMC movie theater on Coneflower Drive near the Firewheel Town Center on Tuesday at 4:50 p.m..…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor whose hiring was sabotaged by backlash over her past work promoting diversity. The nation’s largest public school agreed to pay Kathleen McElroy and apologized to her while admitting “mistakes were made during the hiring process.” Texas A&M,…… MORE
UPDATED: WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately failed attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Trump appeared before a magistrate judge…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Border officials indicate that two bodies have been recovered from the marine barriers in the Rio Grande River. Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that authorities from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) notified Mexican officials in Eagle Pass, Wednesday, that a body was found stuck in the southern part of the…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The securities fraud trial date for suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been kicked down the road again. He appeared in a Houston courtroom Thursday morning with his attorneys who asked Judge Andrea Beall to schedule the proceedings after his September 5 impeachment trial in the Texas Senate. Both…… MORE
