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Another Monkeypox Warning For North Texas

Another Monkeypox Warning For North Texas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Health Department is urging north Texas residents to keep an eye out for monkeypox symptoms. The agency says an out-of-state visitor with monkeypox told it he had multiple sexual encounters at a Dallas club in June. According to the health department that infected person described himself to them as…MORE

Teen Shot Dead While Filming Friend Holding Guns

Teen Shot Dead While Filming Friend Holding Guns

(WBAP/KLIF) — An 18-year-old teen is dead after streaming video of her friend holding two handguns. The tragedy occurred, Tuesday, as Garland Police were called to an apartment complex near Hawaiian Falls water park to find 18 year old Princess Omobogie suffering from a gunshot wound. The shooting occurred when the teen was using a…MORE

LISTEN: DPD Reflects on Police Ambush Six Years Later

LISTEN: DPD Reflects on Police Ambush Six Years Later

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department honored the four DPD Officers, and one DART Officer, killed in the 2016 Dallas Police ambush on Thursday, acknowledging six years since the July 7 attack. WBAP/KLIF’S Clayton Neville spoke with DPD Chief Eddie Garcia about the anniversary. The interview is posted at the end of this article.…MORE

Governor Authorizes Texas National Guard, DPS to Return Illegal Immigrants to Border

Governor Authorizes Texas National Guard, DPS to Return Illegal Immigrants to Border

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Thursday authorizing and empowering the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to apprehend illegal immigrants who illegally cross the border between ports of entry and return them to the border.  “While President Biden refuses to do his job and enforce…MORE

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

AP Film Writer James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82. His manager Matt DelPiano said he died…MORE

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

AP Film Writer James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82. His manager Matt DelPiano said he died…MORE

Griner Pleads Guilty in Russia Drugs Trial

Griner Pleads Guilty in Russia Drugs Trial

Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) – Russian news agencies say jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges during her trial in Moscow. The reports quoted Griner as pleading guilty to the charges at Thursday’s court hearing. They said that speaking through an interpreter, Griner said she had acted…MORE

State Fair Deep Fried Food Contest Underway

State Fair Deep Fried Food Contest Underway

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Fair of Texas has begun the process of working through the candidates for the 2022 Big Tex fried food awards. 36 semi-finalists were announced Wednesday. they include: The winners will be declared a few weeks before the state fair begins on September 30.MORE

Coalition Wants EPA To Investigate State Agency

Coalition Wants EPA To Investigate State Agency

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A coalition of 13 advocacy and environmental groups has filed a 61 page petition calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to review the job performance of Texas’ top environmental agency. The coaltion claims the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality routinely violates civil rights and environmental laws by ignoring the ways air pollution…MORE

Terminally Ill Police Dog Retires

Terminally Ill Police Dog Retires

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An explosives sniffing Dallas Police dog has retired after working more than 7 years at Love Field. Marco worked his last shift Wednesday, and is retiring to live with Corporal Carrol Clore, his long-term partner and handler. Marco was recently diagnosed with inoperable, terminal cancer so D.P.D. has retired him to have…MORE