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Gas Prices Continue to Fall in Texas

Gas Prices Continue to Fall in Texas

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The statewide gas price average in Texas is $3.77 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is eight cents less than on this day last week and is $1.18 more per gallon compared to this day last year. The national average price for…MORE

Jackson Approved as First Black Female Supreme Court Justice

Jackson Approved as First Black Female Supreme Court Justice

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court. Jackson was confirmed 53-47 with three Republican votes. She will take her…MORE

UN Assembly Suspends Russia from Top Human Rights Body

UN Assembly Suspends Russia from Top Human Rights Body

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called tantamount to war crimes. Russia is the second country to have its membership rights stripped…MORE

Senate Votes to Suspend Normal Trade Relations with Russia

Senate Votes to Suspend Normal Trade Relations with Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has unanimously voted to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil, ratcheting up the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid reports of atrocities. The trade suspension measure paves the way for President Joe Biden to enact higher tariffs on certain Russian imports.…MORE

Granbury ISD Teacher Resigns After 12-Year-Old Student Suffers Third-Degree Burns During Science Experiment

Granbury ISD Teacher Resigns After 12-Year-Old Student Suffers Third-Degree Burns During Science Experiment

GRANBURY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Hood County District Attorney’s Office could soon be investigating a science experiment gone wrong at Granbury Middle School last Friday. A teacher has resigned after a 12-year-old student suffered third-degree burns during the incident and underwent treatments at North Texas hospital. In a statement on Twitter, Granbury Independent School…MORE

Closing Arguments Begin in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case

Closing Arguments Begin in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case

DOVER, Del. (AP) – Closing arguments are underway in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case. A Delaware judge must decide whether to approve a reorganization plan the BSA negotiated over the past two years. It would establish a $2.6 billion trust fund to compensate tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually…MORE

Closing Arguments Begin in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case

Closing Arguments Begin in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case

DOVER, Del. (AP) – Closing arguments are underway in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case. A Delaware judge must decide whether to approve a reorganization plan the BSA negotiated over the past two years. It would establish a $2.6 billion trust fund to compensate tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually…MORE

Governor Abbott Announces Deterrents at the Southern Border

Governor Abbott Announces Deterrents at the Southern Border

WESLACO (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on Wednesday, made the first of a series of announcement on the state’s border security efforts in light of the Biden Administration’s elimination of Title 42 in late May. The public health policy allowed the U.S. to directly expel migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an attempt to…MORE

Garth Brooks Announces Tour Stop in Arlington

Garth Brooks Announces Tour Stop in Arlington

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Country music superstar Garth Brooks will headline AT&T Stadium in Arlington for the first time ever this summer. Brooks announced the show on social media Wednesday morning. The last time Brooks headlined a concert in the metroplex was in 2015 when he played at the American Airlines Center. The show is set…MORE