DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council unanimously approved, on Wednesday, a plan to make mental health leave available to all city employees. Previously, after the passage of a new state law, licensed peace officers were the only city employees who could take mental health leave after experiencing a traumatic incident while on the job.…… MORE
HARRIS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Amid the fallout over a series of issues in last week’s primary elections, there’s been a high-profile resignation in Texas’ most populous county. Harris County Election Administrator Isabel Longoria submitted her resignation Tuesday night after public comment during the Commissioner’s meeting about the voting problems that occurred. Election officials said…… MORE
Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) – Renewed efforts to rescue civilians from increasingly dire conditions in besieged and bombarded Ukrainian cities were underway. Days of shelling have largely cut residents of the southern city of Mariupol off from the outside world and forced them to scavenge for food and water. Meanwhile, the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Granbury family who was denied a meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss their son Trevor Reed who has been detained in Russia since 2019 ended up getting a surprise phone call from the president during his visit to Fort Worth on Tuesday. The call came as the Reeds held…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Top U.S. intelligence officials believe Russia underestimated the strength of Ukraine’s resistance before launching an invasion that has likely caused thousands of Russian casualties. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a congressional committee Tuesday that U.S. officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin feels “aggrieved” by Russia’s failure to subdue Ukraine since…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – President Biden met with veterans at the VA Clinic in Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon. Air Force One landed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The President’s agenda had him speaking with veterans, caregivers, and survivors about addressing the health effects of environmental…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) – A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot. A jury also convicted Guy Wesley Reffitt of interfering with police officers who were guarding the…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – In correlation with the start of National Consumer Protection Week, the Better Business Bureau released its 2021 Scam Tracker Risk Report. According to data, the top scam reported by consumers last year dealt with online purchases for the second year in a row. More Americans are shopping online, leaving millions…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports. Energy exports…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott on Monday announced the adoption of new rules to ‘defund cities that defund police,‘ as spelled out in House Bill 1900 passed by the Texas legislature last year. The new Texas Administrative Code rules subject offending cities to tax rate limitations, loss of certain tax revenues or other budget…… MORE
