UPDATE: 1:30 P.M. (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department announced that the 11-month-old girl was found safe in New Mexico and was being returned to her mother. Her biological father, Lancelot Zaire Dawkins, was arrested and is facing multiple charges. Copyright 2022. WBAP/KLIF News. All Rights Reserved. (WBAP/KLIF) — The Fort Worth Police Department…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. In selecting Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise, moving to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. Jackson is an…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A North Texas middle school teacher has resigned after comments made in a school hallway about COVID-19 vaccines. A video surfaced online of a Colleyville Middle School teacher talking with two other colleagues in a high traffic area. In the video, the teacher shared her political views about COVID-19 vaccines and said conservative…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The families of two Houston residents killed in a series of recent traffic accidents involving local law enforcement blame a lack of officer training. The families say they believe their loved ones’ deaths are part of an ongoing problem with police pursuits and driver training. However, the head of the Houston Police Union…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Dallas Morning News has named Tampa Bay Times senior editor Amy Hollyfield its new managing editor. The newspaper reported, Thursday, that Hollyfield would succeed Keith Campbell, who retired in December. The 51-year-old journalist will oversee day-to-day newsroom operations when she takes over next month. In 20 years at the Times, Hollyfield helped…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Authorities say a fire aboard a decommissioned offshore oil rig platform briefly trapped nine shipyard workers until they were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. A Coast Guard spokesman says the fire broke out shortly before 1 p.m., Thursday, at a shipyard in Sabine Pass, where the Texas-Louisiana border meets the Gulf of…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. That will mean most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. The new metrics will still consider caseloads, but also take into…… MORE
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders Thursday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “barbaric” and moved to slap unprecedented economic sanctions on Moscow and those close to President Vladimir Putin. The West and its allies showed no inclination to send troops into Ukraine — a non-member of NATO — and risk a wider European war. But…… MORE
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders Thursday reacted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with raw outrage — and vows of unprecedented sanctions — that shrouded a sense of powerlessness to defend Ukraine militarily without running the risk of a wider war in Europe. NATO had already reinforced its eastern flank facing Russia and planned a virtual…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Crude oil prices soared to $100 per barrel Thursday and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a key factor. The United States and its NATO allies levied financial sanctions against Russia. Germany stopped the certification process of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Russia. The situation sent crude oil…… MORE
