HENNIPIN COUNTY, MN (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Hennepin County judge sentenced former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter to two years in prison for the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April 2021. She’ll have to serve at least 16 months of the sentence in prison and the rest will be…… MORE
Ukraine-Russia-AP (WBAP/KLIF) – Amid its tensest standoff with the West since the Cold War, Russia plans to demonstrate its nuclear might this weekend. Multiple practice launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles set for Saturday follow a warning from U.S. President Joe Biden that Russia could invade Ukraine within days. Russia says the drills…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A 6-year north Dallas boy was hospitalized with serious injuries requiring surgery after being bitten by a dog while getting off of his school bus Thursday afternoon. Dallas Police say the dog left an apartment in the 3400 block of Timberglen Road around 3:15 p.m. According to police, the dog’s owner “failed…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The man who accidentally killed a 9-year-old girl after being robbed at gunpoint appeared in court, Thursday. 41-year-old Tony Earls argued before State District Judge Amy Martin that he was only trying to defend himself when he and his wife were robbed at gunpoint a Houston ATM. Prosecutors argued that Earls fired four…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Over a dozen Austin police officers face charges for using force to quell violent protestors. After riots and protests erupted after the death of George Floyd in 2020, Austin police used bean bag guns to subdue violent protestors. Now, a Texas grand jury has indicted 19 Austin officers on charges of aggravated assault…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management, on Thursday, to activate additional state resources in response to critical fire weather conditions across Texas heading into the weekend. The Texas A&M Forest Service has activated three strike teams from Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System that include approximately 75…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Garland father charged in connection to a triple murder in December is indicted and his son is still on the loose. On Thursday, a Dallas County grand Jury indicted Richard Acosta on Capital Murder. The 33-year-old father is the accused get away driver in the December convenience store shooting in Garland…… MORE
AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A former Los Angeles Angels employee has been convicted of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas. Eric Kay was convicted one count each of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy. He faces up to life in…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant Area Food Bank was one of several North Texas food pantries that received a large donation from the Bank Of America this week. The food bank got a $25,000 donation that will help fund 125,000 meals. TAFB said the money couldn’t have come at a better time as…… MORE
Updated 2/17/22 KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday that Russia could still invade Ukraine within days, and the No. 2 diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was expelled as tensions flared anew in the worst East-West standoff in decades. NATO allies accused Russia of misleading the world with “disinformation” by…… MORE
