DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The man charged in the killing of Mesquite Police Sergeant Richard Houston is behind bars. According to an arrest affidavit, Jamie Jaramillo shot himself after allegedly opening fire on Sgt. Houston last Friday outside a Mesquite grocery store. The suspect was hospitalized and has since been released and is booked in the…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that abortion clinics in Texas can sue the state over its ban on most abortions, but are allowing the law to remain in place. The opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch stressed the “ultimate merits question” of whether the Texas law is constitutional is “not…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Trump hinted at a potential 2024 Presidential bid on Friday when he joined the WBAP Morning News. “If I had it to do again, maybe I will” said Trump. “You will be among the first to know. You guys have been great and we appreciate it.” President Trump indicated that his…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission has sent letters to businesses across the state reminding them Governor Abbott has issued an executive order forbidding Texas businesses from requiring their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. That presumably squeezes employers between the governor’s order forbidding vaccine mandates, and the Biden administration’s federal order that requires vaccines…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Education Agency says an $800 million federal grant that’s been given to Texas schools to bolster COVID-19 testing has been mostly unused so far. Public schools have spent about $3.6 million of it. All private schools combined spent a little more than $125,000. T.E.A. points out just because schools aren’t…… MORE
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – A helicopter exploded while trying to take off from McKinney’s airport Thursday evening. Witnesses said someone had been working on the helicopter, and was trying to lift off when it tilted to one side, and exploded. That unidentified person managed to get out of the burning helicopter, but was injured, and was…… MORE
Keller (WBAP/KLIF) – Keller Independent School District libraries are being investigated by the Texas Education Agency. T.E.A. says it’s responding to last month’s demand by Governor Abbott that it keep “pornography and other obscene content” out of Texas schools. According to T.E.A., it’s had a complaint about library books with “sexually explicit content” in Keller…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge said Thursday the enforcement mechanism behind the nation’s strictest abortion law— which rewards lawsuits against violators by awarding judgments of $10,000 — is unconstitutional in a narrow ruling that still leaves a near-total ban on abortions in place. State District Judge David Peeples of Austin side-stepped the broader…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) – A jury has convicted Jussie Smollett on five of six charges he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lied to Chicago police about it. The jury returned the verdict Thursday afternoon against the former actor from the TV show “Empire” after a weeklong trial. Jurors acquitted him on one charge.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal appeals court has ruled against an effort by President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The three-judge panel said Thursday there was a “unique legislative need” for documents that the committee has requested but whose release Trump has sought…… MORE
