FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are releasing linebacker Jaylon Smith in what could be considered a cost-cutting move because of a guaranteed salary next season in the case of an injury. Smith’s role had been reduced after Micah Parsons was drafted 12th overall this year and the Cowboys moved free-agent pickup Keanu Neal…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) – Opponents of a new Texas ban on most abortions have asked a federal judge in Illinois to declare the law unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday. Courts have for weeks thwarted abortion providers’ efforts to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The latest legal challenge comes as the Biden administration waits…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF)- The FBI Houston division is asking for the public’s help locating a 13-year-old girl who has been missing since last month. An amber alert has been issued for Leilana Graham last seen on Sept. 20th in Northeast Houston. The FBI believes she may be in danger and said they believe Graham is a…… MORE
Four people, including a Dallas firefighter, were injured a fire a Northeast Dallas apartment complex on Tuesday morning. According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, units were assigned to a 911 call for a structure fire at the Legends of Lake Highlands Apartments just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday. When firefighters arrived at the apartment complex, they observed…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – A former Facebook data scientist is telling Congress that the social network giant’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S. but its executives refuse to make needed changes because they elevate profits over safety. Frances Haugen is appearing for a hearing Tuesday by the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection.…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Collin County Courthouse will remain closed to the public and employees Tuesday while repairs from an electrical outage continue. The courthouse was shutdown after the county said an electrical outage at the courthouse shut down escalators, elevators, fire pumps, and chilled water pumps early Monday morning. According to the county, staff are…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Richardson ISD community is in mourning this week after learning that a teacher and high school student died of COVID-19 complications. Eroletta Piascyk, a teacher at the Christa McAuliffe Learning Center, and Sha’Niyah “Niene” McGee, a junior at Berkner High School passed away last week. In a letter to parents,…… MORE
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Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A GOP congressman from Texas is blasted a fellow Texas representative over recent border comments During a House hearing on the matter Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee said that the border is “secure” despite a political narrative to the contrary. WATCH: The comment drew outrage from Rep Chip Roy who said, among other…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – The online hack-tivist group known as Anonymous has struck again; this time allegedly targeting the Texas GOP in the release of “private documents.” It was the third in a series of attacks dubbed “Operation EPIK FAIL” The hacks began in mid-September in reaction to the Lone Star State’s ban on nearly all…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas agency on Monday approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. The unanimous recommendation by the seven member Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles…… MORE
