WASHINGTON (AP) – Officials say additional American troops are being sent to Afghanistan to assist in the evacuation of some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. State Department spokesman Ned Price said the embassy will remain open but at reduced staffing levels. Another official speaking on condition of anonymity said U.S. troops will help…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley said the county is following Governor Greg Abbott’s order and will not issue a mask mandate. This comes after Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued a mask mandate while the Governor’s order says businesses cannot require them. Whitley says Governor Abbott has the power to make these…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department said a massive amount of information has been lost from its computer database on criminal investigations dating back to July 2020. About 14 terabytes of the 22 terabytes lost were recovered but the remainder are believed to be lost forever. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said…… MORE
ASHINGTON (AP) – The NAACP is urging the Justice Department to investigate whether a federal crime was being committed when Texas Republicans threatened to have their Democratic colleagues arrested. The threats stemmed from their refusal to attend a legislative session in an effort to try and block a sweeping elections overhaul bill that makes it…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officers of the Texas House of Representatives delivered civil arrest warrants for more than 50 absent Democrats on Wednesday as frustrated Republicans ratcheted up efforts to end a standoff over a sweeping elections bill that stretched into its 31st day. But after sergeants-at-arms finished making the rounds inside the Texas Capitol…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A Texas man accused of kidnapping a 4-year-old boy who was found dead on a Dallas street has been indicted on a capital murder charge. The Dallas Morning News reports 18-year-old Darriynn Ronnell Brown was indicted Monday by a Dallas County grand jury in the slaying of Cash Gernon. Authorities said surveillance…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Governor Greg Abbott and state Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that the state has filed a mandamus petition in the 5th Court of Appeals to strike down mask requirements issued by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. Paxton told WBAP/KLIF News that he is confident the case will make its way to the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas County will be using eco-friendly cleaning technology in courthouses, jails and other county facilities to help protect the spread of the Delta Variant. R-Water’s system can make 300 gallons of the hypoallergenic disinfectant, TK-60 per day. R-Water CEO Raine Guest says It’s technology kills Covid-19 and its variants in under 20 seconds. Guest…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, on Wednesday, issued an emergency order related to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in North Texas. The emergency order requires masking indoors, regardless of vaccination status, for schools K-12, all Dallas County buildings, and businesses open to the public. Masks are strongly encouraged among…… MORE
DFW AIRPORT (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined local members of Congress for a tour of Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on Tuesday, before visiting a DART construction site. The trip came a day after the U.S. Senate passed a $1 trillion bi-partisan infrastructure bill that would invest $25 billion in U.S. airports to address repair and maintenance backlogs,…… MORE
