Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say an innocent bystander was shot and seriously wounded in Uptown overnight after a man reportedly opened fire on a moving on McKinney near Boll Street. Police say a man fired at a moving car shot the innocent victim around 2am; the victim was sitting on a curb when they…… MORE
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans were reasonably positive about the state of their rights and liberties. Today, after 20 years, not as much. That’s according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that builds on work conducted in 2011, one decade after the pivotal moment in U.S. history.…… MORE
UPDATE: 09/12/2021 6:05 PM – Forecasters warn some areas of the Texas Gulf Coast, notably, from Port Aransas to Sargent could see near hurricane force or hurricane force winds if the storm sits over warm Gulf waters much longer. The storm is expected to bring tropical storm winds to much of the Texas Gulf coast…… MORE
Undated (AP) – The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural issues. While private residents filing lawsuits is a fixture of some arenas like environmental law, some warn that expanding it and applying it to…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – Business-software company Salesforce says it will help employees leave Texas if they are worried about a new law that severely restricts abortion in the state. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made his position clear by retweeting a CNBC story describing the company’s offer to help employees relocate. Benioff said in a tweet directed…… MORE
Undated (AP) – The Big 12 has added four new members. BYU, UCF, Cincinnati ,and Houston have formally accepted invitations to join the athletic league. The Big 12 has moved quickly after learning it will lose Oklahoma and Texas to the Southeastern Conference no later than July 2025. BYU says all of its sports will…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Abortion clinics in Oklahoma and Kansas report they are seeing a high volume of patients from Texas now that a new state law banning most abortions has gine into effect in Texas. The Biden administration this week sued Texas over the law, arguing it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — As more illegal aliens pour into the Rio Grande Valley, concerns grow regarding narcotics entering as well. Texas DPS Lieutenant Christopher Olivarez says that he has seen hundreds of pounds of marijuana as well as large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl cross the border illegally. Texas DPS Sergeant Jason Bazan says these smugglers…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Biden administration denies reporters a chance to interview Afghan evacuees being held at Fort Bliss. The base in El Paso is one of eight military installations where evacuees are being housed while undergoing medical and security checks. The reporters were taken on a three hour tour of the facility. The media was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas City Council ‘General Investigating and Ethics Committee’ met Friday to discuss the city’s recent data loss and the ongoing recovery efforts. According to the city, more than 22 terabytes of data, including police evidence files, were deleted by an employee earlier this year. Councilmember Cara Mendelsohn says the FBI is involved…… MORE
