SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of deaths in Canada, Oregon and Washington may have been caused by the historic heat wave that baked the Pacific Northwest and shattered all-time temperature records in usually temperate cities. Oregon health officials said late Wednesday more than 60 deaths have been tied to the heat, with the state’s largest…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Eyebrows are raised in Fort Worth over a proposed payment to the former head of the Tarrant Regional Water District. The expenditure of an extra $300,000 in post-retirement compensation to Jim Oliver was approved by former board president Jack Stevens according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Oliver led the utility…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – A grand jury has declined to indict a former Houston-area health department doctor accused of stealing nine doses of coronavirus vaccine and administering them to family and friends. Authorities alleged Hasan Gokal, who worked for Harris County Public Health, stole a damaged vial of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine while working at a…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was soiled by the long and costly Iraq war, died Tuesday, his family said in a statement. He was 88. Regarded by former colleagues as equally smart and combative,…… MORE
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — Four more bodies have been found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo tower, a fire official said Wednesday, raising the death toll in the disaster to 16 people. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members at a morning briefing that rescuers found the bodies Tuesday night. He…… MORE
WESLACO (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and other Republican state leaders, for a border security briefing in the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. The former President’s trip comes as Governor Abbott pledges to complete the construction of a wall along the Texas-Mexico border. As of Wednesday, donations for that…… MORE
WESLACO (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and other Republican state leaders, for a border security briefing in the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. The former President’s trip comes as Governor Abbott pledges to complete the construction of a wall along the Texas-Mexico border. As of Wednesday, donations for that…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Governor’s Commission for Women is dedicated to advancing economic opportunities for Texas women and making Texas the top state for women-owned businesses. Texas is already highly ranked as a state for women entrepreneurs to thrive, as it is home to five of the top 50 fastest growing women-owned/led companies in 2020 (Groupon, OnePoll)…… MORE
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction. The court said Wednesday that they found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. The 83-year-old Cosby has served more than two years at a state prison near Philadelphia. He has vowed to serve…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Richardson man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty this week to running an illegal business that converted cash to cryptocurrency. Prosecutors indicted 42-year-old Mark Hopkins, also known as ‘Doctor Bitcoin’, in March on one federal count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. In one instance, a…… MORE
