Biden champions the action as win for climate change, while Trump’s team says it could keep energy costs high (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) President Biden announced an 11th-hour executive action on Monday that bans new drilling and further oil and natural gas development on more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal and offshore waters. Biden, whose…… MORE
Officers responded to a fatal shooting around 11:45 a.m. Jan 5, Dallas police said. Credit WFFA DALLAS — One person died after a shooting in southern Dallas on Sunday night, police said. Officers responded to a shooting call around 11:45 p.m. Jan. 5 in the 5300 block of Botham Jean Blvd, Dallas police said in…… MORE
DALLAS — As the final whistle blew on the final game of a disappointing season, focus turned to the Cowboys’ head coach Mike McCarthy, whose contract is set to expire Jan 14. The high-stakes deadline was set after last year’s home playoff failure against the Packers, after which Jones decided not to extend McCarthy’s contract,…… MORE
MCALLEN, Texas — The mayor of McAllen, Texas says if things stay the way they are, his city will do just fine in 2025. But Javier Villalobos also admits they’re not 100% sure what will happen under a second Trump Administration, beginning with the President-elect’s promise of mass deportations. If that plan becomes a reality,…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses, an FBI official said Sunday. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Houston, also traveled to Cairo, Egypt, as…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (WFAA TV) — One of the 15 people killed in the attack on New Year’s Day on Bourbon Street in New Orleans was the brother of a wide receiver for the Texas Christian University football team. According to CBS Sports, 28-year-old Tiger Bech, who previously played as a wide receiver for Princeton University,…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution. Luigi Mangione, 26, was shackled and seated in a Manhattan court when he leaned over to a microphone to enter…… MORE
HOUSTON – (WBAP/KLIF) A 23-year old mother, twin newborns and two additional children were taken crying from their American father when they showed up as ordered to what they believed was an immigration hearing near Houston. The father maintains the mother and children were refused warm clothing, had no money and no contacts when they…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation. The Fed’s 19 policymakers projected that they will cut their benchmark…… MORE
UPDATE: Madison Police now identify the shooting suspect as a 17 year old female student found dead when they entered the school. Officials now confirm 2 people were killed in the shooting; a teenaged student and a teacher. Several more are hospitalized; reports place the injured between six and nine others. UPDATE: Madison Police now…… MORE
