UPDATED: 9:08AM Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Austin Police Chief Brian Manley has identified the Austin bombing suspect who blew himself up early this morning as Mark Anthony Conditt of Pflugerville KVUE-TV in Austin tweeted a photo of the suspect: JUST IN: Photo of #Austinbombing suspect, Mark Conditt, 23, who died after detonating an explosive device in…… MORE
Ground shipments undergo limited security checks
Packages intended to be placed on a truck, like the bomb that exploded Tuesday at a FedEx facility in Texas, are not screened as carefully as items carried by passenger planes. Largely that is because of the high cost of screening every parcel intended for domestic delivery. Delivery companies such as FedEx and UPS rely…… MORE
Gov. Abbott Touts Success in Luring Multi-Million Dollar Mexico Pasta Manufacturer to Texas
Cleburne, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Gregg Abbott on Tuesday toured a new 50-million dollar Mexico-based pasta plant in Cleburne. The plant creates some 400 jobs for Cleburne and Johnson County. Abbott praised officials of La Moderna – Mexico’s largest pasta manufacturer — for its vow to expand the facility which would put more people to…… MORE
A Military Ordinance Causes A Bomb Scare In Austin
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – What is described as a “military type ordinance” caused a scare in Austin Tuesday night when it activated. A man at a Goodwill store opened a box and handled the contents causing it to activate. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Assistant Austin Police Chief Ely Reyes…… MORE
Frisco Man Facing Federal Charges Stemming from Murder-for-Hire Plot Over a Gas Station
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Frisco man is in jail on federal charges stemming from a murder-for-hire plot that involved his former business partner, a gas station and a kidnapping. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 69-year-old Eskandar Molavi allegedly asked a man who he thought was a pilot for a Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization about kidnapping his former…… MORE
President Trump Wants to Discuss Arms Race with Putin
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said he wants to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in the “not too distant future” to discuss the “arms race” between Russia and the U.S. The President also said he wants to discuss Ukraine, North Korea, and Syria with the Russian president. “I suspect we’ll probably be meeting in the not too…… MORE
FedEx Says Second Suspicious Package Found at Shertz Facility From Same Sender as Bomb
SCHERTZ (WBAP/KLIF News) – FedEx has confirmed that a second package found at it’s facility in Schertz, about 22 miles north of San Antonio, is from the same sender of a package bomb that exploded Monday night. Authorities said investigators believe the packages were shipped from a FedEx store in Sunset Valley. FedEx released a statement on social media. “FedEx has confirmed…… MORE
Maryland School Officer Stops Armed Student Accused of Shooting Two Classmates
(CNN) — A 17-year-old male student shot two other students at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday morning before a school resource officer engaged him and stopped the threat, according to St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron. The incident began in a school hallway at 7:55 a.m., just before classes started. Authorities say…… MORE
Austin Police Have Responded to Over One-Thousand Suspicious Package Calls This Month
(WBAP/KLIF) – Concern across the State of Texas grew Tuesday after an explosion at a Fed-Ex facility north of San Antonio. The bombing was the fifth in Central Texas since March 2. Two people have died and four others have been hurt. Austin Police believe each of the bombings are related to one another and…… MORE
President Trump Responds to Austin Bombings
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – President Donald Trump is blaming a “very sick individual or individuals” for a series of bombings in Austin, Texas. Trump said during an Oval Office meeting Tuesday with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that the situation is “terrible.” He says, “This is obviously a very sick individual or individuals” and…… MORE
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