AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over the conspiracy theorist’s repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax. The jury’s…… MORE
CPAC Converges on North Texas, Trump to Speak Saturday
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – CPAC 2022 opened Thursday at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas for what will be a three day conference. Conservatives from across the country made the trip to North Texas to build momentum ahead of the upcoming November midterm elections. “We went to Florida and we came back fired up,” said a woman…… MORE
NTX Firefighters Remain Busy with Multiple Fires Amid Dry/Hot Conditions
North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas firefighters battled numerous fires Wednesday afternoon through the overnight hours early Thursday. Over 100 acres have burned in what’s been dubbed the Deep Creek Fire in Wise County. Officials say the fire was sparked after a wrong-way dump truck driver hit a power pole on Pioneer Parkway near Route…… MORE
NTX Firefighters Remain Busy with Multiple Fires Amid Dry/Hot Conditions
North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas firefighters battled numerous fires Wednesday afternoon through the overnight hours early Thursday. Over 100 acres have burned in what’s been dubbed the Deep Creek Fire in Wise County. Officials say the fire was sparked after a wrong-way dump truck driver hit a power pole on Pioneer Parkway near Route…… MORE
Arlington Police Upgrade Charges to Murder After Man Set on Fire at Gas Station Dies
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The charge against an Arlington woman who is accused of setting her boyfriend on fire at a gas station last month has been upgraded to murder. 24-year-old Breana Johnson is accused of dousing her boyfriend, 25-year-old Ricky Doyle, with gasoline during an argument at a station on East Mayfield Road…… MORE
Russian Court Sentences Brittney Griner to 9 Years in Prison
UPDATED 8/4/22 10:25AM KHIMKI, Russia (AP) – A Russian judge says US basketball star Brittney Griner should serve a prison sentence for drug possession and smuggling. The judge has sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner on drug charges to nine years in prison. The sentence does not stop diplomatic efforts to get Griner released, along…… MORE
China Claims ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait
BEIJING (AP) — China says it conducted “precision missile strikes” in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments were underway in six zones surrounding Taiwan,…… MORE
Hot, Rain-free, High Fire Danger (TFN)
WBAP WX CENTER FORECAST 5A 8-4-22 TODAY…SUNNY, BREEZY AND HOT.. HIGH NEAR 103 WINDS SOUTH 10-20 MPH TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY.. LOW NEAR 83 TOMORROW…MOSTLY SUNNY, BREEZY, HOT AND HUMID.. HIGH NEAR 101 / LOW NEAR 82 WINDS SOUTHEAST 10-20 MPH SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY, WINDY, HOT AND HUMID.. HIGH NEAR 99 /…… MORE
Senate Backs NATO Bid of Finland, Sweden in Rebuke to Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Senators have delivered an overwhelming bipartisan vote ratifying NATO membership for Finland and Sweden. Lawmakers call Wednesday’s vote to expand the Western defensive bloc a “slam-dunk” for U.S. national security and a day of reckoning for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden has sought quick entry for the two previously…… MORE
El Paso Community Honors Wal Mart Shooting Victims Three Years Later
(WBAP/KLIF) – Wednesday marked three years to the day that a gunman killed 23 people inside an El Paso Wal Mart. 23 people were killed by a man Police said drove from DFW to El Paso to target Mexicans. He was arrested minutes after the shooting. Police said investigators found the suspect had written a…… MORE
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