Feds say Tougher Rules Needed to Protect Texas Power Plants

DALLAS (AP) – Federal officials have made more than two dozen recommendations aimed at further safeguarding power plants and natural gas supplies to prevent a repeat of the February blackouts that caused more than 200 deaths in Texas. Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Reliability Corp. made their recommendations Thursday…MORE

Taliban Official: Strict Punishment, Executions will Return

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – One of the founders of the Taliban says the hard-line movement will once again carry out punishments like executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public. Mullah Nooruddin Turabi was justice minister and head of the religious police when the Taliban were last in power in the 1990s. At…MORE

Communities Foundation of Texas Hopes to Break Records this NTX Giving Day

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- North Texans can donate to more than 3,000 local non-profits for this The 2021 Communities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day. The 13th annual Giving Day follows another record-setting year, where more than 106,000 donors raised $58.8 million for more than 3,000 nonprofits. After a tough year it’s been for many businesses,…MORE

Hundreds of Haitians and Other Migrants Transported to Houston

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – According to a tweet from KHOU- Houston reporter Adam Bennett who is covering the migrant crisis in Del Rio a Texas non-profit “has arranged transportation for migrants, 95% of whom are Haitian” to be transported to Houston. About 500 of the migrants who entered Texas illegally arrived in Houston on Wednesday, with…MORE

KLIF Morning News: College Students are Self-Censoring Now

A new poll released shows a large number of college students have censored themselves at school, and an alarming number believe it’s okay to shout a public speaker off the stage. Dave & Amy talk to Nathan Hardan, an editor for “Real Clear Education,” about the poll.MORE

California Company DCI Hollow Metal Expanding into Fort Worth

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Family owned and operated, DCI Hollow Metal, today announced it will expand from Southern California into Fort Worth, Texas to accommodate new and existing customers. The expansion initially brings over 20 full-time positions to Fort Worth, with plans to shortly expand beyond 40, DCI Hollow Metal officials say. The company will lease…MORE

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