Lancaster, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Lancaster isd has confirmed that it was the target of a ransomeware attack. a hacking group known as “Grief” unloaded sensitive information like social security numbers and dates of birth to dark web, according to WFAA. Cyber-threat analyst Brett Callow says that it’s the kind of data dump that generally leads…… MORE
Law Enforcement Struggles to Recruit Since Killing of George Floyd
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop. And amid the national reckoning on policing, communities are questioning who should become a police officer today. Mass protests and calls for…… MORE
Dallas Mayor: Make Policing Work ‘Without defunding or dismantling’
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In a written column for RealClearPolicy, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson touted several Dallas public safety initiatives. In the column titled, ‘We Must Make Policing Better Without ‘Defunding’ or ‘Dismantling,’ Mayor Johnson wrote that instead of talking about stripping funding from police departments for other programs amid an uptick in violent crime, local…… MORE
Expect the heat and humidity to continue through the weekend …
Today Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 101. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight Increasing clouds, with a low around 75. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny,…… MORE
Wichita Falls Resident Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charge
Wichita Falls, (AP) – A Texas man has pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia. 28 year old Seth Pendley of Wichita Falls entered his plea before a federal magistrate judge . Pendley admitted he told an undercover FBI agent posing as an explosives supplier that he wanted to…… MORE
Six Injured When Truck Cuts Off Border Patrol Van
Van Horn (WBAP/KLIF) – At least six people were injured Thursday when an 18 wheeler cut off a Border Patrol van on a West Texas highway, and forced it off the road. Border Patrol spokesman Greg Davis says it happened on Interstate 10 about two miles east of Van Horn. Davis says the van carrying…… MORE
DPD, FBI, DEA and ATF Take Down “Large Scale Operation” Targeting Drug Trafficking, Gang Violence Near Fair Park
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The FBI Dallas, Dallas Police Department, ATF and the DEA worked together on a large scale operation targeting drug trafficking and gang violence in the Fair Park area of Dallas. More than 400 Dallas law enforcement officials were involved in the take down. FBI Dallas Special Agent in charge Matthew Desarno said this…… MORE
Dan Patrick Announces Re-Election Run in 2022 for Lt. Governor
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – In a video released to the media today, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick officially announced that he is running for re-election in 2022. “I am running for re-election in 2022. Democrats are bragging again that they are going to turn Texas blue and I am not about to let that happen. We will…… MORE
Biden Lays out US Vax Donations, Urges World Leaders to Join
ST. IVES, England (AP) – President Joe Biden is calling on global leaders to join him in sharing coronavirus vaccines with struggling nations around the world. He promised the U.S. would donate 500 million doses to help speed the pandemic’s end and bolster the strategic position of the world’s wealthiest democracies. Speaking in England on…… MORE
Biden, Johnson Strike Convivial Tone in 1st Meeting
CARBIS BAY, England (AP) – President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were all smiles during their first meeting, taking place in England just before an international summit Johnson is hosting. The leaders had planned to meet on the spectacular island of St. Michael’s Mount, but that trip was scrubbed because of bad…… MORE
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