DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Association is backing Police Chief Renee Hall’s decision to shake up the department. Hall announced plans to reduce the number of assistant chiefs to two or three as well cut the number of deputy chiefs from 14 to less than half of that. She said she’ll use those officers to expand…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum project is moving forward. Ground was broken Tuesday morning at the site located on 300 North Houston Street, next to the the Museum’s current location in Dallas’ West End. It’s progress on a project that Holocaust survivor Max Glauben said can be used to…… MORE
(CNN) — The Trump administration dropped a potential bomb into negotiations on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy on Sunday night — but key players on the Hill still aren’t sure yet whether the fuse is actually lit. Reaction to the administration’s priorities list of tough border security and immigration enforcement…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Amber Alert for a missing Richardson toddler has been discontinued but police say they’re still searching for three-year-old Sherin Mathews. She vanished after her father put her outside around three a.m. on Saturday as punishment for not finishing her milk. Wesley Mathews, Sherin’s father, was arrested on child endangerment charges and…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Already indicted on securities fraud charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton now is being investigated for bribery after receiving a hefty donation to his legal defense fund from an executive who recently settled a Medicare fraud suit with the state. Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh Wiley is investigating Paxton under bribery…… MORE
(CNN) — While taking photos alongside military leaders and their spouses before a Thursday night dinner at the White House, President Donald Trump cryptically stated reporters were seeing “the calm before the storm.” “You guys know what this represents? Maybe it’s the calm before the storm,” Trump said, following a meeting with his top military…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – AAA said “infotainment systems”, the consoles that provide radio, navigation and text message capability in your new car are a real safety hazard for drivers. “Automakers took one step forward then two steps back when it comes to the in-vehicle technology systems. While the design have improved in some cases, automakers have provided…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin officials have voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Austin City Council voted Thursday to change Monday’s holiday to one that celebrates Native Americans. The resolution says honoring Christopher Columbus’s role in history promotes values of intolerance and violence. The resolution says the…… MORE
(CNN) — In a blow to Obamacare’s controversial contraceptive mandate, employers may now have more leeway to withhold birth control coverage on religious grounds, according to new rules issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services on Friday. The new rules continue the undermining of the Obamacare mandate that requires birth control be…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – A registered sex offender who allegedly targeted underage girls in Grapevine and Plano has been arrested. The Grapevine Police Department’s Amanda McNew said Irving Police arrested 38-year-old Kenneth Dewayne Roblez on a parole violation warrant in the 3500 block of North Belt Line Road. The Irving officers identified Roblez based on a Grapevine…… MORE
