AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The wife of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching her own political career and running for a state senate seat once held by her husband. Angela Paxton made the announcement Wednesday. She was a guidance counselor at a Frisco private school and has never held elected office. But she’s…… MORE
(CNN) — The House approved Wednesday an initial $7.9 billion package of disaster relief funds in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, while Senate leaders appear likely to attach the bill to a politically-fraught effort to raise the debt ceiling. The vote was 419-3. The bill moves to the Senate, which is expected to vote on…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Students from several Fort Worth high schools walked out of class and marched around the Tarrant County Courthouse on Wednesday to show support for the DACA program. The chanted and held signs that read “here to stay” and “be on the right side of history.” “We’re here for a purpose…we’re not…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas City Council voted on Wednesday to remove the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Lee Park. The resolution passed with a 13-1 vote. Councilwoman Sandy Greyson was the only council member to vote against the measure. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said he made up his mind about the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Three constructions workers are in critical condition after falling from a scaffolding on a construction site near Baylor hospital in Dallas Tuesday afternoon. Dallas Fire Chief Alan Springer said 15 to 25 mile-per-hour wind gusts caused the structure to fall over. “The way I understand it it was the wind that caught the…… MORE
(CNN) — The Trump administration on Tuesday formally announced the end of DACA — a program that had protected nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. The Department of Homeland Security will stop processing any new applications for the program as of Tuesday and rescinded the Obama administration policy, Deferred Action…… MORE
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking the public to help find a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on the Sam Rayburn Tollway in Allen last weekend. The department’s Lonnie Haschel said the crash happened around 1:45 a.m. on Sunday. He said a pickup truck, possibly…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Arlington police are searching for an “armed and dangerous” suspect, after the discovery of a severed head along a local trail led investigators to the discovery of more bodies Monday afternoon. Police have arrested 18-year-old Mariano Sanchez-Pina and are asking the public to help find a second suspect, 28-year-old Hector “Cholo” Acosta-Ojeda. Investigators…… MORE
(CNN Money) — The biggest names in business are urging President Trump and Congress to continue a program that protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. The CEOs of AT&T, Best Buy and Wells Fargo are among the dozens of business leaders across the tech, retail and financial industries who have added their…… MORE
Updated at 5:00pm: MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it approaches the northeast Caribbean. The storm’s center is 490 miles (790 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands late Monday afternoon. It has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and is moving west at 13 mph (20…… MORE
