(CNN) — South Texas residents are filling sandbags, stocking up on water and boarding up windows ahead of Hurricane Harvey, a system that was upgraded from a tropical storm Thursday. The hurricane is expected to make landfall Friday evening as a Category 1 storm in Corpus Christi, Texas, then stall over the state, the National Hurricane Center…… MORE
WACO (WBAP/KLIF News) – A new book chronicling the sexual assault scandal at Baylor University claims that rape victims were shamed for reporting the crime. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach co-authored the book titled “Violated” and said the problems started at the top. “If you talked to trustees they’ll tell you that some of the people in charge had…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas health officials are drastically reducing a $5 million family planning contract with an anti-abortion group that won’t serve nearly as many women as expected. Carrie Williams is a spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. She said Monday that the Heidi Group’s new contract calls for serving about…… MORE
(CNN) — Donald Trump will ask Americans Monday to trust him on his new Afghanistan strategy, exercising a president’s most somber duty, a decision on waging war, at a time when his own political standing is deeply compromised. Trump will make his first prime-time broadcast on a specific policy issue to the nation as president…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Six Flags Over Texas has decided to stop flying the Confederate flag as a result of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when a man, identified as James Fields Junior, plowed his car into a crowd of counter protesters at a white nationalist rally. The “Unite the Right”…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon has been fired, multiple White House officials told CNN on Friday. Sources told CNN that Bannon’s ouster had been in the works for two weeks and a source said that while Bannon was given the option to resign, he was ultimately forced out. White House press…… MORE
ADDISON (WBAP/KLIF News) – In the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, Senator Ted Cruz is calling for the United States and Europe to work more closely together to prevent terrorism. 13 people were killed and 100 injured on Thursday when a driver plowed a van into a crowd of people in Las…… MORE
ADDISON (WBAP/KLIF News) – In the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, Senator Ted Cruz is calling for the United States and Europe to work more closely together to prevent terrorism. 13 people were killed and 100 injured on Thursday when a driver plowed a van into a crowd of people in Las…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – As the Dallas Police Department prepares to monitor an anti-white supremacy rally in downtown Saturday night, the event’s organizer said he’s hoping the rally will be peaceful not like the tragic events that unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed and many were injured after a car plowed into a…… MORE
(CNN) — At least 13 people were killed and more than 50 injured after a van rammed through crowds of people in the heart of Barcelona Thursday in what police described as a terror attack. Eyewitnesses reported scenes of panic and chaos as the van plowed through crowds in the renowned Las Ramblas avenue, which…… MORE
