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
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Grapevine Police Department said the man who allegedly made lewd comments toward two young girls inside a local Target store is believed to be linked to similar crimes in Plano. “We have been in contact with law enforcement in Plano. They do have similar incidents to ours and we do believe…… MORE
TULSA COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The son of former Dallas Cowboys star Jay Novacek filed a lawsuit against a fraternity at the University of Oklahoma claiming he suffered a brain injury after being hit in the head with a baseball bat during a hazing incident. Blake Novacek was a freshman pledging Beta Theta Pi’s Gamma Phi…… MORE
WASHINGTON – In a few weeks, President Donald Trump will stop in Dallas for a major fundraiser. According to the Texas Tribune, the event will take place October 25th and the money will go towards a joint-fundraising committee to be shared by Donald J. Trump for President Inc. and the Republican National Committee. During Trump’s 2016…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump is open to considering legislation that would ban “bump stocks” — a firearm accessory used to more rapidly fire rounds — but wants to hear more information on the matter before making a final determination. “Right now, our focus, as we’ve said over the last couple of days, is on…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The attorney for the woman who was dragged off of a Southwest Airlines flight last week said his client was racially profiled. Anila Daulatzai is a Muslim professor at Harvard and was traveling to Los Angeles on September 26th, when she was asked to get off the place after telling the crew about…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The top elections official for Dallas County said she was wrong when claiming earlier this year that Russian hackers had attempted to access county voter registration rolls prior to the 2016 presidential election. County elections administrator Toni Pippins-Poole told The Dallas Morning News that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last fall warned…… MORE
(CNN) — In a departure from years of opposition to new gun control measures, some congressional Republicans started to show cautious interest Wednesday in legislation that would restrict devices that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire rapidly like automatic weapons. Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said he would like a…… MORE
