AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas needs $61-plus billion in federal funding just to rebuild public infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey, as well as to cover projects to prevent future flooding. John Sharp, Texas’ Harvey recovery “czar,” announced Tuesday that the figure was based on surveys of local officials and future U.S. Army Corps of Engineer…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington police officer was shot while serving a warrant Tuesday afternoon. The shooting occurred after 4 p.m. in the 4300 block of Kelly Hill Road near Green Oaks Boulevard. The Arlington Police Department’s Lieutenant Christopher Cook said a second officer was injured during the altercation and SWAT was called in. The officer that…… MORE
(CNN) — The suspect in the New York attack is a 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov from Uzbekistan who came to the United States in 2010, two law enforcement sources told CNN. He lives in Tampa, Florida, the sources said. The driver of a rental truck drove down a busy bicycle path in New York near the World…… MORE
(CNN Money) — Facebook will inform lawmakers this week that roughly 126 million Americans may have been exposed to content generated on its platform by the Russian government-linked troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency between June 2015 and August 2017, CNN has learned. That estimate, which is equivalent to more than half of…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – 127 businesses in Texas have been accused of price gouging during the state of disaster declared for Hurricane Harvey. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Consumer Protection Division said all of the cases involve consumer complaints against gas stations that allegedly charge $3.99 or higher for a gallon of unleaded gas or diesel. “At…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A McKinney high school teacher is under fire after showing a video of the incident where a student was dragged to the ground and pinned down by an officer at a pool party to a criminal justice class. The incident, which took place in June of 2015, sparked a national outcry and highlighted…… MORE
(CNN) — A federal judge on Monday partially blocked enforcement of key provisions of President Donald Trump’s memorandum banning transgender people serving in the military. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocked provisions of the memorandum concerning the enlistment and retention of transgender military service members, holding that the plaintiffs “have established that they will be injured by…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the body of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews of Richardson but did not reveal who has custody of it. Sherin’s remains were found in a culvert less than a mile from her home a little over a week ago. She was reported missing the morning of…… MORE
LUCAS, Texas (AP) – Authorities have identified the father and son found dead inside their lawn-service van in northern Collin County earlier this week. Collin County sheriff’s Capt. Jim Moody identified the men Friday as 72-year-old Lyle John Powell and 49-year-old Ross John Powell. Moody says the two were working Wednesday in a neighborhood in Lucas, northeast…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texans who love to shop have a new destination in the Metroplex. The Tanger Outlets of Fort Worth had its grand opening on Friday and the center offers patrons 75 upscale stores including Tommy Hilfiger, Restoration Hardware, Banana Republic and H&M to browse through. CEO Steve Tanger said the…… MORE
