AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Speaker of the Texas House wants the state’s preservation board to take down a plaque at the capitol that honors people who enlisted in the Confederate Army. The plaque was placed in the building more than 50 years ago. The message on the plaque reads that “We pledge ourselves to honor veterans and…… MORE
Mexico (CNN/AP/WBAP) – The governor of the central Mexican state of Morelos said at least 119 people have been killed in the magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck the city of Puebla, just south of Mexico City, on Tuesday. The massive earthquake leveled buildings as far away as the capital, about 75 miles away. Preliminary reports put the epicenter 2.8…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas city councilman is concerned about money and safety because of the number of Dallas police officers who will work the State Fair of Texas when it opens later this month. Scott Griggs said the department is low on officers and neighborhoods will be at risk by putting officers on…… MORE
(CNN) — The White House released this transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In the remarks, Trump delivered a doomsday warning to North Korea and mocked its young leader, an escalation in rhetoric in a wide-ranging debut address to the world’s foremost diplomatic body. TRUMP: Mr. Secretary…… MORE
(CNN Money) –President Donald Trump would sign the Graham-Cassidy bill if the legislation to repeal Obamacare makes it to his desk, an administration official told CNN Tuesday, as the White House launched a full-court press on Capitol Hill. The White House has been working with Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy…… MORE
BEAUMONT (WBAP/KLIF News) – Concern is growing from some state and local leaders about prisoners who reportedly were never evacuated from federal prisons in Beaumont during and after Tropical Storm Harvey. The Prisoners Legal Advocacy Network’s Paul Holdorf said prisoners are suffering from sub-par conditions. “Prisoners who are in fragile health, especially those who are diabetics…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police are investigating the murder of an elderly woman, who was found dead inside her home Wednesday morning. The department’s Homicide Unit responded to 71-year-old Norma Kakacek’s home on Paldao Drive just south of Spring Valley Road around 10:30. Investigators said Kakacek’s body was found with signs of homicidal violence. There…… MORE
(CNN) — When Sen. Bernie Sanders did this in 2013, he did it alone. On Wednesday, nearly four years later, Sanders introduced a new “Medicare for all” health care bill with a third of the Senate Democratic caucus by his side. Flanked at first by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal,…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The United States Supreme Court handed a win to Republicans in Texas by putting rulings on hold that found electoral districts drawn by state lawmakers discriminatory against minority voters. The court blocked two lower court decisions that found fault with congressional and state legislative districts drawn by the Republican-controlled state legislature. Texas…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Ted Cruz says an aide was responsible for the “like” that caused a pornographic post to briefly appear on Cruz’s Twitter feed overnight. The Texas Republican and 2016 presidential candidate said Tuesday that several aides have access to the account and that one inadvertently posted the pornography. Cruz told reporters that…… MORE
