AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – More than 50 Houston business leaders, including the heads of some of the nation’s top oil companies, are opposing a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people – adding to an already long list of powerful and lucrative firms opposing it. In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, the leaders…… MORE
(CNN) — Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director. It’s the latest high-profile departure from the Trump White House. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus resigned at the end of last week, replaced by John Kelly, whose first day is Monday. “Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director,” White…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Arlington Police Department has a new hotline to report aggressive drivers. The department discontinued a similar line back in 2008 but Sergeant Vanessa Harrison said it was brought back after a recent tragedy. “It’s resulted from a homicide that we experienced last month. A 19-year-old man was killed and it…… MORE
WASHINGTON (CNN/WBAP/KLIF News) — President Donald Trump has selected John Kelly as his new White House chief of staff, replacing Reince Priebus. I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28,…… MORE
(CNN) — The House voted Thursday to approve a spending bill with $1.6 billion to put toward a border wall along the US-Mexico border, part of a high-profile campaign pledge from President Donald Trump. Despite Trump’s pledge to make Mexico pay for the wall, the bill earmarks taxpayer money to construct a carrier along the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The family of two brothers who were electrocuted by a downed power line in an East Fort Worth park have filed a lawsuit against Oncor. 12-year-old Alex Lopez and 11-year-old Isaiah Lopez were killed when they encountered a live wire at Oakland Lake Park after a major storm back in March.…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF News) – As temperatures hit 101 degrees Thursday afternoon, firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire at a drag strip in Grand Prairie. The fire broke out at the Yello Belly Drag Strip in the 6000 block of West Davis Street near Main. Crews from Dallas Fire Rescue and the Grand Prairie Fire Department responded…… MORE
(CNN) — An official with the Boy Scouts of America apologized to the Scouting community on Thursday for the political content of President Donald Trump’s speech at the National Scout Jamboree. “I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – It’s been a busy week for animal rights-oriented groups in North Texas. Nearly 150 allegedly cruelly treated animals have been seized in the region this week. On Tuesday, the Humane Society of North Texas and Keller Police seized over 100 animals were taken from a home on Anita Avenue. Police were…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Senate has preliminarily approved a bill increasing criminal penalties for stealing someone else’s mail-in ballot. It’s part of an attempt to curb absentee voting fraud. Gov. Greg Abbott convened a special legislative session to tackle a number of conservative priorities, including mail-in voter fraud. Disabled Texans, or those 65 or…… MORE
