(AP) WASHINGTON — Public schools must permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, according to an Obama administration directive issued amid a court fight between the federal government and North Carolina. The guidance from leaders at the departments of Education and Justice says public schools are obligated…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2016
University of Texas Regents Delay Campus Guns Decision
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – University of Texas System regents have postponed until July a vote on proposed rules allowing concealed handguns in campus buildings due to concerns that some might be too restrictive. State law requires public universities to allow concealed handguns in classrooms and buildings starting Aug. 1. The most controversial proposals have been…… MORE
Rare Al Capone Arrest Booking Card Up for Auction
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A rare fingerprint booking card belonging to Al Capone goes up for auction in Dallas. The booking card through Dallas-based Heritage Auctions also features one of ten known autographs from America’s most well-known gangster. “A lot of people know him from books and Hollywood,” said Matt Provenzale with Heritage. “He is one…… MORE
West Findings Mean Murderer Could be on the Loose
WEST (WBAP/KLIF News) New findings from the West plant explosion indicate that at least one person is responsible for the fire that caused the blast. And that could mean a murderer is on the loose. Dr. G.M. Cox is an expert on the issue at Tarleton State University. He said if intent is behind the deaths of…… MORE
Too Early to Tell if West Explosion ‘Criminal Act’ was Act of Terror
(WBAP/KLIF) – It is too early to tell if the West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion could someday be labeled an act of terror now that it has been called a criminal act. “We don’t know whether this is, what I would call, a despicable but ordinary criminal act or whether this was an act of…… MORE