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
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn says the money approved by Congress to help in the hurricane relief effort in Southeast Texas is only the beginning. Cornyn called the federal aid a down payment. “I’m committed to working together with the entire Texas delegation,” Cornyn said in a conference call to reporters Wednesday. Cornyn says they…… 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
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Houston area hawk who received national attention after finding safety in a taxi cab during Hurricane Harvey is back in the wild. After going through rehabilitation in North Texas, ‘Harvey the Hawk’ was released at the Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano. William Bruso is the cab driver who…… 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