(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – Ken Paxton is suing the City of Austin to prevent the city from using public money to fund expenses for women traveling out of Texas to procure abortions. In the approved budget for the fiscal year of 2024 and 2025, the City of Austin appropriated $400-thousand dollars in taxpayer money…… MORE
At Least 56 Dead and Millions Without Power After Helene’s Deadly March Across the Southeast
PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Massive rains brought by Hurricane Helene have left many people stranded or homeless as the cleanup begins from the monster tempest that killed at least 56 people. Helene has caused billions of dollars in destruction across a wide swath of the southeast U.S. More than 3 million customers were without power…… MORE
Space X Launches Rescue Mission for 2 NASA Astronauts Who Are Stuck in Space Until Next Year
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station. A Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew and two empty seats. The capsule carrying a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will arrive at the…… MORE
Indicted New York City Mayor Adopts Familiar Defense: He Was Targeted for His Politics
(AP) – For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration. Not anymore. The day his indictment on corruption charges became public, Adams defiantly suggested without providing evidence that prosecutors had gone after him because he had criticized President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. The rhetoric was similar…… MORE
Facing a Possible Strike at US Ports, Biden Administration Urges Operators to Negotiate With Unions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with a union contract set to expire late Monday. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Lael Brainard, director of White House National Economic Council, told ports officials that they…… MORE