AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A group of doctors in Austin, Texas, is warning police not to use so-called “less lethal” munitions for crowd control after they treated people who were severely hurt during protests in May. In a letter published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, 12 doctors from the Dell Seton Medical…… MORE
UPDATE: Three Cedar Park Police Officers Shot, Standoff Has Ended
CEDAR PARK (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- UPDATE 9:30 a.m.: Cedar Park Police confirmed that all three hostages have been freed from the home and the suspect has surrendered to police. The suspect had been barricaded inside the home for over 16 hours with his mother, brother, sister and family pet. 9:00am UPDATE: The suspect and last hostage have…… MORE
Backlog of Coronavirus Cases Leads to Over 5,300 Newly Reported in Dallas County on Sunday
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Dallas County Health and Human services is reporting a staggering 5,361 additional Coronavirus cases, bringing the total in Dallas County to just over 63,400. According the Texas Department of State Health Services, this high number is a backlog of reports due to coding errors. This is beginning to be resolved through a…… MORE
Dallas Police Report Suggests Changes to Public Responses
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – A public safety committee meeting is scheduled on Tuesday to discuss a report reviewing critical decisions made by the Dallas Police Department during the George Floyd protests this spring. The report analyzes DPD resposne to clashes with protesters, looters, rioters and peaceful protesters. Among them, the highly visible clash and teargassing…… MORE
Texas Man Charged With Ohio Ambulance Theft
Toledo, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State Police say a Texas man is in custody after leading troopers on a chase through three Ohio counties in a stolen ambulance. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says an ambulance reported stolen from Mercy Health St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Toledo was spotted parked on Route 24 in Lucas…… MORE