(WBAP/KLIF) – On Thursday, the Keller ISD school board of trustees unanimously approved several school policy changes addressing the use of a student’s pronouns, gender-specific activities, and overnight school trips. One change requires teachers to use pronouns consistent with the students birth certificate. Students are also required to receive parental permission to participate in gender-specific…… MORE
Tik-Tok Users in Texas Will Now See Amber Alerts Directly in the App
(WBAP/KLIF) – The social media app Tik-Tok has partnered with the National Center For Missing And Exploited Children to put Amber Alerts in the app. If there’s an activated Amber Alert in the area, you’ll see an alert on your Tik-Tok ‘For You Page’, which will feature details about the missing child, a button to…… MORE
Canada Forces Arbitration in Freight Train Labor Dispute to Avert Economic Crisis. Union Cries Foul
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government has ordered the country’s two major freight railroads to enter binding arbitration with their labor union to resolve a contract dispute. Shortly following Thursday’s announcement, Canadian National and CPKC both said they would work quickly to get trains running again as soon as possible. Trains came to a halt…… MORE
U.S. Applications for Unemployment Benefits Inch Up, but Remain at Historically Healthy Levels
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but remains at healthy levels Jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,000 for the week of Aug. 17, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which evens out some of the weekly gyrations, ticked down by 750 to 236,000. For…… MORE
Kamala Harris Invites Voters to Chart a ‘New Way Forward’ as She Accepts Democratic Nomination
CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is telling voters they have a chance to chart a “new way forward” as Americans this November. Harris is looking to introduce herself to voters and prosecute her case against Republican Donald Trump Thursday night as she accepts her party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Harris will…… MORE