North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas firefighters battled numerous fires Wednesday afternoon through the overnight hours early Thursday. Over 100 acres have burned in what’s been dubbed the Deep Creek Fire in Wise County. Officials say the fire was sparked after a wrong-way dump truck driver hit a power pole on Pioneer Parkway near Route…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The charge against an Arlington woman who is accused of setting her boyfriend on fire at a gas station last month has been upgraded to murder. 24-year-old Breana Johnson is accused of dousing her boyfriend, 25-year-old Ricky Doyle, with gasoline during an argument at a station on East Mayfield Road…… MORE
UPDATED 8/4/22 10:25AM KHIMKI, Russia (AP) – A Russian judge says US basketball star Brittney Griner should serve a prison sentence for drug possession and smuggling. The judge has sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner on drug charges to nine years in prison. The sentence does not stop diplomatic efforts to get Griner released, along…… MORE
BEIJING (AP) — China says it conducted “precision missile strikes” in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments were underway in six zones surrounding Taiwan,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Senators have delivered an overwhelming bipartisan vote ratifying NATO membership for Finland and Sweden. Lawmakers call Wednesday’s vote to expand the Western defensive bloc a “slam-dunk” for U.S. national security and a day of reckoning for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden has sought quick entry for the two previously…… MORE