WASHINGTON (AP) – First lady Melania Trump has cast her husband as the best hope for America’s future in a Rose Garden address. President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the presidency Tuesday on the second night of the scaled-down Republican National Convention. Trump himself pardoned a reformed felon, used the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Current and former top execs of Dallas-based Neiman Marcus will not get their big dollar retirement benefits. Te luxury retailer nixed its supplemental retirement plans as a result of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing; the plans were only offered to top tier officials. retiree medical benefits have also been eliminated. The decision…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas officials asked a federal appeals court’s permission Tuesday to enforce a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure — before the court rules on its constitutionality. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments on the law in November 2018. But…… MORE
Updated at 1:50pm: DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) – Laura has strengthened into a menacing Category 4 hurricane. The storm’s power is raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters say would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities on the Texas and Louisiana coast. Authorities implored coastal residents to evacuate and worried that not…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Police in Texas say a body found near Fort Hood is likely that of a soldier missing since last week. Temple police said late Tuesday that identification found with the body indicates the man may be missing Fort Hood soldier Elder Fernandes. Fernandes is the third soldier from Fort Hood to…… MORE