WASHINGTON (AP) – Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his job next month, ending a two-year tenure marked by President Donald Trump’s clashes with intelligence officials. Trump tweeted Sunday that the nation’s top intelligence official would step aside on Aug. 15, and that he would nominate a Texas congressman, Republican John Ratcliffe, to…… MORE
DICKINSON, Texas (AP) – Crews are working to unclog tributaries and bayous snaking through a Houston-area city to reduce the risk of flooding nearly two years after more than 7,000 homes had water damage during Hurricane Harvey. The August 2017 storm dumped about 50 inches of rain in Dickinson, a city of nearly 20,000. The…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police have shot dead a man who they say fired a handgun he was waving in an intersection. The incident happened shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Texas 342 and Camp Wisdom Road in the city’s South Oak Cliff district. Police Sgt. Warren Mitchell says someone flagged…… MORE
IRVING – WBAP/KLIF – Irving police say the mother of a baby believed born inside the restroom of an Applebee’s Restaurant on North Belt Line Road Friday night could face several possible charges, including murder, if an autopsy determines the child was born alive before being left in a restroom garbage can. Irving Police are…… MORE
HONOLULU (AP) – Southwest Airlines is preparing to resume expansion of its service to Hawaii. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that the carrier’s expansion plans were delayed due to a lack of available aircraft. The aircraft limitation was a result of a Federal Aviation Administration order in March to ground Boeing 737 Max planes following…… MORE