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Expanded Truck Lane Restrictions Being Considered by TxDOT

Expanded Truck Lane Restrictions Being Considered by TxDOT

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Over ten years since TxDOT first implemented left-lane restrictions for big trucks, the agency is considering expanding them in an effort to improve safety. In a press release, TxDOT cited traffic studies that show truck lane restrictions improve mobility, safety and air quality.” If implemented truck lane restrictions would expand to…MORE

Dallas Teen Linked to Multiple Rapes & Murder Will Be Tried as Adult

Dallas Teen Linked to Multiple Rapes & Murder Will Be Tried as Adult

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas teen who has been linked to multiple rapes and murders in two states will be tried as an adult in the death of 23-year-old Maria Ezquerro (pictured right) whose body was found in her Galleria-area apartment last November. The slain woman’s family was in juvenile court Wednesday when 16-year old…MORE

Court Says TX Can Change Voting Maps Without Feds

Court Says TX Can Change Voting Maps Without Feds

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal court says Texas can change voting maps without federal supervision despite “grave concerns” and findings that Republicans racially discriminated while trying to strengthen their majorities in Congress and the state Legislature. The ruling Wednesday is a key decision ahead of the 2020 census. It clears the way for Texas…MORE

Texas Rapper Tay-K Gets 55 Years in Prison For Man’s Killing

Texas Rapper Tay-K Gets 55 Years in Prison For Man’s Killing

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas teenager who rapped under the name Tay-K has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the 2016 shooting death of a man during a home invasion. A jury in Fort Worth convicted 19-year-old Taymor McIntyre last week for his role in the death of 21-year-old Ethan Walker. On Tuesday,…MORE

Puerto Rico’s Governor to Resign Aug. 2

Puerto Rico’s Governor to Resign Aug. 2

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced late Wednesday that he will resign Aug. 2, conceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers. A crowd of thousands outside the…MORE