ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Major League Baseball announced on Thursday that it has awarded the 2024 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard and accompanying All-Star Week events to the Texas Rangers. The announcement was made following the conclusion of the owners’ meetings in New York. The 2024 All-Star Game is scheduled to be played on Tuesday, July…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will not seek a leadership role in the new Congress. Pelosi’s decision Thursday comes after Democrats lost the House majority to Republicans in the midterm elections and after the brutal attack on her husband, Paul, by an intruder at their San Francisco home. Pelosi’s decision makes…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – During a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, attorneys for former Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean have again asked the judge for his murder trial to be moved out of Tarrant County. They’re arguing that local media coverage, statements from elected officials and advocates about the fatal shooting of 28-year-old…… MORE
MENTONE, Texas (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a sparsely populated patch of the West Texas desert Thursday, causing tremors that were felt as far away as the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez. National Weather Service meteorologist Jim DeBerry says the magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck around 3:30 p.m. DeBerry says the quake’s epicenter was about…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — With North Texas warming shelters at capacity, one group is stepping up. Cold temperatures are creating a shortage of beds at area shelters as temperatures are expected to remain in the low thirties through the weekend. According to Salvation Army Major Paul McFarland, the homeless can take advantage of a warm meal, comfortable…… MORE