(WBAP/KLIF) — Police say a 2-year-old boy was found dead inside his family’s SUV after the vehicle was stolen from a Houston gas station. Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite said the vehicle was stolen after the father was fatally shot by the suspect, who drove off in the vehicle with the toddler inside. The toddler’s…… MORE
MIDLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an Executive Order on Wednesday that designates Mexican drug cartel members as terrorists in Texas. “I also sent [a] letter to President Biden as well as Vice President Harris, demanding that they classify Mexican drug cartels operating in Texas as terrorist organizations,” Governor Abbott said following a…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by a substantial three-quarters of a point for a third straight time and signaled more large rate hikes to come – an aggressive pace that will heighten the risk of an eventual recession. The Fed’s move boosted its…… MORE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia, effective immediately. He risks a deeply unpopular step that follows humiliating setbacks for his troops nearly seven months after invading Ukraine. It’s the first mobilization in Russia since World War II. Western backers of Ukraine derided the move…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Candidates in the Texas Governor’s race are campaigning with their base supporters ahead of the November election. Democrat Beto O’Rourke announced on Wednesday that he is launching a college tour across Texas next week. According to his campaign, O’Rourke is set to hold more than a dozen public events with young Texans at…… MORE