Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Jurors have convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright. The jury deliberated for about four days before finding Kim Potter guilty of both counts on Thursday. Potter, who is white, was a Brooklyn Center police officer when…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – A second at-home antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 is headed to the American marketplace. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for Merck’s drug molnupiravir on Thursday.. The drug is cleared for use in high-risk adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The pharmaceutical company said studies…… MORE
San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF) – FBI agents have joined the search in San Antonio for a missing 3-year girl. The disappearance of Lina Khil triggered an AMBER Alert on Monday. She went missing while playing on a playground in a gated apartment complex, the e Villas Del Cabo complex in the 9400 block of Fredericksburg Road..…… MORE
Baytown, TX (WBA)/KLIF) – Emergency responders are on the scene of a major industrial accident overnight at the southeast texas ExxonMobil refinery. Dramatic images shared on social media showed raging flames and thick black smoke billowing into the skies over Baytown. One Twitter user tweeted, “Explosion at Exxon! it rumbled my apartment and knocked my…… MORE
EULESS (WBAP/KLIF)- The wife of fallen Euless officer Alex Cervantes has been released from JPS hospital in Fort Worth. Sergeant Scott Peterson with Euless PD said in late November, Detective Cervantes was off-duty with his wife Priscilla Cervantes and their two boys when a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and slammed into their…… MORE