DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is creating awareness around what it calls the continued increase in violence and hatred directed at Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the group, ‘Stop Asian American and Pacific Islander Hate,’ nearly 3,000 incidents of anti-Asian incidents in the United States between March and…… MORE
NEW BOSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Texas woman jailed on kidnapping and murder charges for the brutal slaying of a pregnant New Boston woman and the removal of her baby is now facing a second murder charge, according to the Associated Press. The Texarkana Gazette reports, a Bowie County grand jury on Thursday indicted 28-year-old…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A report commissioned by the Texas Public Utility Council says ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, overcharged utility companies to the tune of $16 billion for two days after widespread power outages ended last month. Potomac Economics, the independent market monitor for the PUC, has confirmed what some independent power…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions. The February gain marked a pickup from the 166,000 jobs added in January…… MORE
Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Denton police officer was placed on administrative leave after being arrested by the FBI in connection with the alleged distribution of child pornography. David Schoolcraft, a 15-year veteran of the department appeared in U.S. District Court Thursday. A criminal complaint alleges that Schoolcraft distributed child pornography over a 7-day period…… MORE