Boca Chica, TX (AP) – The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX’s futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second. SpaceX was aiming Tuesday for an altitude of eight miles for the rocketship that SpaceX’s Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars. But an automatic engine abort occurred with just 1.3 seconds remaining…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Mayor Eric Johnson’s “State of the City” address Tuesday night outlined the challenges Dallas faces because of the coronavirus pandemic, and a summer that was filled with racial tension and hyper-sensitivity. but Johnson also noted that with vaccines about to come on line, for the first time in a long time the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Restaurant Association launched a grassroots campaign this week to push Congress to act on COVID-19 relief in the final days of 2020. The association is calling on Texans to contact their elected officials to “save Texas Restaurants.” Congress is in session for only a few days more, and if they…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas is suing battleground states for what state Attorney General Ken Paxton calls “unconstitutional changes” to 2020 election laws. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit this week against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States Supreme Court. According to Paxton, the four states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – 14 Fort Hood officers and soldiers have been fired or suspended following a Pentagon review of the Killeen army base. The investigation sought to address systemic leadership failures at the base that contributed to murder, sexual assaults and harassment at the base. 25 soldiers died of either homicide, suicide or accidents…… MORE