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Southwest Airlines and its Pilots Union Reach New Preliminary Labor Deal

Southwest Airlines and its Pilots Union Reach New Preliminary Labor Deal

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Southwest Airlines and its pilots’ union reached a new preliminary labor agreement this week after years of negotiations. The five-year deal is worth about $12 billion. Raises are expected to match increases of 40% or more over four years that pilots at other airlines are getting. “This AIP comes after…MORE

DFW Murder Rate Headed in Two Different Directions

DFW Murder Rate Headed in Two Different Directions

(WBAP/KLIF) — The murder rate in two major North Texas cities heading in opposite directions. Dallas-Fort Worth has seen a dramatic drop in violent crime as Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia and Fort Worth’s Neil Noakes have implemented aggressive crime reduction plans. However, homicides in the City of Dallas have jumped 10% over last year…MORE

Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from Ballot

Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from Ballot

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain…MORE

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over New Texas Border Law

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over New Texas Border Law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to leave the country. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, came less than 24 hours after Republican…MORE

New Details in Gruesome Hit-and-Run, White Settlement PD Says Intoxicated Man Had Victim’s Body in Passenger Seat

New Details in Gruesome Hit-and-Run, White Settlement PD Says Intoxicated Man Had Victim’s Body in Passenger Seat

WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – White Settlement police released new details about a gruesome hit-and-run crash involving an intoxicated man who drove around with the victim’s lifeless body in the car over the weekend. Investigators believe 31-year-old Nestor Lujan Flores of Arlington initially hit the unidentified victim in Dallas Saturday night. According to a…MORE