WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Wednesday nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker and will now try to unite around the conservative in a floor vote to elect him after ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the post. In private balloting at the Capitol, House Republicans pushed aside Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Torchy’s Tacos has responded to a viral video of a group of men wearing Nazi paraphernalia eating at one of its locations in Fort Worth. The video was recorded by Jessica Gregorio who said she had a verbal altercation with the group who made “white power” remarks. Gregorio is of…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is ordering Texas flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff to honor those who lost their lives, including American citizens, during what he describes as the “heinous acts of war” carried out against the State of Israel and its people by the terrorist organization Hamas. The Governor…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — An Israeli military official says the official death toll from Hamas’ unprecedented terror attack has risen above 1,000, the Associated Press reported. Gaza’s health ministry separately said that 830 Palestinians have been killed and 4,250 wounded since Israel began its retaliatory strikes after declaring a war of retribution on Saturday. Deaths on both…… MORE
KAUFMAN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Kaufman County Fire Marshal is looking into what caused a hydrogen balloon to crash into a powerline near Crandall just before 7:30 Monday night. It happened near US 175 and FM 741. Two pilots, Krzystotf Zapart and Pjotr Halas, from Swidnica, Poland, were on board and managed to…… MORE