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New Filing Claims Paxton Used Burner Phones; Used Fake Uber Account

New Filing Claims Paxton Used Burner Phones; Used Fake Uber Account

AUSTIN – A new filing ahead of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s upcoming Impeachment Trial claims that the impeached AG used burner phones and even had a fake Uber account to meet up with a mistress. The new filing says that Paxton and a now-indicted real estate investor used the account several times in…MORE

Extreme Heat Returns to North Texas

Extreme Heat Returns to North Texas

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The extreme heat will return to North Texas Thursday and the National Weather Service is already issuing alerts. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the entire Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex starting Thursday at 12:00pm lasting through at least Friday night at 8:00pm. It will…MORE

Raising Cane’s to Donate 15% of Profits on Aug. 17 to Maui Relief Efforts

Raising Cane’s to Donate 15% of Profits on Aug. 17 to Maui Relief Efforts

Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – The popular fast-food chicken joint is stepping up to help the Maui relief effort. Raising Cane’s will donate 15-percent of profits Thursday, August 17 to a homeless housing center in the city of Lahaina. The Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center (KHAKO) is a 78-unit facility that was destroyed in…MORE

Matthew McConaughey Working with Baby2Baby to Provide Aid to Maui Wildfire Victims

Matthew McConaughey Working with Baby2Baby to Provide Aid to Maui Wildfire Victims

TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Hollywood actor and native Texan Matthew McConaughey and his family are working to help survivors of the catastrophic wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The death toll has climbed to at least 106, hundreds are still missing and more than 2,200 structures were destroyed. The Pacific Disaster Center and…MORE

Sunny and Seasonably Hot Today; Excessive Heat Returns Thursday

Sunny and Seasonably Hot Today; Excessive Heat Returns Thursday

Highs near 90 today/lows inthe 70s in NTX today (Wednesday). The fire threat will remain elevated across the entire region due to the hot and dry weather coupled with abundant dry fuel. Poor air quality is expected in and around the DFW metroplex this afternoon. High near 107 on Thursday. Today Sunny, with a high…MORE