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U.S. Employers Add 311,000 Jobs in February, Unemployment Rate at 3.6%

U.S. Employers Add 311,000 Jobs in February, Unemployment Rate at 3.6%

WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s February Jobs Report showed American employers added 311,000 jobs last month despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to to slow down the economy and bring down inflation. That number is higher than economists had expected. The report also shows February’s unemployment rate rose slightly to…MORE

FWPD Looking for ‘Prank Robbers’ Who Targeted Family Dollar Stores

FWPD Looking for ‘Prank Robbers’ Who Targeted Family Dollar Stores

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLID) – Fort Worth police are looking for two suspects accused of orchestrating two prank robberies late last month. According to the department, a man is seen on video entering a Family Dollar store on Hulen Avenue with something that resembled a gun on February 25. Police say the man pointed the object…MORE

Texas Death Row Inmate Executed Thursday Night

Texas Death Row Inmate Executed Thursday Night

Update Friday: HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate convicted of the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago, including a woman who was 9-months pregnant. Arthur Brown Jr., 52, insisted he was innocent before receiving a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned…MORE

New Charges for Mother Accused of Killing Her 3 Children

New Charges for Mother Accused of Killing Her 3 Children

(WBAP/KLIF) — The mother accused of killing her three children in Italy, Texas, now faces additional charges. 25-year-old Shamaiya Hall already faces three capital murder charges for killing six-year-old Legend Chapell and five-year-old twins Aliyah and Ayden Martin. Now authorities have added two charges of aggravated assault for stabbing her two other children, a four…MORE

FBI Selects New Head of Dallas Field Office

FBI Selects New Head of Dallas Field Office

(WBAP/KLIF) — FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that B. Chad Yarbrough has been selected as the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office. According to the FBI’s Melinda Urbina, Yarbrough comes from Washington D.C., where he was Deputy Assistant Director in the Criminal Investigative Fivision. Yhe search took a total five months and…MORE