DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Hackers struck the sirens Dallas uses to alert residents to take shelter from tornadoes and other inclement weather, triggering intermittent false alarms for about an hour and a half Friday night into Saturday morning until officials deactivated the system. Rocky Vaz, who heads the city’s Office of Emergency Management, says the person or…… MORE
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Medical Marijuana Arrest made in Texas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – A California man is facing possible prison time in Texas after he was arrested while carrying his supply of medical marijuana as he drove to Houston to visit his granddaughter who’s in the hospital. The Houston Chronicle reports Phillip Blanton’s case is a perfect example of the nation’s conflicting attitudes toward marijuana.…… MORE
Roe v. Wade Death
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – The woman at the center of Roe v. Wade has died. Norma McCorvey was 22, unmarried, unemployed and pregnant for the third time when she tried to get an abortion in Texas, where it was illegal except to save a woman’s life. Her case led to the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that…… MORE
NFL Warning to Texas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – The NFL is expressing sharper warnings about a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy has now raised the prospect of Texas being passed over for future Super Bowls if state lawmakers were to an enact laws that are “discriminatory or inconsistent with NFL values.” (Copyright 2017 WBAP/KLIF News.…… MORE
A Fort Worth Police Officer Facing Disciplinary Action Monday
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Fort Worth Police say they expect an announcement Monday on what, if any disciplinary action one of their officers will receive. It has to do with an officer seen on video that went viral last month. The internal investigation into the officer’s encounter, in which Jacqueline Craig and her two daughters…… MORE