AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin officials have voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Austin City Council voted Thursday to change Monday’s holiday to one that celebrates Native Americans. The resolution says honoring Christopher Columbus’s role in history promotes values of intolerance and violence. The resolution says the…… MORE
(CNN) — In a blow to Obamacare’s controversial contraceptive mandate, employers may now have more leeway to withhold birth control coverage on religious grounds, according to new rules issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services on Friday. The new rules continue the undermining of the Obamacare mandate that requires birth control be…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – A registered sex offender who allegedly targeted underage girls in Grapevine and Plano has been arrested. The Grapevine Police Department’s Amanda McNew said Irving Police arrested 38-year-old Kenneth Dewayne Roblez on a parole violation warrant in the 3500 block of North Belt Line Road. The Irving officers identified Roblez based on a Grapevine…… MORE
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Grapevine Police Department said the man who allegedly made lewd comments toward two young girls inside a local Target store is believed to be linked to similar crimes in Plano. “We have been in contact with law enforcement in Plano. They do have similar incidents to ours and we do believe…… MORE
TULSA COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The son of former Dallas Cowboys star Jay Novacek filed a lawsuit against a fraternity at the University of Oklahoma claiming he suffered a brain injury after being hit in the head with a baseball bat during a hazing incident. Blake Novacek was a freshman pledging Beta Theta Pi’s Gamma Phi…… MORE