Confidence is increasing regarding the potential for a significant intrusion of Arctic air and impactful wintry precipitation from Friday into the upcoming weekend. Monitor the forecast closely over the next several days as we fine-tune the details and start thinking about how you can Protect the 4 P’s: People, Pets, Pipes, and Plants.… MORE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter. The investigation focused on potential violation of a conspiracy statute, the people said. The people spoke to The…… MORE
WFAA News 8: DALLAS — Drivers who rely on Interstate 30 through downtown Dallas should prepare for a major weekend shutdown tied to ongoing construction on the I-30 Canyon Project. Weather permitting, all lanes of eastbound and westbound I-30 will be fully closed between I-35E and I-45/US-75 beginning 10 p.m. Friday, January 16, and reopening…… MORE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists say the death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has surpassed 2,000 people. This level of violence around protests hasn’t been seen in Iran in decades. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has been accurate in previous unrest in recent years, gave the latest toll. It…… MORE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents are carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman. Agents on Sunday rammed the door of one home and flooded inside before leading a man away in handcuffs. In a dramatic scene similar to those playing out across Minneapolis, agents…… MORE
Associated Press: The head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency says the U.S. attorney’s office has barred it from taking part in the investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said in a statement Thursday that after the agency consulted with…… MORE
WFAA DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys have fired defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus after one season, sources confirmed to WFAA. The Cowboys’ defensive unit was arguably the worst in the NFL this season, as Dallas finished 7-9-1. Despite having one of the best offenses in the league — and, at times, the best — the Cowboys couldn’t sustain…… MORE
Associated Press: Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suggesting the United States won’t govern Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country. The turnaround Sunday comes after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier the…… MORE
Associated Press: US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations in the aftermath of an audacious military operation…… MORE
Associated Press: Officials say a man who is suspected in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility. Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez says 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente was found dead Thursday from…… MORE
