(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – This year STARR test results showed that reading proficiency for students varied across different grade levels. While some grades demonstrated improvement, others saw a slight decline. Third, fifth, and eighth graders experienced a 2% decrease in reading proficiency. Reading scores of fourth graders rose by 3%. Sixth graders also saw…… MORE
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says that eight soldiers have been killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months. The army said Saturday without elaborating that the troops were killed in an explosion. The deaths will likely fuel calls for a cease-fire and heighten Israeli public anger over ultra-Orthodox exemptions…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump is courting Black voters and a conservative group popular with white supremacists during back-to-back stops in Michigan. Trump is scheduled to host a Saturday afternoon roundtable discussion at an African American church in Detroit. Later, he’ll deliver the keynote address at Turning Point Action, a group that the Anti-Defamation League…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s A-list is turning out for President Joe Biden’s campaign at a glitzy fundraiser headlined by George Clooney and Julia Roberts that features former President Barack Obama as well. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel will interview all four of them at Saturday night’s event at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.…… MORE
It’s back to Boston for the Dallas Mavericks, after rolling past the Celtics 122-84 to avoid a sweep in the NBA Finals DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half, Kyrie Irving added 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks emphatically extended their season on Friday night, fending off…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns and was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The high court’s conservative majority found that the Trump administration did not follow federal…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A Fort Worth man is facing charges for allegedly threatening an FBI agent known to be involved in an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. Investigators said shortly after Hunter was found guilty on all three felony gun charge counts on Tuesday, 43-year-old Timothy Muller placed a call…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks. The justices on Thursday tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates eased again this week, though the latest pullback leaves the average rate on a 30-year home loan at close to 7%, where it’s been much of this year. The rate fell to 6.95% from 6.99% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) DFW AIRPORT – On Thursday, the flight attendants union was joined by workers from other airlines at its picket at DFW Airport. Flight attendants are asking for higher wages and better work roles, and haven’t had a pay raise since before the pandemic. Last week the labor union that represents the flight attendants rejected…… MORE
