(AP)- The Atlantic Coast Conference has cleared the way for Stanford, California and SMU to join the league next year, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday, providing a landing spot for two more teams from the disintegrating Pac-12. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because an…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence of a slowing but still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. The job growth marked an increase from July’s revised gain of 157,000 but still pointed to a moderating pace of hiring compared with earlier this year.…… MORE
UPDATED 11:00AM Lewisville (WBAP/KLIF) An amber alert for two missing children from lewisville is canceled. Lewisville police said this morning that their biological mother, Alena Rudenko, was arrested after she was spotted in Wagoner, Oklahoma by someone called police after seeing a woman in a parking lot experiencing car issues. It didn’t take long for…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election. The sentence for Joseph Biggs is the…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday and waived arraignment in the case accusing him and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. That means he won’t have to show up for an arraignment hearing that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – ERCOT is asking Texans to conserve electricity between 5 pm and 9 pm Tuesday to protect the power grid. The request was issued because of the unexpected loss of thermal generation and expected low wind generation. ERCOT expects similar conditions to persist through tomorrow and asks Texans to stay tuned for additional…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management, on Tuesday, to deploy Texas A&M Task Force 1 to Florida ahead of Hurricane Idalia. “The State of Texas is sending personnel and resources to Florida as Hurricane Idalia prepares to make landfall in Florida tomorrow,” said Governor Abbott. “Texans understand…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday set a March 4, 2024, trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a defense request to push the trial back until…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Weather experts in North Texas say the scorching temperatures being felt in the region continue to prove historic. According to the National Weather Service, DFW and Waco set new daily record highs on Friday. Both sites reached 110 degrees, which broke the previous records of 106° at DFW and 104° at Waco.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Weather Service has re-issued its Excessive Heat Warning until 9:00pm Saturday night for all of North and Central Texas. The weather service says dangerously hot conditions will continue with temperatures up to 109 and heat index values up to 113. The weather service warns extreme heat and humidity will…… MORE
