AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Death row inmate Robert Roberson is slated to virtually testify in front of a Texas House committee on Monday at noon. The 57-year-old was condemned after being convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis in Palestine in 2002 in a case tied to shaken baby syndrome. A growing number…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Local and federal investigators are looking into a deadly helicopter crash that killed four people, including a child, in Houston Sunday night. The chopper slammed into a radio tower near the downtown area just before 8 p.m. Speaking at a Sunday night press conference; Houston Mayor John Whitmire said despite…… MORE
Hundreds of frozen waffle products sold in leading retailers including Walmart and Target are being recalled. The manufacturer says they could be contaminated with the listeria bacteria. TreeHouse Foods announced the recall Friday and published a list of the products. It says consumers should throw them out or return them to the store for credit.…… MORE
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s government says a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house on Saturday, with no casualties. Fighting with Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Gaza-based Hamas is showing no pause after the killing of the mastermind of last year’s deadly Oct. 7 attack. Hezbollah didn’t claim responsibility for the drone attack on Saturday but said it carried…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has appeared with Lizzo in the signer’s hometown of Detroit, marking the beginning of in-person voting and lavishing the city with praise after Republican nominee Donald Trump recently disparaged it. Marking the first day of early voting in Michigan, Harris on Saturday called Detroit “a great American city”…… MORE
Striking workers at Boeing will vote next week on a new offer that could end a walkout that has lasted more than a month. Boeing and the union representing striking machinists said Saturday they have negotiated a new proposal that would raise pay 35% over four years and includes upfront bonuses of $7,000 per worker.…… MORE
Some 200,000 letter carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks. The new agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, runs through Nov. 2026. Mail deliverers have been working without a contract since May…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace? One key reason is a relatively simple one: Wealthier consumers, boosted by strong gains in income, home equity and stock market wealth, have increasingly driven…… MORE
CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch has stepped down with company shares sinking 19% this year and the health care giant struggling on several fronts. Company shares tumbled again Friday after CVS Health also warned of disappointing third-quarter earnings and said investors should not rely on guidance it laid out in August. Lynch will be replaced…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Boy Scouts of America’s settlement trust is selling four Norman Rockwell paintings as part of a collection at Heritage Auctions in Dallas next month as part of the effort to compensate more than 64,000 sex abuse survivors. Each painting is valued at more than $100,000. The Irving-based organization filed…… MORE
