DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling as the company, a deal it has sought to complete for years as seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes a payment…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) — Jeep is recalling more than 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs worldwide because they can catch fire with the ignition turned off. In addition, Jeep is urging owners not to charge the SUVs and to park them outdoors and away from structures until they are repaired. The recall covers the Wrangler four by e…… MORE
UPDATE: The missing North Texas infant at the heart of a Monday morning Amber Alert has been found safe. Authorities said 6-month-old Nova Brady, who was allegedly abducted by her biological parents, was located east of Springfield, Missouri. 26-year-old Dakota Brady and 21-year-old Margaret Van Aken were taken into custody. (WBAP/KLIF) — Police in Rockwall…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Micah Parsons and Demarcus Lawrence were injured during Thursday’s game against the New York Giants, and could miss multiple games for the Dallas Cowboys. While Coach Mike McCarthy declined to get into the specifics of either injury, he stated that Lawrence’s situation was worse than Parson’s. An anonymous source told The Associated Press…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – In April of 2021, Georgia Baldwin was accused of making threatening phone calls to an Arlington police spokesman, while suffering a severe mental health episode. She was later arrested, and charged with a felony. Following a psychiatric exam, Baldwin was found not competent to stand trial. A judge then ordered her to be…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – Ken Paxton is suing the City of Austin to prevent the city from using public money to fund expenses for women traveling out of Texas to procure abortions. In the approved budget for the fiscal year of 2024 and 2025, the City of Austin appropriated $400-thousand dollars in taxpayer money…… MORE
PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Massive rains brought by Hurricane Helene have left many people stranded or homeless as the cleanup begins from the monster tempest that killed at least 56 people. Helene has caused billions of dollars in destruction across a wide swath of the southeast U.S. More than 3 million customers were without power…… MORE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station. A Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew and two empty seats. The capsule carrying a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will arrive at the…… MORE
(AP) – For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration. Not anymore. The day his indictment on corruption charges became public, Adams defiantly suggested without providing evidence that prosecutors had gone after him because he had criticized President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. The rhetoric was similar…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with a union contract set to expire late Monday. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Lael Brainard, director of White House National Economic Council, told ports officials that they…… MORE
