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DFW Airport Braces For Spring Break Travel

DFW Airport Braces For Spring Break Travel

(WBAP/KLIF) – DFW AIRPORT – DFW Airport officials are preparing for a record number of travelers over spring break. The airport predicts nearly five million people will pass through DFW Airport over the next two and a half weeks. Officials are advising people to arrive early, to account for long lines at the security, and…MORE

Hegseth Orders Suspension Of Pentagon’s Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia

Hegseth Orders Suspension Of Pentagon’s Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Cyber Command is pausing its offensive operations against Russia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the decision, which was confirmed Monday by a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive operations. The suspension of some cybersecurity preparations comes as many national security experts warn of a greater threat…MORE

Senate Confirms McMahon To Lead Education Department As Trump Pushes To Shut It Down

Senate Confirms McMahon To Lead Education Department As Trump Pushes To Shut It Down

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle. McMahon will face the competing tasks of winding down the Education Department while escalating efforts to achieve the Republican president’s agenda.…MORE

CIA To Offer Tips On ‘Creative Problem Solving’ at SXSW Festival

CIA To Offer Tips On ‘Creative Problem Solving’ at SXSW Festival

WASHINGTON (AP) — The typically tight-lipped CIA is peeling back the curtain on some of its secrets with an upcoming presentation at South By Southwest festival. America’s preeminent spy agency plans to deliver a talk at this year’s edition of the SXSW music festival and tech conference held in Austin, Texas. According to the CIA,…MORE

Gene Hackman And His Wife Tested Negative For Carbon Monoxide, Sheriff Says

Gene Hackman And His Wife Tested Negative For Carbon Monoxide, Sheriff Says

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities investigating the deaths of Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife are waiting for more details from their autopsies to determine why they died. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday that both tested negative for carbon monoxide. Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found Wednesday at the…MORE

Texas Measles Cases Rise To 146 In An Outbreak That Led To A Child’s Death

Texas Measles Cases Rise To 146 In An Outbreak That Led To A Child’s Death

DALLAS (AP) — Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday that the number of cases in the outbreak had…MORE