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Microsoft Shutting Down Skype In May

Microsoft Shutting Down Skype In May

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing platform. Skype users will be…MORE

Zelensky Diplomacy Meeting Ends in Shouting Match with President Trump

Zelensky Diplomacy Meeting Ends in Shouting Match with President Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — An extraordinary breakdown in diplomacy leaves the world’s peace in limbo. President Donald Trump has cut short talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy over a deal for U.S. access to that country’s rare earth minerals after shouting at him in the Oval Office. Trump berated Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful.” The pair had planned…MORE

No Big New Revelations In Justice Department’s Release Of Jeffrey Epstein Files

No Big New Revelations In Justice Department’s Release Of Jeffrey Epstein Files

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi has released government documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, but the first wave of files posted on the Justice Department website have largely been circulating in the public domain for years and didn’t include any new bombshells about the sex trafficking case. The small batch of documents…MORE

Texas Senate Votes Unanimously, Approving Texas Teacher Pay Hikes Across the Board.

Texas Senate Votes Unanimously, Approving Texas Teacher Pay Hikes Across the Board.

AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate has approved across the board pay raises for teachers. Under the Senate plan, passed unanimously, $10,000 pay hikes would be awarded to teachers with five or more years experience, $2500 for those with three years time, and smaller pay hikes for those educators with less than three years…MORE

Measles Case Confirmed in Rockwall County

Measles Case Confirmed in Rockwall County

(WBAP/KLIF) — The first measles case in Rockwall county has been confirmed. The Rockwall County Commissioners Court issued a statement on social media that a case of measles had been reported. According to the Rockwall County Health Authority, the infected person is an adult living within the county. Meanwhile, in West Texas the measles outbreak…MORE

Neiman Marcus in Downtown Dallas Saved

Neiman Marcus in Downtown Dallas Saved

(WBAP/KLIF) — WFAA — The iconic Downtown Dallas Neiman Marcus store may remain part of the downtown landscape after all. A group of city leaders said Wednesday they reached an agreement with Slaughter Partners, one of the owners of the land underneath the store at 1618 Main St., to donate their land to the city…MORE

Texas Child Dies of Measles

Texas Child Dies of Measles

(WBAP/KLIF) LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015. The death was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been hospitalized last week,…MORE

Trump Expresses Hope Russia’s War In Ukraine Is Nearing An Endgame As He Meets With France’s Macron

Trump Expresses Hope Russia’s War In Ukraine Is Nearing An Endgame As He Meets With France’s Macron

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s hopeful Russia’s war in Ukraine is nearing an endgame as he meets with French President Emmanuel Macron on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion. But France’s leader cautioned Monday that it’s crucial that any potential agreement with Moscow does not amount to surrender for Ukraine. Trump…MORE