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
Longtime news anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News”, Lestor Holt, says he’s stepping away from the position at the start of this summer. Holt took over the show as prime time anchor in 2015, succeeding Brian Williams. Holt is 65 years old, but will continue as anchor of the news magazine show “Dateline”.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as FBI deputy director. President Donald Trump announced the appointment Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as…… MORE
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week with pneumonia and a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed low platelet counts associated…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday after reports showed that worries among consumers and businesses about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 sank 1.7% for its worst day in two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 748 points, or 1.7%, and the Nasdaq composite…… MORE
(DALLAS) – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police have begun a series of community meeting to assure immigrant residents Dallas Police will not join ICE deportation raids, or turn in or report anyone in the country without authorization. Fear has been growing in immigrant communities about federal immigration agent raids, arrests and deporations, in line with President…… MORE
SAN DIEGO – (WBAP/KLIF) – Military officials report the crash of a military plane into San Diego Bay, off the coast of Point Loma. Authorities report two military crew members were taken to an area hospital; extent of injuries still unknown. (Copyright, All Rights Reserved, WBAP/KLIF 2025)… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marc Fogel, an American teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained in Russia, has been released in what the White House described as a diplomatic thaw that could advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for President Donald Trump, left Russian airspace with Fogel, a history teacher…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tariffs are in the news at the moment. Here’s what they are and what you need to know about them: Tariffs are a tax on importsTariffs are typically charged as a percentage of the price a buyer pays a foreign seller. In the United States, tariffs are collected by Customs and Border…… MORE
Photo Courtesy of AP GENEVA — Last week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged global leaders to pressure Washington into reversing President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations health agency, emphasizing that the U.S. would lose vital information about global disease outbreaks. During a private meeting with…… MORE
