(WBAP/KLIF) — WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers pulled back on their hiring in April, adding a modest 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to take a bigger toll on the world’s largest economy. Friday’s government report showed that last month’s hiring gain was down sharply from the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — In 2021 President Joe Biden designated Juneteenth as a national holiday, realizing the efforts of Fort Worth resident Opal Lee. Now, the 97-year-old has been selected to be one of 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, announced Friday by the White House. Lee is best known for her decades-long campaign to…… MORE
JOHNSON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The North Texas man convicted of shooting a Burleson police officer and killing a woman he carjacked in 2021 has been sentenced to death row. A Johnson County jury found 31-year-old Jerry Elders guilty of capital murder for the death of 60-year-old Robin Waddell last week. He shot Officer…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Last February, a woman filed a lawsuit accusing Dak Prescott of sexually assaulting her in 2017, and then filed a report seven years later with Dallas Police seeking charges. Prescott’s legal team stated that the woman first sent a letter demanding $100 million dollars in exchange for not reporting it to police. In…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) If rush hour weren’t bad enough, DFW drivers who plan to use the southbound Dallas North Tollway are likely to run into delays and possibly traffic diversions near the George Bush Turnpike. Crews are responding to reports a construction crane has rolled off a truck on the southbound tollway road near the…… MORE