A Mansfield man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2020 murder of his pregnant girlfriend. 32-year-old Maurice Kelso Smith received an automatic sentence without the possibility of parole for the crime. His girlfriend, Darionne Burley, was pregnant with twin boys at the time of the murder. According to trial testimony, Smith shot…… MORE
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Injunction Against Denton ISD for Illegal Electioneering
DENTON, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton has obtained an agreed injunction against Denton ISD to end its unlawful attempts to influence elections. On February 22nd Paxton sued Denton ISD after a school principal used an official e-mail to encourage all staff members to vote against specific candidates who supported policies that she…… MORE
American Airlines to Buy 260 New Planes From Boeing, Airbus and Embraer to Meet Growing Demand
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is ordering 260 new planes to meet growing travel demand and increase the airline’s supply of premium seats. The airline based in Fort Worth, Texas, said Monday that it will buy 85 planes each from U.S. aircraft-maker Boeing and Europe’s Airbus. In addition, American is ordering 90 smaller planes from…… MORE
Former Twitter Executives Sue Elon Musk Over Firings, Seek More Than $128 Million in Severance
(AP) – Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they are entitled to a total of more than $128 million in unpaid severance payments. Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde and General Counsel Sean Edgett claim in the lawsuit filed…… MORE
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas Law That Allows Police to Arrest Migrants
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. The high court on Monday blocked Texas’ immigration law from going into effect until March 13. It asked the state to respond by March…… MORE