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
(WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton has lost a bid to stop the City of Dallas from enforcing its ban on arresting people for low-level marijuana possession. On Friday, a Dallas County district judge rejected Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction. The state argued that since recreational marijuana is illegal the City of Dallas is…… MORE
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, hundreds of federal employees from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including weather forecasters, were fired, lawmakers and weather experts reported. The layoffs, which took place in the afternoon, affected meteorologists who provide critical local forecasts through the National Weather Service offices nationwide. Sources indicated that the cuts were implemented…… MORE
Credit WFAA DALLAS — A 46-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run incident involving a child in southern Dallas, police said. According to the Dallas Police Department (DPD), the incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on February 23. Three juveniles were walking in the center median of westbound 2200 W. Wheatland Road,…… MORE
Instead of becoming a statistic Sammy Berko became an inspiration. SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Mexico has extradited 29 cartel figures to the United States on various criminal charges, including one suspect accused of orchestrating the 2013 murder of a man in Southlake, officials report. Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez, also known as “El Gato,” was apprehended in Mexico…… MORE