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Trump, Macron Honor Soldiers on 75th Anniversary of D-Day

Trump, Macron Honor Soldiers on 75th Anniversary of D-Day

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) – President Donald Trump is praising the veterans of D-Day, saying they are “among the very greatest Americans who will ever live.” Trump spoke in France at the Normandy American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, near Omaha Beach, where the Americans landed on June 6, 1944. Trump said that on that day -75…MORE

Driver of Athens ISD School Bus Involved in Deadly Train Accident Indicted

Driver of Athens ISD School Bus Involved in Deadly Train Accident Indicted

ATHENS, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The driver of the Athens ISD school bus involved in a deadly accident involving a train has been indicted on injury to a child and manslaughter charges. 78-year-old John Franklin Stevens of Maybank was behind the wheel when the bus was hit by a Union Pacific freight train at a…MORE

Suspected Armed Robber Shot & Wounded After ‘Lunging’ at Fort Worth Police

Suspected Armed Robber Shot & Wounded After ‘Lunging’ at Fort Worth Police

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation continues into an officer-involved-shooting in Fort Worth last night. Police responded to a suspected armed robbery call at home on Rickee Drive in South fort worth around 9pm. Police had been notified that the suspect may have be armed with a gun or knife. on scene police say that…MORE

Fatal Pedestrian Accident Involving TRE Train

Fatal Pedestrian Accident Involving TRE Train

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A fatal accident involving a TRE train near Medical Market Station this morning has been cleared. Bus shuttles have been canceled, and trains have resumed normal service. Shortly before five this morning a pedestrian was hit between the Market Station and downtown Irving. A medical examiner will determine the cause of death.…MORE

Dallas & Denison PDs Named in Report on ‘Cops Racist, Violent Social Media Posts’

Dallas & Denison PDs Named in Report on ‘Cops Racist, Violent Social Media Posts’

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Police departments in at least five states are investigating their officers’ social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalog thousands of inflammatory posts by active-duty and former cops. The posts were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent two years looking at the personal Facebook…MORE

Record Number Of Migrant Families Detained At Border In May

Record Number Of Migrant Families Detained At Border In May

HOUSTON (AP) – The Border Patrol says a new record was set in May for the number of migrant families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. Agents apprehended 132,887 people in May, the largest figure in more than a decade. It set a record with 84,542 adults and children apprehended. Another 11,507 people were children traveling…MORE

New Industrial Business Park coming to Mesquite, Bringing Over 500 Jobs

New Industrial Business Park coming to Mesquite, Bringing Over 500 Jobs

  MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF)- A $71 million business park is planned for Mesquite bringing over 500 jobs to the area. The proposed project will sit on 80 acres off I-30, near the LBJ freeway intersection. “What’s cool about this project is that it’s going to be massive, encompass more than 970,000 square feet of industrial space,” said…MORE

New Poll Shows Biden Beats Trump in Texas

New Poll Shows Biden Beats Trump in Texas

(WBAP/KLIF) – A new poll shows Joe Biden beating President Donald Trump in Texas. The poll from Quinnipiac University shows the former vice president beating President Trump by four points, 48 to 44. The president though beats many other democratic candidates, including Bernie Sanders, if Biden is not the democratic nominee. Trump beats Sanders, Beto…MORE

Cruz, Cornyn Oppose Tariff Threat on Mexico

Cruz, Cornyn Oppose Tariff Threat on Mexico

WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Both GOP senators from Texas are joining other republicans in breaking ranks with the president over a tariff threat to Mexico. Senator Ted Cruz says it is a game of chicken on who will blink first. “I understand that the president is frustrated with congressional democrats refusing to do their job,” Cruz…MORE