AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Democrats are suing Texas elections officials in an effort to stop a new ban on straight-ticket voting in 2020. The lawsuit filed Thursday comes after long lines this week snaked out of polling centers in Houston on Super Tuesday. Some voters waited more than an hour, and Democrats are claims that…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas County will receive a federal grant of almost $1.4-million to combat the spread of HIV in Texas. Senator John Cornyn made the announcement Wednesday. Cornyn’s office commends the Trump administration for prioritizing the health of Texans and credits Dallas County for securing the funds to fight the deadly disease. The funding comes…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) FORT WORTH, TX — Three Panther Island flood control project bridges are still under construction…nearly three years behind schedule. The three bridges originally set for completion in 2018 will likely begin service in 2021. Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy says engineering is a big hold-up. Engineers had to redesign the bridges to support the…… MORE
(CNN) Fourteen passengers aboard US chartered flights evacuating Americans and their families from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for novel coronavirus, according to a joint statement from the US Departments of State and Health and Human Services. The passengers are among the more than 300 people removed from the ship, which is docked off…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS, TX — An activist group concerned about the safety of child vaccination demonstrated in downtown Dallas, Saturday. Child inoculations have long been used to prevent debilitating diseases from harming society. However, hundreds of thousands of children have experienced severe side affects from those vaccinations. Lee Wilcox with “V is for Vaccine” says parents…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Court hearing for former Dallas priest set for Monday morning. Just weeks after his arrest in Missouri, a former priest for the Catholic Diocese of Dallas will be seeing his day in court. Richard Thomas Brown was arrested after being accused of sexual assault nearly 3 decades after the abuse allegedly occurred.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Bishop Burns with the Catholic Diocese of Dallas released a statement following the arrest of former priest Richard Brown. Brown was arrested in Missouri after being accused of sexual assault earlier this week. The Aunt of the victim, who has not been named, claims the assault happened over three decades ago in…… MORE
UPDATE 4:42p.m. Officials in Los Angeles report a total of nine (9) dead in today’s crash. Kobe Bryant’s daughter Gianna, reportedly among the dead. UPDATE 2:24 pm – Authorities say the crash happened just before 10 am, Pacific time. A news conference is scheduled to begin soon. The helicopter crash sparked a brush fire, with…… MORE
DENTON – WBAP/KLIF – Denton police were joined by a Department of Public Safety helicopter and a police dog from Northlake Saturday to help capture two suspects wanted in the reported theft of a laptop and phone from a man trying to sell his computer. Officials say 18 yuear old Daekwon Jackson was jailed on…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A 20-year old Texas Christian University student has filed a lawsuit against school’s Board of Trustees and five employees, alleging repeated assault and racial discrimination. The student, referred to as Jane Doe No. 1, claims that she was repeatedly assaulted, racially discriminated against. The allegations, primarily against Diane Snow, the dean of…… MORE
