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Fort Worth Police Officer Injured in Overnight Shootout

Fort Worth Police Officer Injured in Overnight Shootout

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A Fort Worth police officer is recovering after being injured in an overnight shootout. It happened just after 8 p.m. Sunday along the 4800 block of Miller Avenue just south of Highway 287 in southeast Fort Worth. According to a news release, the officer spotted a vehicle believed to…MORE

Dallas Police Are Preparing to Implement an AI Facial Recognition Tool

Dallas Police Are Preparing to Implement an AI Facial Recognition Tool

DALLAS, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas police are ready to launch a new facial recognition tool that they say will help them identify suspects in all kinds of crimes. The department is testing software from a company called Clear View A-I which can take the surveillance video of a crime, and find the perpetrators face…MORE

Governor Abbott Speaks At The NRA Convention In Dallas

Governor Abbott Speaks At The NRA Convention In Dallas

DALLAS, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – On Saturday Governor Greg Abbott addressed thousands of members of the national rifle association at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. At the convention Governor Abbott told the NRA members in attendance that protecting the second amendment is a top priority in Texas, and that during previous legislative…MORE

Trump Receives NRA Endorsement as He Vows to Protect Gun Rights

Trump Receives NRA Endorsement as He Vows to Protect Gun Rights

DALLAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas. Trump on Saturday has pledged to continue to defend the Second…MORE

Former President Trump at the Dallas NRA Convention Saturday Afternoon

Former President Trump at the Dallas NRA Convention Saturday Afternoon

DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump is due to speak to the National Rifle Association conference attendees at 2 pm today/Saturday In response, the Democratic National Committee has placed mobile billboards in Dallas outside of the venue, the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center. The billboards accuse Trump of putting the gun lobby ahead…MORE

Plant Workers in Alabama Vote Against Joining UAW

Plant Workers in Alabama Vote Against Joining UAW

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South. But newly elected President Shawn Fain said the union will return to Mercedes and will press on with…MORE