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Border Patrol Medical Care

Border Patrol Medical Care

(WBAP/KLIF) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is formally codifying a medical plan formed in the wake of deaths of migrants in their custody. The goal is to increase medical care and efficiency. The plan comes after a public outcry over the medical care of migrants in border custody, and the deaths of children. The idea…MORE

With Garrett in Limbo, Cowboys Facing Roster Choices As Well

With Garrett in Limbo, Cowboys Facing Roster Choices As Well

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — With the future of coach Jason Garrett in limbo, the Dallas Cowboys have other reasons to believe there will be plenty of change in 2020 — 23 of them, to be exact. The Cowboys have 23 unrestricted free agents-to-be, headlined by quarterback Dak Prescott and No. 1 receiver Amari Cooper, after…MORE

Authorities Warn Against Fireworks, Gunfire this New Year’s Holiday

Authorities Warn Against Fireworks, Gunfire this New Year’s Holiday

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Healthcare and law enforcement experts at Parkland Health & Hospital System are urging North Texas to have a plan before celebrating this New Years Holiday. “This time of the year there are multiple factors that come into play when you’re out on the highways,” said Shelli Stephens-Stidham, Director of the Injury Prevention…MORE

Minister: Gunman Grew Angry in Past over Cash Requests

Minister: Gunman Grew Angry in Past over Cash Requests

DALLAS (AP) – The man who fatally shot two people at a North Texas church before a congregant shot and killed him was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trail in 2012. Keith Thomas Kinnunen was eventually deemed competent for trial on those charges and others, but the charges were reduced to misdemeanors to which he…MORE

Attack on US Embassy in Iraq Shows Stark Choices for Trump

Attack on US Embassy in Iraq Shows Stark Choices for Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) – The attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by Iran-supported militiamen shows that President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran has not crippled its ability to strike at American interests. Trump says Iran will be held “fully responsible.” It’s not clear whether that might mean military retaliation. The breach of…MORE

President Trump Praises Parishioners of White Settlement Church Following Deadly Shooting

President Trump Praises Parishioners of White Settlement Church Following Deadly Shooting

(WBAP/KLIF) – President Donald Trump is weighing in on this week’s church shooting in White Settlement. According to Police, the gunman was shot and killed by an armed parishioner within seconds of killing two church members during a Sunday service inside West Freeway Church of Christ. The President took to Twitter on the topic late Monday…MORE

Latino Civil Rights Leader and Native Texan Benny Martinez Dies at 85

Latino Civil Rights Leader and Native Texan Benny Martinez Dies at 85

GOLIAD, Texas (AP) – Benny Martinez, a Mexican American civil rights leader who helped organize the historic Latino gala with President John F. Kennedy, has died at 85. His daughter Loretta Martinez Williams said Martinez died Sunday of natural causes. Born in Goliad, Martinez served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He returned…MORE

Infant’s Body Found Inside a Cooler in South Dallas Motel

Infant’s Body Found Inside a Cooler in South Dallas Motel

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF – A tragic discovery at a motel in south Dallas where the body of a 3-week old infant was found inside a cooler. Dallas child abuse detectives had been called by Children’s Protective Services over the weekend to the motel on South Lancaster to do a welfare check; the baby was found in…MORE

Dozens Gather for Candlelight Vigil Outside West Freeway Church Of Christ

Dozens Gather for Candlelight Vigil Outside West Freeway Church Of Christ

White Settlement, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A candlelight vigil was held outside the West Freeway Church of Christ last night, just a day after the deadly shooting that claimed 2 lives. Pastor Britt Farmer spoke of the one of the victims who was part of the church’s security team “He was my best friend. He died…MORE

Plano Doctor Uses App to Lure Teens

Plano Doctor Uses App to Lure Teens

(WBAP/KLIF) Plano, TX — 53 year old Timothy Morris Collins faces charges of sexual assault for luring teenage boys into sexual encounters using the dating app ‘Grindr’. Two victims have come forward years after the assaults to testify against the Plano doctor for trading meth for sex when they were minors. One of the victims accuses…MORE