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One Dead, Two Injured Following a Shooting Near an Arlington High School

One Dead, Two Injured Following a Shooting Near an Arlington High School

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Arlington police say one teen is dead and two others are injured following a shooting near James Bowie High School on 2000 Cliffside Drive. Lieutenant Chris Cook said the other teen was shot in the leg and is expected to be okay and the other man was a bystander who was struck by…MORE

Energy Secretary Perry tells Trump he Plans on Resigning

Energy Secretary Perry tells Trump he Plans on Resigning

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified the president that he intends to leave his job soon. President Donald Trump confirmed the report when he spoke in Texas on Thursday. Perry was traveling with the president to Texas Thursday when he shared the news aboard Air Force One. Perry is under…MORE

President Donald Trump arrives in DFW Metroplex Ahead of Rally

President Donald Trump arrives in DFW Metroplex Ahead of Rally

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- President Donald Trump has arrived in Fort Worth for a full day planned in the DFW Metroplex ahead of his campaign rally in Dallas. A large crowd gathered outside the Naval Air Station JRB in Fort Worth to watch his landing and motorcade to Downtown Fort Worth. “This is the best thing…MORE

Vice President Mike Pence says Turkey has Agreed to a Cease-fire in Syria

Vice President Mike Pence says Turkey has Agreed to a Cease-fire in Syria

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence says that Turkey has agreed to a cease-fire in Syria. Pence spoke after a high-level delegation of U.S. officials met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey. Pence says there will “a pause in military operations for 120 hours” to allow the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds…MORE

White House says next G-7 to be Held at a Trump Golf Resort

White House says next G-7 to be Held at a Trump Golf Resort

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it has chosen President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Miami as the site for next year’s Group of Seven summit. The announcement Thursday comes as the president has accused Joe Biden’s family of profiting from public office because of Hunter Biden’s business activities in Ukraine when his father…MORE

Elijah Cummings, Civil Rights Leader and U.S. Congressman, Dies at 68

Elijah Cummings, Civil Rights Leader and U.S. Congressman, Dies at 68

WASHINGTON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings has died. His office said Cummings passed away from longtime health complications at Johns Hopkins Hospital near Baltimore early Thursday morning. He was the first African American in history to be named Speaker Pro Tem and served Maryland’s 7th Congressional District since 1996. The son of a…MORE

[LISTEN] Women for Trump Say He’s an ‘Alpha Male’ & ‘Sexy’

[LISTEN] Women for Trump Say He’s an ‘Alpha Male’ & ‘Sexy’

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Outside the American Airlines Center, a group of female Trump supporters answered to those who ask, “How can women support this president.” Some of the answers from the group of women from Des Moines, Iowa; Fort Hood; Arlington and Oklahoma: “We love the alpha male in Trump. We feel protected, we feel…MORE

The North Texas GOP Calls on House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to Resign

The North Texas GOP Calls on House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to Resign

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Saying “accountability and sound judgement have been lost,” members of the North Texas GOP are calling on House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to resign. The move stems from a secretly recorded tape released this week in which Bonnen promises a conservative activist special access to the House floor if his organization targeted some…MORE

President Trump to Speak to Thousands of Supporters in Dallas Tonight

President Trump to Speak to Thousands of Supporters in Dallas Tonight

UPDATED: 6:59AM: Hundrends of Donald Trump supporters began streaming into Victory Plaza this morning; dozens of them had been camped out, outside the American Airlines Center since Tuesday afternoon. Trump rally goers are finally being allowed to line up in front of the AAC, not just sidewalks nearby. Some been here for more than 36…MORE

Boxer Faces Charges Related To Dallas Crash

Boxer Faces Charges Related To Dallas Crash

Dallas (AP) – Boxer Errol Spence Jr. has been discharged from a hospital and charged with drunken driving after crashing his speeding Ferrari in Dallas. Dallas police charged Spence on Wednesday with driving while intoxicated. Police say the crash happened just before 3 a.m. Oct. 10 when Spence’s Ferrari crossed the median into oncoming traffic,…MORE