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Facial Recognition Software Is Now In Use At DFW Airport

Facial Recognition Software Is Now In Use At DFW Airport

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) –  Fort Worth based American Airlines is now using facial recognition software for international flights at DFW International Airport. It’s a system that matches a scan of a passengers face taken at the gate with a passport photo on file with u.s. customs and border protection. American tested the program last year…MORE

Facial Recognition Software Is Now In Use At DFW Airport

Facial Recognition Software Is Now In Use At DFW Airport

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) –  Fort Worth based American Airlines is now using facial recognition software for international flights at DFW International Airport. It’s a system that matches a scan of a passengers face taken at the gate with a passport photo on file with u.s. customs and border protection. American tested the program last year…MORE

Dallas Police Need Help Identifying Serial Burglary Suspects

Dallas Police Need Help Identifying Serial Burglary Suspects

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the burglary suspects seen in these images taken from surveillance video. It is believed these three suspects are responsible for six recent business burglaries in the 1500 block of S. Beltline Rd. and the 15000 block of Seagoville Rd. According to…MORE

Slain Texas Officer’s Patrol Car Returned to Fort Worth

Slain Texas Officer’s Patrol Car Returned to Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A patrol car being used by a Fort Worth police officer when he was slain in 2005 will go on display in the city’s police and fire administration building this week. Fort Worth police say ceremonies will be held Friday to honor Officer Henry “Hank” Nava (NAH’-vuh) and his vehicle…MORE

Arlington Police Pursuing Racist Graffiti as a Hate Crime

Arlington Police Pursuing Racist Graffiti as a Hate Crime

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Arlington police Department is pursuing the use of graffiti along a city street as a hate crime. Arlington Police Chief Wil Johnson said Tuesday that several signs along Arkansas Lane in East Arlington were spray painted with racial slurs and symbols. The graffiti was also scene behind a local business in…MORE

Cruz Calls on House Democrats to Bring Trade Agreement Up for Vote

Cruz Calls on House Democrats to Bring Trade Agreement Up for Vote

(WBAP/KLIF) – Republicans are calling on democrats in the House to move the United States Mexico Canada Trade Agreement through Congress. Senator Ted Cruz, speaking to the Chris Salcedo Show on KLIF sister-station WBAP, is joining an effort by Vice President Mike Pence to move it along. “I think the votes are easily there in…MORE

Governor Abbott Signs Directive to Speed Up Wait Times at Driver’s License Offices

Governor Abbott Signs Directive to Speed Up Wait Times at Driver’s License Offices

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott is taking action to speed up wait times at driver’s license offices across the state. Texans at some DMV locations in North Texas and across the state have been subjected to hours long wait times this summer. It’s an issue Governor Abbott said Monday was addressed last legislative session.…MORE

Fallen Fort Worth Police Officer’s Patrol Car to be Displayed Locally

Fallen Fort Worth Police Officer’s Patrol Car to be Displayed Locally

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A patrol car being used by a Fort Worth police officer who was killed on duty in 2005 will go on display in North Texas. Fort Worth police said ceremonies will be held Friday to honor Officer Henry “Hank” Nava and his vehicle that was decorated by mourners using flowers…MORE

Boeing’s 737 Max Jet is Set for an October Comeback

Boeing’s 737 Max Jet is Set for an October Comeback

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The Boeing 737 Max jets could finally be coming back to the skies. The FAA is considering a certification flight for the aircraft in October — from there, they will determine if they’re safe enough to return to the skies. About 600 planes have been grounded; the most affected airlines being Dallas-based…MORE

Zeke Speaks! Wants to “be a Cowboy” For Life

Zeke Speaks! Wants to “be a Cowboy” For Life

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Ezekiel Elliott wants to be a Dallas Cowboy for life. “I love playing for the Dallas Cowboys, I love the organization, my teammates,” Elliott told Maxim magazine. “I do want to be a Cowboy for the rest of my life and hopefully that’s a possibility. But even Emmitt Smith, the greatest…MORE