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DFW Considered Possible Location for Migrant Shelter

DFW Considered Possible Location for Migrant Shelter

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The federal government is considering housing migrant children in the DFW metroplex. The consideration comes amid growing numbers of migrants seeking asylum in the United States. The Health and Human Services Department is reportedly considering permanent and temporary shelters in cities like Atlanta and Phoenix, as well as Dallas-Fort Worth. Dallas County Judge…MORE

President Visits the Lone Star State

President Visits the Lone Star State

TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF) – President Donald Trump will be in Texas Wednesday for fundraisers. He will make a stop in Houston and San Antonio. Details of the visits are not public. The last time the president was in Texas he visited the Texas-Mexico border. (Copyright 2019 WBAP/KLIF All Rights Reserved)MORE

Fort Worth Gun Company Sues Federal Government Regarding Bump Stock Ban

Fort Worth Gun Company Sues Federal Government Regarding Bump Stock Ban

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Texas gun company that destroyed more than 73,000 bump stocks when a federal ban on the rapid-fire devices took effect has sued the U.S. government claiming millions of dollars in losses. RW Arms of Fort Worth on Monday announced the lawsuit and said the government took its property “without…MORE

Police Looking For Potential Victims of Long-Time Arlington Music Teacher

Police Looking For Potential Victims of Long-Time Arlington Music Teacher

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Arlington are asking for the public’s help in a case against a long-time area music teacher. Reid Rogers was charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child in February. He was a guitar instructor at ‘Sounds Good Music School’ and investigators believe he may have more victims. “[Investigators] believe that…MORE

AG William Barr Expected to Be Grilled About Mueller Report on Capitol Hill

AG William Barr Expected to Be Grilled About Mueller Report on Capitol Hill

AWASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr is set to face members of Congress amid intense speculation over his review of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report. Barr isn’t coming to Congress to talk about the report, but lawmakers are expected to ask about it anyway as they anxiously wait to see it in the…MORE

Bush Foundation Wants Retiring Air Force One For Museum

Bush Foundation Wants Retiring Air Force One For Museum

HOUSTON (AP) – The George and Barbara Bush Foundation has asked that an Air Force One plane set for retirement in 2025 be permanently exhibited at the late president’s museum at Texas A&M. The Houston Chronicle reports that, if approved, the Boeing VC-25A would be on permanent loan to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library…MORE

Teen pleads guilty to plotting terror attack at Texas mall

Teen pleads guilty to plotting terror attack at Texas mall

DALLAS (AP) — A suburban Dallas teenager has pleaded guilty to plotting an Islamic State group-inspired mass shooting at a North Texas mall. A state judge sentenced Matin Azizi-Yarand to 20 years in prison Monday for solicitation of capital murder and making a terroristic threat, state and federal prosecutors announced. The 18-year-old is eligible for…MORE

Fort Worth Police Looking for Fatal Hit and Run Suspect

Fort Worth Police Looking for Fatal Hit and Run Suspect

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police are on the hunt for a suspected hit and run driver after a man was killed in the parking lot of La Gran Plaza mall in South Fort Worth. Police say the driver hit the man more than once, shortly after 2 am outside a Latin nightclub near Las…MORE

Police Confirm Body Found in Dallas Lake is Missing Grand Prairie Mother

Police Confirm Body Found in Dallas Lake is Missing Grand Prairie Mother

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Police say a kayaker found a body at Mountain Creek Lake Wednesday and Police confirm it is Weltzin Garcia, the Grand Prairie mother who went missing months ago. Garcia and her estranged boyfriend Alfonzo Hernandez, disappeared February 5th. Hernandez was found dead days later in White Rock Lake. Police say they issued a Domestic…MORE