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Former Trump Lawyer Cohen Testifies Before Congress

Former Trump Lawyer Cohen Testifies Before Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) – The president’s former personal lawyer claims Donald Trump was told in advance that WikiLeaks planned to release emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 White House campaign. That’s what Michael Cohen is telling the House Oversight and Reform Committee. In his prepared testimony, Cohen says he was in Trump’s office in 2016 when…MORE

Dallas Police Ask Public to Help Identify Body of Man Found Sunday

Dallas Police Ask Public to Help Identify Body of Man Found Sunday

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are asking the public to help identify a body found in the 1200 block of Riverwood Road on Sunday, February 24th. Investigators said the body was in a severe state of decomposition. A police sketch artist released a drawing of what the man would have looked like. Anyone with information…MORE

Southwest Pilots Union Blames Airline Management For Recent String of Problems

Southwest Pilots Union Blames Airline Management For Recent String of Problems

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — After several days of problems for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, the president of the airlines’ pilots union says everyone there should be concerned. In a statement, Captain Jon Weaks wrote that the last few weeks has shown how poorly Southwest’s upper management is performing, adding that communication is ineffective and daily operations…MORE

New Poll: Texans Evenly Split Over Building a Border Wall

New Poll: Texans Evenly Split Over Building a Border Wall

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) –  What do Texans think about President Trump’s plan to build a border wall on the Mexican border?  According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, Texas voters are evenly split 48 – 48 percent on whether or not to build the wall.  When it comes to President Trump using emergency power to fund…MORE

Two North Texas Baptist Churches Cleared of Wrongdoing, One Other Being Investigated for Sex Abuse

Two North Texas Baptist Churches Cleared of Wrongdoing, One Other Being Investigated for Sex Abuse

NASHVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) — Two North Texas churches named by the Southern Baptist Convention president as possible harbors for sexual abuse have been cleared of organizational wrongdoing. The SBC released a statement saying First Baptist Church in Bedford and Arapaho Baptist Church in Garland took active steps as congregations when “affected by the actions of…MORE

Clark Gable III, grandson of acting great, dies in Dallas

Clark Gable III, grandson of acting great, dies in Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — Clark James Gable III, host of the reality TV show “Cheaters” and grandson of late Academy Award-winning actor Clark Gable, has died in Texas. The Dallas County Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science says the 30-year-old Gable died Friday at a Dallas hospital. The medical examiner’s office didn’t immediately indicate the cause and manner of…MORE

Dallas Police Arrest Man Charged for Murder Over Parking Dispute

Dallas Police Arrest Man Charged for Murder Over Parking Dispute

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-  Dallas Police arrested the man who allegedly shot and killed a man over a parking spot in Uptown. 23-year-old Christopher McKinney Jr. is charged with murder for shooting and killing 29-year-old Demondre Green inside his vehicle over the weekend. This was over a dispute involving Green inching out of a tight parking spot and…MORE

Automotive Research Center to Open in Denton Co. Bringing New Jobs, Safer Cars

Automotive Research Center to Open in Denton Co. Bringing New Jobs, Safer Cars

JUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- A new automotive research and training center is opening in Denton county, it will be the first of it’s kind the the United States. DFW-based Solera is opening a CESVI LIV Center in Justin, down the road from Texas Motor Speedway. Chris Mullen Executive Director of CESVI LIV said it will bring more jobs, skilled technicians, efficient…MORE

City of McKinney Moving Forward on Performing Arts Theatre, Entertainment Venue

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of McKinney has signed a letter of intent for a performing arts theater and entertainment venue. The city, along with the McKinney Economic Development Corporation and the McKinney Community Development Corporation signed a letter of intent with Starlight Entertainment for the development of a performing arts theatre and state-of-the-art entertainment…MORE

Court Approves Merger of AT&T and Time Warner

Court Approves Merger of AT&T and Time Warner

DALLAS – AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner has been approved by a federals appeals court. The $81 billion merger will be one of the largest in media history. Entities like CNN, Warner Bros. and HBO will now be under the control of the Dallas based company. Shares of AT&T were up by more than .3…MORE