WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says a spending plan pushed by congressional Republicans is “ridiculous” because funding for a border wall with Mexico that Trump has promised is not included. Trump tweeted Thursday that he wants to know “where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The trial against a former Mesquite police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man he thought was breaking into a truck last November continued Thursday…and the victim Lyndo Jones took the stand for the second day. Derek Wiley is charged with aggravated assault by a public servant. The defense questioned Lyndo Jones’…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Ivanka Trump will take part in few Republican fundraisers ahead of the midterm elections including, a 10-to-50-thousand dollar event in Dallas, according to the Star-Telegram. No word on the date of that event. Meantime, the Dallas Morning News reports, Ms. trump will visit a Walmart in Mesquite tomorrow for a tour and…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are looking for a potential serial rapist who has been making his way into women’s apartments by knocking on their doors and forcing themselves in. The most recent incident happened yesterday morning at an apartment complex not far from the Galleria. Police say a thin black man asked the woman…… MORE
Houston (CNN) – Rice University will award scholarships that will cover the cost of tuition to students from low-income and middle-income families starting next fall, the school announced this week. Under an initiative called The Rice Investment, US students seeking an undergraduate degree with family incomes under $130,000 will not pay tuition. Those with family incomes below…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans fired back Wednesday at an East Texas school superintendent who wrote: “You can’t count on a black quarterback,” in the comment section of an online news article where he was criticizing quarterback Deshaun Watson. Lynn Redden is superintendent of the Onalaska Independent School District in the Piney Woods, about…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Read Fort Worth, a Classroom Library Campaign, is using 100% of donations from North Texas Giving Day to buy books for schools. The Read Fort Worth program has already donated 6,000 books to local schools and they are trying to give more and stock classroom shelves. Program director Anel Mercado said for…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban has agreed to contribute $10 million to women’s causes after an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the organization. According to the report, the league found serious workplace misconduct by former and current employees. A Sports Illustrated article published earlier this year revealed allegations of sexual harassment…… MORE
BALTIMORE (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Maryland say three men are facing charges in a $364 million investment scheme that entrapped more than 400 victims nationwide. U.S. Attorney Robert Hur announced at a news conference Wednesday that 53-year-old Kevin Merrill of Towson, 54-year-old Jay Ledford of Westlake, Texas, and Las Vegas, and 28-year-old Cameron Jezierski…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An affidavit accuses the owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns of paying $500 cash to have sex with a female under 17. The affidavit filed Wednesday in state district court in Austin accuses 30-year-old Cody R. Wilson of sexual assault of a juvenile. It says he met…… MORE
