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300 Older Kids Split At Border Are Reunited

300 Older Kids Split At Border Are Reunited

SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Trump administration says it has reunified 364 children ages 5 and older with their families after they were separated at the border, still leaving hundreds to go before a court-imposed deadline of next Thursday. The Justice Department reaffirmed in a court filing Thursday that it has identified 2,551 children who…MORE

Dallas Working with FBI, Others to Crack Down on Violent Crime

Dallas Working with FBI, Others to Crack Down on Violent Crime

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — The City of Dallas and the Police Department are working with the feds to help clean up violent crime areas in Dallas. Dallas councilwoman Jennifer Staubach-Gates says they are looking at specific neighborhoods. “Where we have high immigrants and refugees that are vulnerable to crime, that don’t know always how to trust…MORE

Three Fort Worth bank employees shot, suspects arrested

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police have detained three suspects after three North Texas bank employees were shot Thursday morning but were expected to survive. FBI Agent Eric Jackson said authorities traced a vehicle that appeared to be connected to the robbery attempt and gunfire around 9:30 a.m. Thursday inside Veritex Community Bank to an…MORE

Temperatures Break Records in North Texas

Temperatures Break Records in North Texas

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Meteorologists are anticipating record heat through the weekend in North Texas. Meteorologist Dennis Cain with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth says the DFW area reached 108 degrees Thursday which surpassed the previous record of 107 set in 1925. “It won’t be the last record. We’ll break the record Saturday…MORE

Trump asks Bolton to Invite Putin to Washington

Trump asks Bolton to Invite Putin to Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has asked National Security Adviser John Bolton to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington in the fall. That’s the latest update Thursday from White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders following Trump’s meeting with Putin earlier this week in Finland. Sanders says “those discussions are already underway” for…MORE

North Tarrant Express 35 W Opens Ahead of Schedule

North Tarrant Express 35 W Opens Ahead of Schedule

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The final reconstruction phase of the $1.6 billion North Tarrant Express I-35 W project has concluded and the last TEXpress Lanes are open. A grand opening was held Thursday, two months ahead of schedule. The full project corridor from the downtown I-30 interchange north to the US 287 interchanfe spans a…MORE

North Texans Brave the Heat for ‘Dollar Day’ at the Dallas Zoo

North Texans Brave the Heat for ‘Dollar Day’ at the Dallas Zoo

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The grueling summer heat didn’t stop North Texans from taking advantage of a big discount at the Dallas Zoo on Thursday. On ‘Dollar Day’ zoo admission was just $1. Many zoo goers braved the heat to get the discount. “I got here early to stay as cool as possible but I wasn’t…MORE

Fort Worth Police Have Identified Cop Impersonators Who Broke Into a Home

Fort Worth Police Have Identified Cop Impersonators Who Broke Into a Home

Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police has identified a couple who posed as police officers and broke into someone’s home. Police say it happened Monday afternoon after the man and woman, both either Hispanic or Asian, showed ID badges to a homeowner off Havenwood North; they then tried to take the homeowner by force. Police…MORE

Three Employees Shot During Fort Worth Bank Robbery

Three Employees Shot During Fort Worth Bank Robbery

Update: Police have cleared a home on Blackmore Avenue and have detained three people for questioning. It’s not known if the people are connected to the robbery and shooting at Veritex bank. The three victims are hospitalized but expected to survive. Update: 3 workers at the Veritex Bank off Camp Bowie are in the hospital…MORE

Former Baylor DC Bennett addresses sexual assault scandal

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett says the review launched by a legal firm after the school’s sexual assault scandal included an interview he describes as a “fraud.” Bennett told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in a question-and-answer segment published Wednesday that he met in early 2016 with two investigators from the…MORE