WESLACO (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and other Republican state leaders, for a border security briefing in the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. The former President’s trip comes as Governor Abbott pledges to complete the construction of a wall along the Texas-Mexico border. As of Wednesday, donations for that…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Governor’s Commission for Women is dedicated to advancing economic opportunities for Texas women and making Texas the top state for women-owned businesses. Texas is already highly ranked as a state for women entrepreneurs to thrive, as it is home to five of the top 50 fastest growing women-owned/led companies in 2020 (Groupon, OnePoll)…… MORE
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction. The court said Wednesday that they found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. The 83-year-old Cosby has served more than two years at a state prison near Philadelphia. He has vowed to serve…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Richardson man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty this week to running an illegal business that converted cash to cryptocurrency. Prosecutors indicted 42-year-old Mark Hopkins, also known as ‘Doctor Bitcoin’, in March on one federal count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. In one instance, a…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation continues into a road rage incident Friday in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Police say a man driving an SUV fatally shot a handgun-toting motorcyclist who advanced toward him on foot following a traffic incident between the two on a I-35 near Heritage Trace Parkway. Police said Tuesday that the…… MORE
WALDOBORO, Maine (AP) — With millions of people having stayed home from places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic, struggling congregations have one key question: How many of them will return? As the pandemic recedes in the United States and in-person services resume, worries of a deepening slide in attendance are universal. Some houses of…… MORE
UPDATED: 8:02AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Cheers, tears and hugs were seen as residents who live near the newly renovated and reopened Central Market store at Preston and Royal reopened today. The store is the first to reopen after the strip mall in which it is located was demolished by the devastating EF-3 tornado that hit…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – A Kennendale man is facing execution after killing his pregnant wife, his 5-year-old daughter and his father-in-law more than a decade ago. Authorities say John Hummel stabbed Joy Hummel more than thirty times in December 2009, then used a baseball bat to beat to death his 5-year-old daughter, Jodi, and his father-in-law,…… MORE
Los Angeles (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. officials are closing four emergency facilities set up to house record numbers of migrant children caught crossing the border alone. But officials Tuesday cautioned that minors are still arriving on the border with Mexico despite the summer heat. The Department of Health and Human Services will shut two facilities in…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Lawsuits were filed in Fort Worth and Los Angeles Tuesday, accusing the Los Angeles Angels baseball club and two former employees of negligence in the 2019 death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. The then 27 year old Skaggs was found dead in a Southlake hotel room shortly before a scheduled game with…… MORE
