DALLAS (AP) – The family of a 26-year-old black man who was shot and killed in his own apartment by a white former Dallas police officer has filed a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday argued Amber Guyger used excessive force when she gunned down Botham Jean, a St. Lucia native, on Sept. 6. Court…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The gunman in a murder for hire plot in Dallas is awaiting sentencing. Kristopher Love faces the death penalty after being found guilty of Capital Murder in the 2015 shooting death of Dallas Dentist Kendra Hatcher in an uptown parking garage. The jury deliberated for close to three hours before convicting Love.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says “acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United States.” He’s addressing the suspicious packages sent to former President Barack Obama, the Clintons, CNN and others. Trump says he received a briefing from federal officials earlier Wednesday on what he called the “despicable acts.” He…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Richardson say they got 3 calls within 30 minutes from residents reporting that their Beto O’rourke and Colin Allred yard signs had been set on fire. The Dallas Morning News reports that five yard signs for Democratic candidates were set on fire in a Richardson neighborhood Monday night. O’Rourke is…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth police officer who nearly died in an alleged ambush two years ago is expected to take testify against one of the accused today, according to the Star-Telegram. Matt Pearce was shot five times during a chase in march of 2016 when Ed Russell McIver Sr. — who…… MORE
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – The remains of a 20-year-old Southeast Texas soldier who went missing in action in 1944 during World War II have been identified and are being returned to his family. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on Tuesday announced the remains of Army Sgt. James K. Park of Beaumont will be buried Saturday…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Nearly 900,000 people in Texas’ capital may have to boil their tap water for two weeks as officials struggle to treat a water supply filled with silt, mud and debris after heavy rains and flooding. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Travis County Chief Emergency Management Coordinator Eric Carter told a commissioners…… MORE
Washington, DC (WBAP/KLIF) – A nonprofit named for the late Senator John McCain is looking for “Mavericks” to vote in the Nov. 6 midterm election and fight for human rights around the world. McCain’s widow Cindy, made the announcement this morning in a video on the John McCain Institute website. The non-partisan campaign comes nearly…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says nobody helped him more to cut taxes and regulation than Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Trump said Monday at a political rally in Houston that Cruz has “become a really good friend of mine.” Cruz is running for re-election in the midterms against Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke. Trump spoke…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Early voting has begun across Texas for approximately 15.8 million people who are registered to vote in the midterm elections. The number of registered voters is a 4 percent increase from those registered to cast a ballot in the March primaries. Texas has added 1.6-plus million registered voters since 2014’s midterm…… MORE
