AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to leave the country. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, came less than 24 hours after Republican…… MORE
WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – White Settlement police released new details about a gruesome hit-and-run crash involving an intoxicated man who drove around with the victim’s lifeless body in the car over the weekend. Investigators believe 31-year-old Nestor Lujan Flores of Arlington initially hit the unidentified victim in Dallas Saturday night. According to a…… MORE
BROWNSVILLE, Tex (AP) – Testing the limits of how far Texas can go to keep migrants out of the U.S., Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country.…… MORE
AUSTIN – Three Sixth Street patrons were injured by gunfire as Austin Police engage with a suspect reported to have tried to enter a bar with a gun late Saturday night. An employee at the bar is reported to have identified the gunman to Austin police officers. As they approached the suspect, the man is…… MORE
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott heads to Brownsville today to sign two immigration bills into law. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for more border security; SB 4 allows any Texas peace officer to arrest someone suspected as having entered the country illegally. Nationwide, from…… MORE
WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – White Settlement Police and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a gruesome hit-and-run crash involving a man who drove around with the victim’s lifeless body in the car over the weekend. White Settlement police received a 911 call around 11:13 Saturday night about a driver slumped over the…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Max Scherzer had surgery for a herniated disk in his lower back and will miss a significant portion of next season. The 39-year-old right-hander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, had surgery Thursday after injections and other less-evasive treatments didn’t relieve the pain. He is due $43.3 million in the final…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Three North Texans are facing numerous charges after a major sex trafficking bust in Plano this week. The arrests of 40-year-old William McKinley Garland of Plano, 24-year-old Jalen Bobo of Dallas and 27-year-old Robberta Marie Khan of Euless are the result of a years-long investigation by Plano police and the…… MORE
(Associated Press) — WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president. The 221-212 party-line vote put the entire…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, a sign that it is likely done raising rates after having imposed the fastest string of increases in four decades to fight painfully high inflation. The Fed’s policymakers also signaled that they expect to make three quarter-point…… MORE
