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Senate Takes Up Debate on Healthcare Bill After Pence Breaks Tie

Senate Takes Up Debate on Healthcare Bill After Pence Breaks Tie

WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News/CNN) – The Senate will begin to debate the GOP healthcare bill that seeks to overhaul Obamacare after Republicans received the necessary votes to move forward. Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding vote, making the count 51-50. Proud to break Senate tie to open debate to rescue Americans from failed Obamacare. Thanks to @POTUS, this…MORE

San Antonio Truck Driver Goes Before Judge

San Antonio Truck Driver Goes Before Judge

San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF News) – The driver of the truck carrying dozens of illegal immigrants made his first court appearance Monday. James Mathew Bradley, 60, has been charged with transporting immigrants who are in the country illegally. In the criminal complaint, an agent with Homeland Security Investigations wrote Bradley told investigators he did not know…MORE

Ten Dead, Thirty Injured in San Antonio Human Smuggling Operation

Ten Dead, Thirty Injured in San Antonio Human Smuggling Operation

SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News) — Ten people have died after a semi-truck parked outside a San Antonio Wal-Mart was found with nearly 40 people in the back being smuggled into Texas. Thirty others have been hospitalized for heat stroke and dehydration, with temperatures in the 100’s all weekend. San Antonio Police say a surveillance video at…MORE

Sexual Assault Suspect Admits to Five Attacks

Sexual Assault Suspect Admits to Five Attacks

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police have arrested a man who admits to his involvement in numerous sexual assaults. 23-year-old Sean Padilla is charged for the Aggravated Sexual Assault offense that occurred on July 18, in the 2900 block of Kendale Drive. Padilla was transported to the Dallas Police Department Headquarters and was interviewed. During the interview…MORE

State Senate Committee Begins Hearings on “Bathroom Bill”

State Senate Committee Begins Hearings on “Bathroom Bill”

Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee has started hearings on two bills that would restrict transgender bathroom use. Republican Lois Kolkhorst introduced the measures. One would require people to use the bathroom of the gender listed on their birth certificate in schools and government buildings; the other would prevent school districts…MORE

O.J. Simpson Granted Parole

O.J. Simpson Granted Parole

(WBAP/KLIF News/CNN) — A Nevada parole board granted O.J. Simpson parole Thursday. “You are low risk to re-offend on our guidelines,” parole board member Tony Corda said. Simpson was sentenced in 2008 to up to 33 years in prison for kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. He could be released as early…MORE

Flower Mound Police Say They’ve Found Runaway Girl

Flower Mound Police Say They’ve Found Runaway Girl

UPDATE (Friday, July 21 at 11:40 AM) FLOWER MOUND (WBAP/KLIF) – Flower Mound Police say they have found the 12-year-old girl who ran away from home earlier this week. The department says she was in Carrollton, despite fears she may have possibly gone out of state. They say people spreading the world helped them find her.…MORE

Historian Wants Dallas to Remove Confederate Memorial

Historian Wants Dallas to Remove Confederate Memorial

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A North Texas historian is calling for the City of Dallas to get rid of all of its confederate statues. His name is Michael Phillips, and he posted to Facebook Wednesday that it’s time to “exorcise the ghosts of the confederacy, which still haunt the Dallas landscape.” He’s referring to the…MORE

Soon-to-be Dallas Family Dollar Catches Fire

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A soon-to-be Family Dollar store in Dallas was destroyed by a fire early Thursday morning. The building off Walnut Hill between Webb Chapel and Harry Hines was vacant, but had a sign on the side that read “Coming soon: Family Dollar.” A three-alarm fire burned through the roof sometime before 2:00…MORE