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Multiple People Dead Following Orlando Shooting

Multiple People Dead Following Orlando Shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The FBI is joining the investigation into a multiple shooting in an industrial park in the Orlando area. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings was expected to give a briefing Monday about what happened at the warehouse in an industrial area of east Orlando. The sheriff’s office says there are multiple fatalities.…MORE

Body of Missing Teen Found in Lake Lavon

Body of Missing Teen Found in Lake Lavon

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News)  LAKE LAVON – The body of the teen who went missing after jumping off the top of a party barge has been recovered. Emergency dispatch received a call around 3 p.m. Sunday, saying a member of a church youth group had not resurfaced after jumping into the water near Clear Creek Park just south of…MORE

No Legislation Passed to Help Lower Texas’ Infant Mortality Rate

No Legislation Passed to Help Lower Texas’ Infant Mortality Rate

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Lawmakers in Texas largely failed to take significant action to address the state’s skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the U.S., but the developed world. Legislators introduced proposals to address the issue after a University of Maryland-led study found…MORE

London Bridge Terror Attack: 7 Dead, 48 Injured

London Bridge Terror Attack: 7 Dead, 48 Injured

LONDON – Update: London Police have made 12 arrest in what they are treating as an “Act of Terrorism.” Via the @metpoliceuk twitter account a statement was released stating: “At 0025hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at #LondonBridge & #BoroughMarket were declared as terrorist incidents.” The attack killed 7 people and injured nearly 50 people. London Police…MORE

Golf-Ball Size Hail , Water Rescues Reported as Severe Storms Sweep Through North Texas

Golf-Ball Size Hail , Water Rescues Reported as Severe Storms Sweep Through North Texas

MESQUITE  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Golf-ball sized hail was reported in Mesquite as severe thunderstorms swept through North Texas early Friday evening. Flash flood and Severe Thunderstorm warnings were issued for parts of Dallas, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. WBAP’s Christian Powers was near Highway 80 and Galloway Avenue in Mesquite during the storm. He said the storm caused…MORE

Part of I-20 Shutdown After Teen Killed by Vehicle

Part of I-20 Shutdown After Teen Killed by Vehicle

 Grand Prairie (WBAP/KLIF News) – A teenager is dead after being hit while trying to cross Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie. According to Grand Prairie police four kids were attempting to scurry across the road between Texas 360 and Great Southwest Parkway when one of them was hit around 5:30 a.m. Friday. He was pronounced dead at the…MORE

City Manager Says Hiring Dallas Police Chief is Top Priority

City Manager Says Hiring Dallas Police Chief is Top Priority

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The new Dallas City Manager says finding a new police chief is one of his top priorities. T.C Broadnax says the city is about a month or so away from getting a new full-time chief, with the goal being mid-to-late July. Chief David Brown will have been out of the position…MORE

President Trump Withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement

President Trump Withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord Thursday afternoon. Trump said the Paris Accord is more about other nations gaining a “financial advantage” over the U.S. than it is about climate change. “This agreement is less about the climate and more about other…MORE

Ted Cruz agrees President Trump should exit the Paris deal

Ted Cruz agrees President Trump should exit the Paris deal

DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ted Cruz is one of the lawmakers urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. The Texas Senator was a guest on WBAP’s “Chris Salcedo Show” and said “I think it’s exactly what he should do, it is what I have been urging President Trump to do for…MORE

Dallas Paramedic Returns Home After May 1st Shooting

Dallas Paramedic Returns Home After May 1st Shooting

DALLAS (AP) – A paramedic shot and critically wounded while treating another wounded man during a shooting rampage in a Dallas neighborhood near Fair Park has been discharged from a hospital almost a month after the shooting. Dallas Fire-Rescue Firefighter/Paramedic Will An was discharged from Baylor University Medical Center on Wednesday after spending the month…MORE