WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday, as President Joe Biden made good on his promise to beef up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes.…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Juvenile Justice Department is under fire again after federal prosecutors revealed the results of a three-year investigation into the state’s five youth prisons on Thursday. The Department of Justice report alleges some guards used excessive amounts of pepper spray on juveniles for minor infractions, some are subjected to…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were on hand to greet three Americans who were part of a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the West. The flight carrying the detainees, which included U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkkovich and Russian-American…… MORE
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Another romp for Summer McIntosh. A gold medal for Kate Douglass. And, to cap things off, a record-breaking night for Katie Ledecky. With a silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stellar career to become the most decorated woman in swimming history. She would’ve preferred…… MORE
By Kimberly James, WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. MCALLEN, TEXAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Homeland Security is warning the American public against contracting with criminals with the goal of getting their loved ones or friends guided to the United States. The agency warns increasing numbers of injured and abused migrants are being found abandoned in…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Two American families are breathing a sigh of relief today after learning their loved one is part of a prisoner swap with Russia. The eastern nation agreed to free U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gerskovich, that’s according to Bloomberg.com report published Thursday. The publication reports…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A Plano church removed a pastor from his position after he was arrested in a prostitution sting this spring. Authorities took 51-year-old Terren Dames into custody May 2 for allegedly soliciting an undercover police officer. According to an affidavit, dames agreed to pay the officer $150 for full service. After…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to…… MORE
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict even as the U.S. and other nations were scrambling to prevent an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge…… MORE
