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Astros and Rangers Meet for Texas-sized Showdown in AL Championship Series

Astros and Rangers Meet for Texas-sized Showdown in AL Championship Series

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston dominated Texas during the regular season, winning nine of 13 matchups. Now the Rangers get another chance at the Astros when they meet for the first time in the playoffs in a Texas-sized showdown in AL Championship Series with a trip to the World Series on the line starting Sunday night…MORE

The TCU Horned Frogs Defeat The BYU Cougars

The TCU Horned Frogs Defeat The BYU Cougars

(WBAP/KLIF) – FORT WORTH – The TCU Horned Frogs beat the BYU Cougars 44 to 11 today. The Horned Frogs kicked off the first half with two touchdowns in the first quarter, followed by two more touchdowns and a field goal in the second quarter. The Cougars only managed to score one touchdown with a…MORE

LISTEN: North Texas Couple Returns Home after being Caught in War

LISTEN: North Texas Couple Returns Home after being Caught in War

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas couple is back home in Arlington after being caught in the crossfire of war, while on vacation in Israel. On the day of the attacks by Hamas on Israel, Barbara Mittler and her husband, Marc Notari were in Jerusalem when rockets went off, forcing them to take cover in…MORE

Cheesecake Factory Looking for 300 Employees for 7th DFW Location

Cheesecake Factory Looking for 300 Employees for 7th DFW Location

(WBAP/KLIF) — One of the fastest growing job markets in the country has another 300 positions open. With 324 locations across the United States and Canada, the Cheesecake Factory is opening its 7th location in DFW. The Texas economy continues to boom with expansion in North Texas pushing out on all sides. Now, Denton County…MORE

GOP Chooses Jim Jordan in 2nd Attempt for Speaker Nominee

GOP Chooses Jim Jordan in 2nd Attempt for Speaker Nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Jordan, of Ohio, will now try to unite colleagues from the deeply divided House GOP majority around his bid ahead…MORE

Gunman Fires Shots on Bluebonnet Circle in West Fort Worth

Gunman Fires Shots on Bluebonnet Circle in West Fort Worth

(WBAP/KLIF) — A man reportedly fired a gun as he walked outside on Bluebonnet Circle in Fort Worth, Thursday. Witnesses called 911 at around 2:20 p.m. to report a man walking through traffic and firing a gun. Fort Worth Police responded with a SWAT team responded and arrested a suspect. One witness told the Star-Telegram…MORE

West Fort Worth to Receive New Fire Station

West Fort Worth to Receive New Fire Station

(WBAP/KLIF) — West Fort Worth is getting a state-of-the-art fire station. The City of Fort Worth broke ground, Thursday, on a $9-million fire station in the Walsh Ranch Neighborhood. Mayor Mattie Parker and the city council are continuing to make good on a promise to improve fire safety with construction soon to begin on a…MORE

American Death Toll in Israel Rises to 27

American Death Toll in Israel Rises to 27

(WBAP/KLIF) — The White House has raised the number of Americans killed in the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel to 27, with 14 Americans still unaccounted for. Meanwhile, the death toll of Saturday’s attack and fighting in the following days has reached 1,300 in Israel, while Palestinian officials say they’ve lost about 1,400 citizens in…MORE

Scalise Lacking Needed Support for Speakership

Scalise Lacking Needed Support for Speakership

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nominated to be House speaker, Rep. Steve Scalise is heading straight into a familiar Republican problem: Skeptical GOP colleagues are reluctant to give their support, denying him the majority vote needed to win the gavel. The House opened its Thursday session at midday in anticipation of floor action to elect a speaker,…MORE

1 of 3 Suspects Arrested in Kidnapping of Elderly Couple in Midlothian

1 of 3 Suspects Arrested in Kidnapping of Elderly Couple in Midlothian

UPDATE 6:40 A.M. : Midlothian police arrested 20-year-old suspect Noah Solomon Gulzar in connection to the kidnapping of an elderly couple this week. Gulzar is facing a litany of charges including two counts of Aggravated Kidnapping with a Deadly Weapon, two counts of Aggravated Robbery, two counts of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity with a…MORE