(WBAP/KLIF) — A new task force has been formed in Tarrant County to combat rising crime at hotels and motels. The White Settlement Police Department’s new Hotel-Motel Task Force aims to crack down on drug & gun crimes committed at overnight lodging businesses. Police Chief Chris Cook says the task force will consist of officers,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — With school shootings crisscrossing the nation, the focus centers on the mental health of students and adolescents. $3.8 million in Federal grant money secured by Senator John Cornyn will provide the University of North Texas money to train counselors. The grant’s first of five yearly installments is funded through the Department of Education…… MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control. County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will now choose temporary replacements until a special election is held. The commissions could choose Reps. Justin Jones and Justin…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he wasn’t required to disclose the many trips he and his wife took that were paid for by a Republican megadonor. Thomas says in a statement he was advised by court colleagues and others in the federal judiciary that “this sort of personal hospitality from close…… MORE
Fox News (WBAP/KLIF) – The New Mexico State Police released additional information Thursday on a deadly shooting that happened the day prior in Farmington after officers mistakenly responded to the wrong home and shot one of its occupants to death. In a Thursday statement, the NMSP said an officer with the Farmington Police Department fatally shot the…… MORE
UPDATED: 9:30AM Pantego, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An over 15-hour SWAT situation in the town of Pantego, just outside Arlington has ended. The suspect was taken into custody just before 9 this morning. According to reports from our media partner WFAA-TV, police attempted to serve a mental health warrant on a 77-year old woman yesterday afternoon…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday laid the blame on his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Biden’s presidency. The White House publicly released a 12-page summary of the results of the so-called…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A tragic end in the search for a missing Everman boy. The search for 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez captivated the country for weeks. However, after exhausting all leads and the boy not being seen since November, Everman Police believe the boy is dead. Police Chief Craig Spencer says the investigation uncovered that his mother…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country’s most famous political families, is running for president. Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. The 69-year-old’s campaign to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination is a long shot. Self-help…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The latest statistics show DFW International Airport continues to be the second busiest airport in the world. The figures compiled by Airports Council International for 20-22 show Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest with 93.6 million passengers passing through it last year. DFW International Airport is far behind with 73.36…… MORE
