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Dallas and Duncanville Police Working Together to Solve Sexual Assault Case; Ask Public For Help

Dallas and Duncanville Police Working Together to Solve Sexual Assault Case; Ask Public For Help

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas and Duncanville Police Departments are working together to solve a brutal sexual assault case. Dallas Deputy Chief Thomas Castro said the victim was kidnapped early Saturday morning in Duncanville and forced to drive to Dallas. “Approximately at 2:40 a.m., the complainant was forced by two black male suspects at gunpoint to…MORE

Executive Fired for Facebook Post on Vegas Shooting

Executive Fired for Facebook Post on Vegas Shooting

(CNN) — On Monday, Hayley Geftman-Gold, a top CBS executive, posted on Facebook that she didn’t have sympathy for the victims gunned down at the country music festival in Las Vegas because “country music fans are often Republican gun toters.” She was immediately fired. Geftman-Gold is one of a long line of individuals who have been axed…MORE

Puerto Ricans in Dallas React to President Trump’s Visit to the U.S. Territory

Puerto Ricans in Dallas React to President Trump’s Visit to the U.S. Territory

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Puerto Ricans living in the Metroplex are reacting to President Trump’s visit to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island last month. While speaking to officials there, Trump made a joke about the federal budget that was met with some backlash. “Now, I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our…MORE

Las Vegas Massacre: Mountain of Evidence Emerges, But No Motive

Las Vegas Massacre: Mountain of Evidence Emerges, But No Motive

(CNN) — Every detail of this indiscriminate mass murder seemed meticulously planned. The selection of a hotel room overlooking a music festival, days before the attack. The cache of 23 weapons inside the gunman’s Las Vegas suite. And thousands of rounds of ammunition — plus an ingredient used in explosives — inside the killer’s home…MORE

Grapevine Police Searching For Man Who Made Lewd Comments to Underage Girls

Grapevine Police Searching For Man Who Made Lewd Comments to Underage Girls

GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Grapevine Police are searching for a man who they said made disturbing comments toward to two young girls inside a Target store. It happened Sunday afternoon at the location on Ira E. Woods and Northwest Parkway. The department’s Amanda McNew said the man allegedly approached both girls and mother within a 10-minute…MORE

North Texas Therapist Weighs in on the Psyche of a Mass Shooter

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Authorities are still sifting through the remnants of the home of the man responsible for a mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night where at least 58 people were killed and at least 500 injured. The shooter, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, shot and killed himself as police stormed through the door of…MORE

Las Vegas Gunman Stephen Paddock: What We Know

Las Vegas Gunman Stephen Paddock: What We Know

(CNN) — The man police say killed at least 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip was a retired accountant who enjoyed playing $100-a-hand poker, his brother says. Here’s what else we know about Stephen Paddock, the assailant in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. • He was 64 years old and lived in Mesquite,…MORE

Texas Gives Houston $50 Million to Help Recover From Hurricane Harvey

Texas Gives Houston $50 Million to Help Recover From Hurricane Harvey

HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Houston hopes to remove debris from Hurricane Harvey within 3 months and the state of Texas has given them the support to be able to accomplish that goal. Governor Greg Abbott has given Houston $50 million from the state’s “Disaster Relief Fund”. “This is what the state of Texas is for and…MORE

State Fair of Texas Kicks Off in Dallas

State Fair of Texas Kicks Off in Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The State Fair of Texas is officially underway and millions of people are expected to attend over the next three-and-a-half weeks. 2.4 million people attended the Fair last year and spent a record $56 million dollars on food and rides. This year is no different except for the fact that a fatal accident after a ride…MORE