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Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against Zeke Elliott’s Suspension

Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against Zeke Elliott’s Suspension

NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – A New York judge has granted a temporary restraining order lifting the six-game suspension against Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. The National Football League Player’s Association requested the restraining order after an appeals court upheld the NFL’s suspension. The league said Elliott violated the personal conduct policy after it investigated…MORE

8 Texas Men Arrested for Roles in Sex-Trafficking Operation

8 Texas Men Arrested for Roles in Sex-Trafficking Operation

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Federal authorities have arrested eight men in Fort Worth on charges they sold women, including at least three juveniles, to have sex with men who had responded to online advertising. Officials said in a statement Tuesday that the men, ranging in age from 24 to 33, are each facing sex-trafficking charges…MORE

Bipartisan Senators Reach Small Deal on Healthcare

Bipartisan Senators Reach Small Deal on Healthcare

(CNN) — Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray have reached a deal “in principle” to restore Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reduction payments for two years in exchange for more state flexibility in Obamacare. One Senate aide said the plan would also restore just over $100 million in funding for Obamacare outreach, which is particularly critical since the…MORE

Dallas County Commissioners Court Approves Cite and Release Program

Dallas County Commissioners Court Approves Cite and Release Program

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Cite and Release has been approved in Dallas. The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved the measure which will allow anyone caught with a misdemeanor amount of marijuana in the city of Dallas to be given a ticket. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said the program can be a benefit to both the…MORE

North Texas Wedding Party’s BreastFeeding Request Goes Viral

North Texas Wedding Party’s BreastFeeding Request Goes Viral

NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas family is facing backlash because of a wedding invitation it sent with a note asking mothers to nurse their children in the bathroom. Deron Crenshaw is the mother of the bride and said the woman who complained on social media, which made the wedding go viral, didn’t even…MORE

Hawaii Judge Blocks Trump’s Latest Travel Ban

Hawaii Judge Blocks Trump’s Latest Travel Ban

(CNN) — A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban one day before it was set to take effect. Judge Derrick Watson said the travel ban — Trump’s third version of the policy — “plainly discriminates based on nationality.” The President’s executive order “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks…MORE

Public Search Party Begins Looking For Missing Richardson Toddler

Public Search Party Begins Looking For Missing Richardson Toddler

RICHARDSON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – A public search party started its own effort on Tuesday afternoon to look for a Richardson toddler who vanished over a week ago. The group organized through social media and searched for three-year-old Sherin Mathews in a wooded area near Richland College. It’s the same area where Richland police, Mansfield police and…MORE

North Korea Foreign Minister: Trump Has ‘Lit the Wick’ of War

North Korea Foreign Minister: Trump Has ‘Lit the Wick’ of War

(CNN) — US President Donald Trump has “lit the wick of the war” against North Korea, a Russian state news agency quoted North Korea’s foreign minister as saying on Wednesday. The statement follows weeks of escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, fueled by Pyongyang’s repeated nuclear tests and Trump’s tough talk. Speaking…MORE