DALLAS (AP) – The top elections official for Dallas County said she was wrong when claiming earlier this year that Russian hackers had attempted to access county voter registration rolls prior to the 2016 presidential election. County elections administrator Toni Pippins-Poole told The Dallas Morning News that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last fall warned…… MORE
(CNN) — In a departure from years of opposition to new gun control measures, some congressional Republicans started to show cautious interest Wednesday in legislation that would restrict devices that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire rapidly like automatic weapons. Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said he would like a…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – The owner of a gun store in Garland said the shooter in the Las Vegas Massacre bought guns from his store. 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, killing 59 people and wounding 527 others. Paul Peddle said Paddock bought firearms from…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A body was found at a home near Southwest High School in Fort Worth on Wednesday after investigators received a tip from the Arlington Police Department about a missing person. The discovery sent a shock wave through the neighborhood. Crystal Guerra lives several houses down from the home on Woodway Drive and said…… MORE
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
(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
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
(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 (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
LAS VEGAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A GoFundMe campaign has been created for the victims of a mass shooting at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas Sunday night where at least 59 people were killed and at least 500 were injured. According to the page, the campaign was created by Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak.…… MORE
