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Dallas’ Love Field Celebrates 100th Birthday

Dallas’ Love Field Celebrates 100th Birthday

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Love-Field celebrated its 100th birthday today. The field opened as an army flight training base on October 19, 1917. Bob Montgomery is the Vice President of Airport Affairs for Southwest Airlines and said the airport is busier now that it has ever been before. “We’ve got 180 flights a day. That translates…MORE

Crews Demolish the House Where Shavon Randle’s Body was Found

Crews Demolish the House Where Shavon Randle’s Body was Found

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The south Dallas house where the body of a kidnapped Lancaster teen was found over the Summer is gone. Demolition crews raised the house at 2208 East Kiest Boulevard early Thursday morning. Cynthia King is 13-year-old Shavon Randle’s great aunt and said she wanted the house gone so the family and her niece’s…MORE

Federal Judge Grants Undocumented Pregnant Teen The Right to Undergo Abortion in Texas

Federal Judge Grants Undocumented Pregnant Teen The Right to Undergo Abortion in Texas

WASHINGTON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that an undocumented pregnant teenager from Mexico who is currently detained has the right to undergo an abortion in Texas. The 17-year-old referred in court documents as Jane Doe is believed to be more than 14 weeks pregnant. She entered the country without her parents, was…MORE

Execution For Houston Area’s “Tourniquet Killer” Pushed Back

Execution For Houston Area’s “Tourniquet Killer” Pushed Back

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A judge has for now halted the scheduled execution of a man known as the Houston area’s “Tourniquet Killer.” Anthony Allen Shore was to be put to death Wednesday evening for the killings of four female victims, but the judge withdrew the execution warrant just hours before Shore was set to die.…MORE

NFL Will Not Force Players to Stand For National Anthem

(CNN Money) — Speaking to reporters after a two-day owners meeting in New York on Wednesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced no plans to change the league’s policy which states that players should stand for the National Anthem but it does not require them to. Goodell also said players aren’t trying to be “disrespectful to the flag” when…MORE

Trump, Dem Congresswoman Feud Over his Alleged Remarks to Widow of Fallen Soldier

Trump, Dem Congresswoman Feud Over his Alleged Remarks to Widow of Fallen Soldier

(CNN) — President Donald Trump engaged in a public feud Wednesday with a Democratic congresswoman over her claim that he told the widow of a US serviceman killed in an ambush in Niger that “he knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt.” Trump has emphatically denied Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson’s account…MORE

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