WASHINGTON (AP) –Christine Blasey Ford says she came before the Senate Judiciary Committee not because she wanted to, but because she believed it’s her civic duty. Ford spoke Thursday at a hearing on her allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Her voice cracked as she spoke to the committee, calling Kavanaugh:…… MORE
Chuck Schumer said there is no presumption of innocence or guilt when it comes to Kavanaugh. Is that America? Hear his comments and analysis from the Morning News.… MORE
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate who taunted a jury to sentence him to death was executed Wednesday evening for torturing and drowning an East Texas woman in his bathtub and then stuffing her body into a barrel. Troy Clark was condemned for the May 1998 slaying of a former roommate, Christina Muse of…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) — Plano Police are looking for a shooter and victim after an early morning report of shots fired at a Northwest Plano apartment complex. The call came into police just before 5:00 Thursday morning from an apartment near Parkwood and Harry Cook Boulevard, not far from the Shops at Legacy. Early reports…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Attorneys for a Texas lawmaker say he didn’t send “any inappropriate texts” following a report that the University of Texas is investigating allegations made by a graduate student. Republican state Sen. Charles Schwertner has denied allegations reported by the Austin American-Statesman that he sent a sexually explicit text message to a…… MORE