WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has put more judges on the circuit courts in his first two years than other administrations, thanks to Senate Republicans. The Senate on Thursday confirmed two more of Trump’s nominees, bringing to 26 the number of new appellate judges that have been approved this session of Congress. The judges…… MORE
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican expressed “shame and sorrow” on Thursday about a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report about clergy who raped and molested children in six dioceses and decried the abuse as “criminally and morally reprehensible.” In uncharacteristically strong language for the Holy See even in matters like the long running abuse scandals…… MORE
FORT WORTH (KLIF/WBAP) – First responders and retirees are upset after Fort Worth’s City Manager David Cooke proposed a plan to help fix the pension fund. Now, the city’s pension fund is about $1.6 billion dollars and is projected to run out of money in 25 years. The Council’s initial plan increases taxpayer and retiree…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) – Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” ,who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” “I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect;” who stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from pancreatic cancer. Publicist Gwendolyn Quinn released a family statement that…… MORE
Are kids being taught correctly inside public schools? Hear what Chris Salcedo had to say about it as school opens around north Texas.… MORE