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Wounded state trooper released from Frisco hospital

Wounded state trooper released from Frisco hospital

Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas state trooper who was shot in a Frisco apartment complex parking lot a week ago has been released from the hospital where he was treated for his injuries. Trooper Traveres Webb was shot march 29 after he tried to stop a motorist on the Dallas North Tollway. That driver fled,…MORE

Conspiracy buff Alex Jones says what he believes is not his fault

Conspiracy buff Alex Jones says what he believes is not his fault

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has blamed the various claims he’s made over the years, including his repeated insistence that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre in Connecticut was a hoax, on what he now describes as “psychosis.” Jones offered that as an explanation for his conspiracy thinking during a deposition taken…MORE

The death of an immigrant child in Border Patrol custody could have been prevented

The death of an immigrant child in Border Patrol custody could have been prevented

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics says the death of a 7 year old girl in Border Patrol custody could likely have been prevented with better medical treatment. Dr. Colleen Kraft says the autopsy report released Friday on the death of Jakelin Maquin shows the Guatemalan child had contracted…MORE

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher indicted for child molesting

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher indicted for child molesting

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher John Wetteland has been indicted on child molesting charges. He was arrested in January when he was accused by a relative of sexual assault beginning in 2004 when that relative was 4 years old. Wetteland played with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos and New York…MORE

Supreme Court blocks Thursday night Texas execution

Supreme Court blocks Thursday night Texas execution

Huntsville (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a reprieve Thursday night preventing the execution of Patrick Murphy. Murphy is the next-to-last surviving member of the Texas 7 prison escapees who murdered an Irving Police officer on Christmas eve, 2000. The court prevented the scheduled lethal injection of Murphy to give his attorneys time to…MORE