WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has approved Democrats’ big election-year economic package. The legislation is less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic goals. But it embodies deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing big corporations. Debate began Saturday and went around the clock into Sunday afternoon. Democrats had swatted…… MORE
WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF) – A Teenage girl is dead after a pickup truck crashed into her white settlement home Sunday evening. The girl was found underneath the vehicle when first responders arrived at the home on Jason Court. The driver of the truck 63-year-old Donald Gruber was arrested and charged with Intoxication Manslaughter and Assault.White…… MORE
ROWLETT (WBAP/KLIF) – A Rowlett man is facing charges following the death of his son. The boy was found inside a car following a long police standoff. The mother of the child called the police saying her husband was acting strangely. Police say when they arrived at the home on Silver Springs Way the father…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trumps wins – with a 69% margin – a straw poll at today’s closing Conservative Political Action Conference underway in Dallas. That’s up from 59% in a similar straw poll taken in February. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came in second behind Trump with 24% of the online anonymous…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The final award handed down Friday includes $45.2 million in punitive damages and $4.1 million in compensatory damages. The parents…… MORE