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Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearing Is High Stakes For November Election

Coney Barrett Supreme Court Hearing Is High Stakes For November Election

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett could result in a voters making changes in Congress and the White House come November. Constitutional Law historian David Coale says there is great incentive for both Democrats and Republicans to dig in at hearing. “Are the Senators trying to inform each other or…MORE

Big Crowds, Long Lines on First Day of Early Voting

Big Crowds, Long Lines on First Day of Early Voting

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The first day of early voting in November’s general election brought big crowds to the polls in North Texas on Tuesday. Long lines were reported at many polling places but poll workers kept voters socially distanced the best they could. The American Airlines Center and the Allen Events Center both opened as mega…MORE

FBI: Groups Also Discussed Kidnapping Virginia Governor

FBI: Groups Also Discussed Kidnapping Virginia Governor

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – An FBI agent testified during a court hearing in Michigan that members of anti-government paramilitary groups discussed kidnapping Virginia’s governor during a June meeting in Ohio. Special Agent Richard Trask was part of the investigation that led to six men being arrested and charged last week with plotting to kidnap…MORE

Fort Worth Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting an Infant

Fort Worth Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting an Infant

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF News) – A joint investigation between Fort Worth Police and the U.S. Secret Service led the arrest and conviction of a North Texas man who videotaped the sexual assault of a child. U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox said 34-year-old Chester Devin Leban of Fort Worth was…MORE

Federal Appeals Court Sides With Gov. Abbott of Ballot Drop Boxes

Federal Appeals Court Sides With Gov. Abbott of Ballot Drop Boxes

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas restrictions allowing only a single drop-box for mail-in ballots in each county were reinstated by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The ruling late Monday sided with Governor Greg Abbott who on Oct. 1 ordered the shuttering of multiple drop boxes where thousands of ballots in some of Texas’s largest…MORE