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North Texas Woman Assaulted After Complaining About Boyfriend’s Gas

North Texas Woman Assaulted After Complaining About Boyfriend’s Gas

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) – A Wichita Falls man is accused of choking and headbutting his girlfriend because she complained about the smell of his flatulence has been jailed on an assault charge. Officers responded to a home Sunday afternoon following a report that Christopher Ragsdale had assaulted his girlfriend. According to an affidavit,  the…MORE

Accused Serial Killer Returned to Dallas More than 20 Years after First Alleged Murder

Accused Serial Killer Returned to Dallas More than 20 Years after First Alleged Murder

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – An accused serial killer is back in Dallas more than 20 years after his first alleged murder. According to the FBI, 42-year-old Jose Sifuentes was wanted for capital murder in Dallas County. He was returned to the United States following his extradition from Mexico this week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District…MORE

Local Governments Monitoring Potential Cyber Attacks Per Governor’s Warning

Local Governments Monitoring Potential Cyber Attacks Per Governor’s Warning

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – In the wake of recent events in the Middle East and Governor Greg Abbott’s warning about Texas seeing possibly thousands of cyberattacks on state agencies from Iran, local governments in North Texas are closely monitoring and sharing intelligence information with local, state and federal partners to ensure the safety and security of the…MORE

Facebook Again Declines to Limit Political Ad Targeting

Facebook Again Declines to Limit Political Ad Targeting

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main digital-ad rival Google did in November to fight misinformation. Neither will it ban political ads outright, as Twitter did last October. And it still won’t fact check them, as it’s faced pressure to do. Instead,…MORE

A South Texas Court to Decide if Private Border Wall Can Go Next the Rio Grande

A South Texas Court to Decide if Private Border Wall Can Go Next the Rio Grande

HOUSTON (AP) – For Tommy Fisher, a federal court hearing set for Thursday next to the U.S.-Mexico border could result in his company getting a chance to prove it can build President Donald Trump’s signature border wall faster and better than the government. For environmentalists and some landowners in South Texas, the hearing could clear…MORE