Update at 5:00pm: Texas highest criminal appeals court has stopped the execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence in his case. The stay of execution issued Friday afternoon by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals comes just hours after the state’s parole board unanimously recommended a 120-day reprieve for…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, has been found guilty at his trial in federal court in Washington. Stone was convicted Friday. He was charged in a seven-count indictment that alleged he lied to lawmakers about WikiLeaks, tampered with witnesses and obstructed a House intelligence committee probe.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A former bartender accused in the viral beating of a woman in Deep Ellum earlier this year has been indicted on four counts. 31-year-old Austin Shuffield has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, obstruction or retaliation and two misdemeanor charges, assault and unlawful carrying of a weapon stemming from…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) The battle between the City of Fort Worth and its former police chief Joel Fitzgerald continues. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, lawyers for the city have asked a court for a protective order that would keep some records secret “if it is divulged in a fired police chief’s whistleblower lawsuit.” Fitzgerald maintains…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch provided chilling detail Friday in Trump impeachment hearings of being suddenly ousted from her post and feeling threatened upon learning President Donald Trump had denounced her in a phone call to Ukraine’s president. In that call, Trump assailed her as “bad news” and said she was…… MORE