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Lawyers For Accused Kidnapper Want Competency Exam

Lawyers For Accused Kidnapper Want Competency Exam

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The man accused of kidnapping an eight-year-old from Fort Worth more than a month ago may not be mentally competent enough to stand trial. Attorneys for Michael Webb filed a motion to have him moved from jail so he can be given a mental exam within the next 30 days. The…MORE

DHS Official Defends Conditions at Border Patrol Stations

DHS Official Defends Conditions at Border Patrol Stations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Sunday defended conditions at U.S. Border Patrol stations following reports of crowded and unsanitary conditions that have heightened debate about President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, a trademark issue for his reelection campaign. “It’s an extraordinarily challenging situation,” McAleenan told ABC’s “This Week.” The Homeland Security…MORE

A $391K Grant to Preserve Digital Archives of Veterans & Active Duty Service Members…

A $391K Grant to Preserve Digital Archives of Veterans & Active Duty Service Members…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – An assistant professor at Louisiana State University’s library school has received a $391,000 grant to find the best ways to preserve the digital archives of veterans and active-duty service members. Edward Benoit (BEN-wah) III already has studied how today’s military members and veterans are documenting their service, since most no…MORE

Former President Jimmy Carter and His Wife, Celebrate 73rd Wedding Anniversary

Former President Jimmy Carter and His Wife, Celebrate 73rd Wedding Anniversary

ATLANTA (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, are marking their 73rd wedding anniversary, approaching George and Barbara Bush as the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history. The Carters married July 7, 1946, in a Methodist church in their hometown of Plains, Georgia, when he was 21 and she was 18. The…MORE