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City of Dallas Swears In Mayor Eric Johnson

City of Dallas Swears In Mayor Eric Johnson

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Dallas has a new mayor. Eric Johnson was sworn as mayor along with several city council members at the Winspear Opera House  Monday morning. Johnson won a runoff election against Dallas city councilman Scott Griggs earlier this month. The former state representative defeated Griggs by getting 55 percent…MORE

Shots Fired at Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse in Downtown Dallas; Suspect Dead

Shots Fired at Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse in Downtown Dallas; Suspect Dead

UPDATED 11:49AM DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The FBI has identified the shooting suspect as 22-year-old Brian Isaack Clyde. Police said Clyde allegedly exchanged gunfire with federal officers and was shot. He later died of his injuries. UPDATED 10:33AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between a suspect and federal officers at…MORE

Irving: Crews Work to Upright a Crane That Nearly Toppled Onto a House

Irving: Crews Work to Upright a Crane That Nearly Toppled Onto a House

An Oncor crew is on the scene outside a home on Waterford Street in Irving, where one of their contractor’s cranes almost toppled over onto a house in the gated community overnight. Tony Harvey with Irving Fire says that “Oncor was working on a transformer located behind the houses on Waterford when the pavement gave…MORE

Record-Breaking Number Of African Migrants Coming To America

Record-Breaking Number Of African Migrants Coming To America

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – People fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers. They have been arriving from places like the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. Cameroonians have also been traveling up through Mexico and into the…MORE