Update at 2:15pm: WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions says federal authorities are charging a 56-year-old Florida man with five federal crimes including the mailing of explosives. Sessions says the charges carry a maximum of 58 years in prison. Session announced the charges Friday just hours after federal authorities arrested Cesar Sayoc. Sayoc is…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The family of a 26-year-old black man who was shot and killed in his own apartment by a white former Dallas police officer has filed a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday argued Amber Guyger used excessive force when she gunned down Botham Jean, a St. Lucia native, on Sept. 6. Court…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The gunman in a murder for hire plot in Dallas is awaiting sentencing. Kristopher Love faces the death penalty after being found guilty of Capital Murder in the 2015 shooting death of Dallas Dentist Kendra Hatcher in an uptown parking garage. The jury deliberated for close to three hours before convicting Love.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says “acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United States.” He’s addressing the suspicious packages sent to former President Barack Obama, the Clintons, CNN and others. Trump says he received a briefing from federal officials earlier Wednesday on what he called the “despicable acts.” He…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Richardson say they got 3 calls within 30 minutes from residents reporting that their Beto O’rourke and Colin Allred yard signs had been set on fire. The Dallas Morning News reports that five yard signs for Democratic candidates were set on fire in a Richardson neighborhood Monday night. O’Rourke is…… MORE