New Orleans (WBAP/KLIF) – After multiple court challenges to the law, Texas officials are asking federal appeals judges in New Orleans today to let the state’s latest voter ID law take effect. A hearing today centers on a law re-worked in may by the Texas legislature. The new version allows residents who don’t have an…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Civil-rights activists say American Airlines is moving in the right direction with a plan to train employees to identify and combat bias; but, the NAACP is still warning African Americans about flying the friendly skies. The organizaiton says it won’t lift the travel warning in order to make sure the airline…… MORE
(CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the newest version President Donald Trump’s travel ban to take effect pending appeal. This is the first time justices have allowed any edition of the ban to go forward in its entirety. It signals that some of the justices might be distinguishing the latest version from…… MORE
UPDATE – (WBAP/KLIF) – The SMU Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying five persons of interest who may have information regarding fliers that were posted outside campus buildings, as well as a banner and flier that were hung near the lacrosse field. An outside group identifying itself as “Texas Vanguard” has claimed responsibility for posting…… MORE
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – An attorney for a 19-year-old college student charged in the fatal shooting of a Texas Tech University police officer says prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty against his client if he’s convicted of capital murder. KLBK-TV in Lubbock says defense attorney Dennis Reeves indicated in a court filing Tuesday that…… MORE