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Millions of American Families to Receive Expanded Child Tax Credit Starting July 15th

Millions of American Families to Receive Expanded Child Tax Credit Starting July 15th

WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Millions Americans will begin to receive child tax credit payments starting July 15th. The U.S. Treasury Department outlined the changes to the Child Tax Credit program on Monday, which will impact 39 million citizens. It’s part of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package President Joe Biden signed into law back in…MORE

Blinken Signals No Immediate US Press For Mideast Cease-Fire

Blinken Signals No Immediate US Press For Mideast Cease-Fire

(AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is signaling the U.S. still would not press for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. Blinken’s comments Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark comes as the fighting entered its second week and more than 200 people have been killed, most of them Palestinians in Gaza. Pressure…MORE

Ex-Prosecutor Disbarred After Wrongful Convictions in Texas

Ex-Prosecutor Disbarred After Wrongful Convictions in Texas

DALLAS (AP) – A former Dallas County prosecutor has surrendered his law license after the State Bar of Texas said he withheld evidence that led to the wrongful convictions of two men who spent 14 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a pastor. The Dallas Morning News reports that Richard E. “Rick” Jackson…MORE

Suspected Child Killer Charged With Kidnapping & Theft; More Charges Expected

Suspected Child Killer Charged With Kidnapping & Theft; More Charges Expected

UPDATED 5:35AM  5/17/21  Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The mother of 4-year Cash Gernon (pictured left) whose body was found on a street their Mountain Creek neighborhood in southwest Dallas on Saturday morning, told police surveilla nce video captured the moment someone broke into the back door of their home and took her son. Police arrested 18-year…MORE