Dallas (AP) – A court in the Dallas suburbs this week held what is believed to be the first American jury trial conducted over online video. The civil proceeding Monday in a Collin County court was an non-binding, abbreviated trial in a lawsuit over a disputed insurance claim. It serves as an experiment in restarting…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Justices of the Peace have temporarily stopped some eviction proceedings until the middle of June. The moratorium applies to eviction proceedings filed after March 27. The earliest any of those eviction cases will be heard will be June 15. That’s when state rules will allow courts to re-open to hear…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, which checks passengers and luggage at airports unveiled some new security rules Thursday, but the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security indicated more may be coming. Chad Wolf told reporters while inspecting security at Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport, TSA may start checking temperatures and running thermal…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A group of local civil rights and faith leaders has filed a class-action lawsuit seeking an end to what it says are worsening conditions inside the Dallas County Jail. The lawsuit calls for the release of what it says are some 1800 medically vulnerable inmates whose lives are threatened by COVID-19. The…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Republican representative John Ratcliffe will almost certainly become President Trump’s newest Director of National Intelligence today. The U.S. Senate will vote on Ratcliffe’s nomination, and while the vote is expected to fall almost entirely along party lines, that will be enough to confirm him. Ratcliffe was almost guaranteed confirmation when democrats…… MORE