WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday, as President Joe Biden made good on his promise to beef up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes.…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Juvenile Justice Department is under fire again after federal prosecutors revealed the results of a three-year investigation into the state’s five youth prisons on Thursday. The Department of Justice report alleges some guards used excessive amounts of pepper spray on juveniles for minor infractions, some are subjected to…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were on hand to greet three Americans who were part of a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the West. The flight carrying the detainees, which included U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkkovich and Russian-American…… MORE
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Another romp for Summer McIntosh. A gold medal for Kate Douglass. And, to cap things off, a record-breaking night for Katie Ledecky. With a silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stellar career to become the most decorated woman in swimming history. She would’ve preferred…… MORE