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Jack Wilson, 71, poses for a photo at a firing range outside his home in Granbury, Texas, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Wilson trains the volunteer security team of the West Freeway Church of Christ, where a gunman shot two people Sunday before being shot by Wilson. (AP Photo/Jake Bleiberg)
Associated Press
December 31, 2019 - 3:26 am

'Heroic' parishioners with guns ended mass shooting in a Texas church

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texas church for Sunday services. By the time the man approached a communion server and pulled out a shotgun, Wilson and another security volunteer...
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden addresses a gathering during a campaign stop in Exeter, N.H., Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Associated Press
December 30, 2019 - 7:11 pm

Joe Biden says he would consider a Republican to be his running mate

EXETER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden entertained the idea of choosing a Republican as a 2020 running mate as he campaigned Monday — though he conceded he didn't have anyone specific in mind. A voter told Biden during an event Monday afternoon in Exeter, New Hampshire, that her son...
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Digital Content Producer
December 30, 2019 - 3:25 pm

Armed parishioner who took down church shooter says he wouldn't 'allow evil to succeed'

(KFKT/AP) - The man being called a hero for ending a mass shooting at a Texas church just six seconds after the gunman open fired is speaking publically for the first time.
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Associated Press
December 30, 2019 - 1:33 pm

Fears of confusion at Missouri border if Illinois adopts permanent daylight saving time

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal in Illinois to make daylight saving time permanent has some residents and business owners worried about the confusion it could cause at the Missouri border.
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Digital Content Producer
December 30, 2019 - 12:06 pm

WATCH: Biden heckled at campaign rally: 'Don't touch kids you pervert'

(KFTK) - Joe Biden, one of the frontrunners to take the Democrat party nomination in the 2020 election, faced some hecklers at his latest campaign rally in New Hampshire this weekend.
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Digital Content Producer
December 30, 2019 - 10:35 am

Chuck Todd ripped for highlighting a letter that calls Noah's Ark a 'fairy tale'

(KFTK) - Social media is lighting up NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd for giving air time to a letter that called a story in the Bible a "fairy tale" and says religious people are supporters of President Donald Trump because they want to be lied to. He read part of an op-ed that compared Trump...
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Digital Content Producer
December 27, 2019 - 1:12 pm

Stock market under Trump is far outpacing past presidents, report says

(KFTK) - A report that complied historical stock market data back to 1928 showed that the market is thriving like we haven't seen in a long time thanks to President Donald Trump, based on the average market return of presidents three years into their term.
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In this photo taken from undated footage distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, an intercontinental ballistic missile lifts off from a silo somewhere in Russia. The Russian military said the Avangard hypersonic weapon entered combat duty on Friday. The Kremlin has made modernization of Russia's strategic nuclear forces one of its top priorities. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Associated Press
December 27, 2019 - 8:36 am

New Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound

MOSCOW (AP) — A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country's nuclear strike capability. Putin has described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a...
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Digital Content Producer
December 27, 2019 - 8:05 am

Hacker gets inside Chevy car to show how vehicles can spy on you

(KFTK) - There's a great deal of information that your car knows about you, as the Washington Post learned after the paper hacked the infotainment computer inside a 2017 Chevy Volt. The vehicle copied and stored personal data from a smartphone including call records, contacts, even photos, as well...
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Associated Press
December 26, 2019 - 1:09 pm

PICS: Thousands in Asia marvel at 'ring of fire' solar eclipse

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People along a swath of southern Asia gazed at the sky in marvel on Thursday at a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. A "ring of fire" solar eclipse darkened skies across Asia and left a spectacular blazing ring of light around the moon's silhouette https://t.co/NOu6rCgtnj...
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