Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Parkland Hospital in Dallas Offers COVID Follow-up Clinic to Help Patients Struggling to Recover
Facebook photo DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Parkland Hospital’s COVID Follow-up Clinic provides multi-specialty care for ongoing symptoms of the virus. Severe fatigue, shortness of breath, joint pain, mu...
Dec 10, 2020
US Panel Endorses Widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conque...
Dec 10, 2020
City of Dallas Names Finalists for Next Police Chief
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The search for the next Chief of Police in Dallas was narrowed to seven finalists on Thursday. Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax invited the seven candidates to interview fo...
Dec 10, 2020
FDA Approves First LabCorp At-Home COVID-19 Test Kit
SILVER SPRING, MD (WBAP/KLIF News) – Americans now have access to an at-home COVID-19 test kit that can be processed through a lab. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved LabCorp’s...
Dec 10, 2020
US Jobless Claims Jump to 853,000 Amid Nationwide Resurgence of Virus
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that some companies are cutting more jobs...
Dec 10, 2020
US Set To Execute 1st Of 5 Inmates Before Biden Inauguration
Twitter Photo CHICAGO (AP) – The Trump administration is poised to carry out five more executions before Joe Biden’s inauguration, starting with a former Texas street-gang member for the 1...
Dec 10, 2020
Tarrant County Teen Becomes County’s Youngest COVID Fatality
(Photo by DENIS LOVROVIC/AFP via Getty Images) Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas reported a high number of COVID-19 deaths in its two biggest counties. Dallas county reports 33 deaths ...
Dec 10, 2020
Gambling Mogul Will Bankroll New Effort to Legalize Texas Casino Gambling
Las Vegas Sands – Wikipedia DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Republican megadonor is behind a new effort to convince the state legislature to legalize casino gambling in Texas. Sheldon Adelson,...
Dec 10, 2020
Texas Ag Commish Sid Miller Who Protested Lockdown Orders, Tests Positive for COVID-19
(WFAA) DALLAS (AP) – Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has tested positive for COVID-19. Miller has been critical of measures Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has implemented to help slow dow...
Dec 10, 2020
Dallas and Tarrant Counties Report 48 COVID-19 Deaths Combined
(DCHHS) DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The two biggest counties in DFW reported a high number of COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday. Dallas County reported its second highest one day COVID-19 death total with 3...
Dec 9, 2020
