Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The official count is in, and shows that when early voting closed Friday, 9,669,246 votes had been cast in Texas. That’s 700,000 more than were cast in the state during all of the 2016 election. The experts are now saying that by the end of the day Tuesday it’s quite possible more…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – NFL Hall of Fame cornerback Herb Adderley has died. He was 81 years old. Adderley played on six NFL title teams during his 12 years with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys. He played in four of the first six Super Bowls. Adderley won five titles with Green Bay, and one…… MORE
Texas (AP) – The number of coronavirus cases reported by the Texas health department has surpassed 900,000 since the pandemic began and more than 18,000 people have died due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Health officials on Saturday reported 6,845 new cases and 90 additional deaths to bring the totals to 900,596…… MORE
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the government is putting all of England under a monthlong lockdown next week after being warned that a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks without tough action. Johnson said in a televised news conference night that the new measures will begin Thursday…… MORE
LYON, France (AP) – French police say a Greek Orthodox priest has been shot while closing his church in the city of Lyon, and authorities are hunting for the assailant. A police official says the priest was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit in the abdomen on Saturday. The official…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. officials say an American citizen kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger this past week has been rescued in a U.S. military operation in neighboring Nigeria. Philipe Nathan Walton was taken from his farm in Massalata in southern Niger early Tuesday morning by armed kidnappers who demanded a ransom from…… MORE
New Orleans (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal prisoner scheduled for execution next month for the 1994 kidnapping and brutal murder of a teenage girl in Arlington has lost a federal appeal. Orlando Hall was convicted on multiple charges, and sentenced to death. Since then he has lost two other appeals. On Friday, the 5th U.S. Circuit…… MORE
Tucson, Ariz. (WBAP.KLIF) – U.S. military exercises scheduled for this coming week in parts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona may occasionally startle residents of those states, especially at night. The Air Force says the exercises dubbed “Dynamic Wing,” will include day and night airplane and helicopter operations intended to prepare personnel for rapid deployments…… MORE
Rockwall (WBAP/KLIF) – Rockwall Police were involved in a peculiar sort of shooting Friday night. Shortly before midnight officers were sent to investigate a shooting in a residential neighborhood west of Lake Ray Hubbard. They found a shooting victim, and located a suspect. As officers were trying to detain him, he began struggling. During that…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas pushed over 893,000 COVID-19 positive tests, Friday, with 5,900 more on the final work day of the week. The Metroplex saw just under 1,800 newly confirmed positive tests. Dallas county listed 832 newly confirmed positive tests, Tarrant county 700, Denton county 134, and Collin county 115 additional positives. That puts the North…… MORE
