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Dallas Cancels St. Patrick’s Parade Amid Growing Concern Over Coronavirus

Dallas Cancels St. Patrick’s Parade Amid Growing Concern Over Coronavirus

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The annual Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Block Party on Greenville Avenue was canceled Wednesday amid growing concerns over the potential spread of coronavirus. The parade was scheduled for Saturday. According to the City of Dallas, Dallas County Health and Human Services and city leaders conducted a thorough review of the…MORE

World Health Organization Declares COVID-19 A Pandemic

World Health Organization Declares COVID-19 A Pandemic

ROME (WBAP/KLIF News) – The World Health Organization has declared the global coronavirus crisis a pandemic. The move comes as states across the United States are working to implement protocols to deal with the growing number of cases. Washington state is the hardest hit, with at least 24 deaths and 267 confirmed cases across 10…MORE

Disgraced Hollywood Mogul Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison

Disgraced Hollywood Mogul Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison

NEW YORK  (WBAP/KLIF News) – A New York judge sentenced disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. A jury convicted him last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman in his apartment…MORE

Airlines Slash Flights, Freeze Hiring As Virus Cuts Travel

Airlines Slash Flights, Freeze Hiring As Virus Cuts Travel

Airlines are slashing flights, freezing hiring and parking planes to cope with a stunning drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations caused by fear over the new virus outbreak. Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says the outbreak might be worse for airlines than the terror attacks of 2001. An industry trade group believes it…MORE

President Trump Meets With GOP Lawmakers On Capitol Hill On Coronavirus Plan

President Trump Meets With GOP Lawmakers On Capitol Hill On Coronavirus Plan

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has pitched his proposed payroll tax break on Capitol Hill as pressure mounts on the administration and Congress to work more vigorously to contain the coronavirus outbreak and respond to the financial fallout. Trump’s economic team joined in presenting the economic stimulus package privately to wary Senate Republicans. They’ve…MORE

Possible COVID-19 Exposure Shuts Down Alvarado ISD; 2 Dallas Schools Closed

Possible COVID-19 Exposure Shuts Down Alvarado ISD; 2 Dallas Schools Closed

UPDATED: 9:08 AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two more schools in North Texas schools have canceled classes because of coronavirus. Ursuline Academy of Dallas and St. Rita’s school, both say that a member of the extended school community tested ‘presumed positive’ for the virus. St. Rita’s is part of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. All Sporting…MORE

Dallas St Patrick’s Parade Is a Go for Saturday

Dallas St Patrick’s Parade Is a Go for Saturday

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The 41st edition of the Dallas St. Patrick’s Parade is scheduled for 11 am this Saturday. The Greenville Avenue Area Business Association (GAABA) organizes the event in cooperation with the City of Dallas. Boston, Mass and Dublin, Ireland have canceled this years parades due to the coronavirus outbreak aka COVID-19. Kevin…MORE

Dallas St. Patrick’s Parade is On for Saturday

Dallas St. Patrick’s Parade is On for Saturday

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The 41st edition of the Dallas St. Patrick’s Parade is scheduled for 11 am this Saturday. The Greenville Avenue Area Business Association (GAABA) organizes the event in cooperation with the City of Dallas. Boston, Mass and Dublin, Ireland have canceled this years parades due to the coronavirus outbreak aka COVID-19. Kevin…MORE

Dallas & Tarrant Counties Report First Presumptive Positive Coronavirus Cases

Dallas & Tarrant Counties Report First Presumptive Positive Coronavirus Cases

UPDATED (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas county and Tarrant county have each confirmed presumptive positive cases for COVID-19. Two of the three victims recently traveled out of state. The Tarrant county victim recently returned from a business conference in Kentucky, while the 77 year old Dallas county patient recently arrived from another state.  A third Dallas county…MORE

Dow Surges 4.9% in Another Wild Day on Hopes for Virus Aid

Dow Surges 4.9% in Another Wild Day on Hopes for Virus Aid

NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks are closing sharply higher on Wall Street Tuesday, adding 4.9% to major indexes, as hopes build for a greater response from the Trump administration to the economic threat from the coronavirus outbreak. The gains recovered about half of the market’s historic losses from the day before and came after another…MORE