DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The BMW Dallas Marathon Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year after being canceled last year because of COVID. “The BMW Dallas Marathon Festival is a beloved annual tradition in our city — one that we have missed as we battled through the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mayor…… MORE
(AP) – A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. The advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend a lower-dose booster shot for seniors and other high-risk groups. Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six months ago are getting a booster…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Four members from Dallas Fire-Rescue were injured in an apartment explosion at the Highland Hills Apartment Complex in late September. While one of those firefighters was discharged that same day, three firefighters were hospitalized at Parkland in critical condition. According to DFR, all three are improving and are in serious but stable condition. DFR said Wednesday that Captain…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – It was a daring saved that happened just in the nick of time. Two Garland Police officers saved an unconscious man from a burning car moments before it became engulfed in flames. The Garland Police Department released body camera video of the rescue this week. It happened Tuesday night when Officer…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Republican State Rep Lyle Larson who is known for breaking party lines to vote with Democrats will not seek reelection next year. Larson of San Antonio was the lone Republican to vote ‘no’ on the controversial elections security bill, and against restricting the teaching of critical race theory in schools. Larson…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – United Airlines employees who are suing the airline over its vaccine mandate will get more time to make their case. A federal judge in Texas ordered United not to place unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave if they are seeking a medical or religious exemption from mandatory vaccination against COVID-19. The…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas City Council has given a thumbs up to a funding plan aimed at raising billions of dollars to tear down and replace the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. The plan would single out a 3-mile area around the center as a “project financing zone.” It would allow the city to benefit…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF)- Developers have bought land and agreed to build a terminal for the proposed state of the art bullet train connecting passengers from Dallas to Houston in just 90 minutes. Dallas developer Jack Matthews and his partner, Fort Worth businessman John Kleinheinz say the station would be part of a mixed used development with…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it is launching a civil rights investigation into conditions at juvenile detention facilities in Texas, as well as allegations of sexual abuse inside those facilities. “Over the last few years, and as recently as last week, at least 11 facility staff members have…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden announced his administration brokered an agreement for the Port of Los Angeles to become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation. It’s an effort to relieve supply chain bottlenecks and move the stranded container ships that are driving prices higher for American consumers. The president discussed the agreement during a speech Wednesday…… MORE
