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Roadways at I-20 in Southwest Fort Worth Closed this Weekend

Roadways at I-20 in Southwest Fort Worth Closed this Weekend

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Department of Transportation crews will close roadways in southwest Fort Worth this weekend for construction. I-20 westbound will be reduced to one lane from Bryant Irvin Road to Winscott Road for construction from 9 p.m. Saturday, July 10, to 6 a.m. Monday, July 12, weather permitting. Various ramp closures may also be…MORE

Blood Centers Nation-wide Facing All Time Low Blood Supply

Blood Centers Nation-wide Facing All Time Low Blood Supply

BEDFORD (WBAP/KLIF)- Hospitals all over the U.S. are scrambling to get blood supply as donor sites face all time low blood shortages. Linda Goelzer with Carter BloodCare says it’s the lowest levels they’ve ever seen in DFW. “Some people in the industry are calling it a 30-year low because they’ve never seen such shortages like…MORE

Biden says U.S. War in Afghanistan will End August 31

Biden says U.S. War in Afghanistan will End August 31

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden says the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31. He says “speed is safety” as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war. Biden spoke Thursday to update his administration’s ongoing efforts to wind down the U.S. war in Afghanistan. He said: “We did…MORE

Fort Worth Woman Files Lawsuit Against TxDOT, Others over Deadly I-35 Pileup

Fort Worth Woman Files Lawsuit Against TxDOT, Others over Deadly I-35 Pileup

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF)- A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 in February that killed her husband. The lawsuit was filed on…MORE

Spectators Banned at Tokyo Olympics Amid State of Emergency Due to COVID-19

Spectators Banned at Tokyo Olympics Amid State of Emergency Due to COVID-19

TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Fans are banned from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics as the city falls under a state of emergency due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, including the highly-contagious Delta variant. The International Olympics Committee and Japanese organizers announced the ban which comes months after fans from oversees were blocked from attending. The…MORE

Cornyn Pushes Alternative Immigration-Related Bill That Supports DACA

Cornyn Pushes Alternative Immigration-Related Bill That Supports DACA

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn joined fellow Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina in a letter this week asking Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, to consider a bill that would give permanent legal status to temporary residents allowed to stay in the U.S. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. In 2017,…MORE

Former President Trump Sues Big Tech

Former President Trump Sues Big Tech

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored. But legal experts say the suits are likely doomed to fail, given existing precedent and legal protections. Trump announced the action Wednesday against Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube…MORE

Tears, Prayers Mark End to Search for Miami Condo Survivors

Tears, Prayers Mark End to Search for Miami Condo Survivors

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A somber moment of silence marked the end of the two-week search for survivors of a Florida condominium collapse, as rescue workers stood at solemn attention and clergy members hugged a line of local officials while many of them sobbed. The painstaking search for survivors shifted to a recovery effort at…MORE

Delta Variant COVID-19 Cases Growing In North Texas

Delta Variant COVID-19 Cases Growing In North Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Research shows the COVID-19 Delta Variant is growing in North Texas and across the country. The Delta Variant was first discovered in India. Health officials are encouraging people to get vaccinated as the strain is causing a rise in cases and hospitalizations both locally and nationally. According to a UT Southwestern analysis of case…MORE