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Apple Urges Security Upgrade to iPhones, iPads

Apple Urges Security Upgrade to iPhones, iPads

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is urging iPhone and iPad users to update their devices to fix security flaws that might have been “actively exploited” by hackers. Apple made the software upgrades available Tuesday, adding a rare note suggesting it was a serious threat. The company credited anonymous researchers for pointing out the vulnerability but…MORE

Dallas Opens Drive-up COVID-19 Vaccination Site

Dallas Opens Drive-up COVID-19 Vaccination Site

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas’s drive-up COVID-19 vaccination center opens on Thursday at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. The city plans to keep the site open until it the allocated 5,000 doses of vaccine runs out. City leaders expect to vaccinate 2,000 people per day through Saturday. “The ability to allow people…MORE

Second Child to Die from COVID in 24 hours at Cook Children’s Medical Center

Second Child to Die from COVID in 24 hours at Cook Children’s Medical Center

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A 9-year-old boy from Vernon is the second child to die from complications from COVID-19 at Cook Children’s Medical Center in the past 24 hours. Earlier this week Cook Children’s confirmed a child under 1 had also died from Covid-19. According to a GoFundMe page put together for funeral expenses, J.J. Boatman…MORE

TCU Faculty Senate Retracts Resolution Calling for Congressman to be Removed from University Board of Trustees

TCU Faculty Senate Retracts Resolution Calling for Congressman to be Removed from University Board of Trustees

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Faculty Senate at TCU is retracting its resolution to have Congressman Roger Williams removed from the University’s board of trustees. The resolution had stated that the Congressman subjected the school to ridicule by objecting to electoral college votes and touting unproven claims of election fraud in the presidential election. Congressman…MORE

Search for Killer of North Texas Uber Eats Driver and Mother of Three Continues

Search for Killer of North Texas Uber Eats Driver and Mother of Three Continues

HALTOM CITY  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Haltom City Police continue to search for the suspect in the murder of an Uber Eats driver and mother of three who was killed while delivering food last weekend. Investigators said the body of 31-year-old Ryan Munsie Graham of Fort Worth was found in a breezeway of an apartment complex…MORE

GOP Largely Sides Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial

GOP Largely Sides Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial

WASHINGTON (AP) – All but five Senate Republicans have voted in favor of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial. The vote on Tuesday made clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement of insurrection” after the deadly Capitol siege on Jan. 6 is unlikely. While the Republicans did not succeed…MORE

Judge Bars Biden From Enforcing 100-day Deportation Ban

Judge Bars Biden From Enforcing 100-day Deportation Ban

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton issued a temporary restraining order sought by Texas, which sued on Friday against a Department of Homeland Security memo that instructed immigration agencies to…MORE

Dallas DEA Makes Record Meth Bust; $45M Haul Likely Destined for Local Market

Dallas DEA Makes Record Meth Bust; $45M Haul Likely Destined for Local Market

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas-DEA recently seized over 1900 pounds of meth. It was the largest methamphetamine bust in DEA North Texas history with nearly 2000 pounds seized from an 18-wheeler off of I-35 in Denton. Eduardo Chavez, Special Agent in Charge for DEA Dallas told our media partner WFAA, the bust meant lots…MORE

Self Driving Robots Are Coming To Several N. Texas Walmart Stores

Self Driving Robots Are Coming To Several N. Texas Walmart Stores

NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart is enlisting the help of robots to keep up with a surge in online orders. The company said Wednesday that it plans to build warehouses at its stores where self-driving robots will fetch groceries and have them ready for shoppers to pick up in less than an hour. Walmart declined…MORE