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Dallas Police Department’s K9 Kato Gets Donated Body Armor

Dallas Police Department’s K9 Kato Gets Donated Body Armor

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police Department’s K9 Kato will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a donation from Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.  K9 Kato’s vest is will be embroidered with the sentiment “Honoring those who served and sacrificed”.  Delivery is expected within eight to ten weeks. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., established…MORE

First COVID-19 Shots Administered at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas

First COVID-19 Shots Administered at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Front line healthcare workers in North Texas began receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination on Monday. Methodist Health System its first shipment of more than 5,800 doses of the vaccine Monday morning at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center. “We are excited to be among the first in the state of Texas and nation…MORE

Google Experienced Worldwide Outage, Including Gmail, Google Classroom and YouTube

Google Experienced Worldwide Outage, Including Gmail, Google Classroom and YouTube

NEW YORK (AP) – Google was hit with a massive outage Monday morning that left Gmail, YouTube and Google Classroom members, and its other services unable to access their accounts. Thousands of complaints started emerging around 7 a.m. EST. Users attempting to log in to their accounts received error messages that stated “Something Went Wrong.”…MORE

Episcopal Diocese of TX Commits To Racism Linked Reparations

Episcopal Diocese of TX Commits To Racism Linked Reparations

NEW YORK (AP) – In the past year, there has been a surge of interest among U.S. religious groups in the concept of racism-linked reparations. It’s particularly notable among long-established Protestant denominations that were active during the era of slavery. In one example, the Episcopal Diocese of Texas is pledging $13 million while acknowledging that…MORE

Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Texas

Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Texas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) –  Methodist Medical Center-Dallas was the first DFW-area hospital to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Texas is expected to get more than 220,000 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for distribution this week. Twenty-three locations will received doses on today and Tuesday, with the remaining 86 medical centers getting them later in the week.…MORE

Tech Giant Oracle Is Heading to Texas

Tech Giant Oracle Is Heading to Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Moving vans are creating caravans reminiscent of nineteenth century wagon trains between California’s Silicon Valley and Texas. Less than two weeks after Elon Musk announced the move of his Tesla headquarters to Austin and Hewlett Packard announcing they’re relocating to Houston, San Jose computer technology giant Oracle is packing up their…MORE