DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The two biggest counties in DFW reported a high number of COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday. Dallas County reported its second highest one day COVID-19 death total with 33 deaths of residents ranging in age from their 20’s to their 90’s. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins called the death count “a chilling reminder” of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A new Dallas Police Chief is expected to be hired by the end of this month, according to City Manager T.C. Broadnax. In a memo sent this week to Dallas City Council members, Broadnax said 36 people from across the United States applied for the position and were screened by a recruiter based…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter says his “tax affairs” are under federal investigation. The disclosure on Wednesday puts a renewed spotlight on the questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father’s campaign. In a statement released by the president-elect’s transition office, the younger Biden said he learned about the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –The fitness company Peloton has announced it is adding 103,750 square feet of space to its Peloton Plano Campus. The additional space allows the company to expand its current business presence and supports Peloton’s plans to bring up to 1,600 more jobs in a variety of corporate functions and experience levels to the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the suspect in the murder of a Dallas security guard has increased to $75,000. 28-year-old Jose Montes was killed during the robbery outside the Neighborhood Credit Union at 1515 Cockrell Hill Road around 8:15 a.m. on September 14th. Investigators with…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says his campaign will join an improbable case before the Supreme Court challenging election results in Pennsylvania and other states that he lost. That word comes as he tries to look past the justices’ rejection of a last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. The…… MORE
LONDON (AP) – U.K. regulators say people who have a “significant history” of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program. The national medical director for the National Health Service in England said Wednesday that health authorities…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A local radio host and model went viral this week after a Facebook post alleging that he was shot while driving home from the National Finals Rodeo in Arlington. Facebook user Brian Doty posted pictures from his hospital bed showing his wounds. He wrote that a bullet entered his arm and…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal appeals court in New Orleans will next month reconsider a ruling that struck down a Texas law banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Texas law used the non-medical term “dismemberment abortion” to describe the procedure. Abortion rights groups say the procedure is known as dilation and evacuation and…… MORE
Tesla said Tuesday it is looking to raise up to $5 billion in capital through a stock offering. The announcement came on the same day CEO Elon Musk said he has moved his home to Texas from California. The stock sale is the second for the electric-vehicle and solar-panel company in three months. In September,…… MORE
