DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – If you’ve got a flight with Southwest Airlines you better make sure it hasn’t been canceled. The Fort Worth base airline is reducing its flight schedule for the remainder of the year. The cancelations are due to numbers factors including the rise in COVID-19 cases impacting travel, and Southwest staff claiming to…… MORE
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States pressed on into the final days of the chaotic airlift from Afghanistan amid tighter security and warnings of more possible attacks Friday, a day after a devastating suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed well over 100 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members. The U.S. said more bloodshed…… MORE
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has ordered Texas flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff to honor the U.S. service members who lost their lives during an attack at the airport yesterday in Kabul, Afghanistan. I ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor the U.S. service members killed in yesterday’s horrific…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texans are reacting to a U.S. Supreme court ruling that lifts the Biden administration’s moratorium on evictions. The Supreme Court said that the CDC doesn’t have the authority to issue the eviction moratorium, essentially ending the protection for Americans who can’t afford to pay their rent. The Dallas Fort Worth Tenants…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The School Boards in Dallas and Fort Worth each took steps Thursday night opposing Governor Abbott’s executive order that bans local officials from instituting mask mandates. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees decided to join an existing multi-district lawsuit challenging the Governor’s order. Fort Worth’s School Board formally adopted a mask…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) will be deploying an additional 2,500 medical staff to support health care facilities in Texas, including hospitals and nursing homes. This will bring the total number of medical personnel deployed across the state to 8,100. In addition, DSHS is providing…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pressing ahead with the evacuation of Americans and others from Afghanistan after attacks that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers and dashed hopes of ending the 20-year U.S. war without further bloodshed. As many as 1,000 Americans and many more Afghans are still struggling to get out of Kabul. Biden…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF) – A mask requirement for San Antonio schools was temporarily blocked by the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday. The decision to grant the emergency motion for temporary relief in the case of Abbott vs, San Antonio keeps the decision to enforce mask mandates with the governor, not local government entities. “The Texas Supreme Court…… MORE
UPDATE 2:00 PM: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least 60 Afghans were killed and another 143 were wounded in the attack outside Kabul airport. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief media. U.S. officials say 12 military service members were also killed in the…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – As the COVID Delta variant continues to spike, Texas has also seen a spike in a dangerous and debunked treatment that many people are wrongly using to treat the virus. The issue has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to renew its warning against the human use of Ivermectin, a horse and…… MORE
