WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden says he stands “squarely behind” his decision for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan. Speaking about the chaotic situation in Afghanistan, Biden says he faced a choice between following an agreement to withdraw or sending thousands more U.S. troops for a “third decade” of war. Biden spoke Monday after the…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – Richardson ISD announced on Monday that a court ruling in Travis County currently allows them to uphold the current mask requirement for all district schools. RISD said it would require masks to start the school year after Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins enacted a mask requirement for all schools and businesses in…… MORE
AUSTIN, TX (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals are stretched thin. The order by the state’s highest court — which is entirely comprised of elected Republican justices — halts mask requirements…… MORE
UPDATED 8/14/21 @ 2:59P.M. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haiti’s civil protection agency says at least 227 killed, hundreds injured and missing, in earthquake. (Copyright 2021, The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) ======== PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Haiti just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, killing…… MORE
Galveston (AP) – A Carnival cruise ship on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week is now headed back to Galveston. The Belize Tourism Board said in a statement the positive cases were among 26 crew members and one passenger on the Carnival…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Education Agency is keeping quiet in the debate over masks between state and local leaders. In light of the current legal battle over whether or not local governments and school districts can require masks, the TEA said on Thursday that it’s holding off on issuing any more public health guidance…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas announced this week that the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson raised $5.5 million for Momentous Institute in its inaugural year at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney. The Salesmanship Club said that the net proceeds reflect tremendous support even though COVID-19 protocols limited crowd capacity to 25%…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Demonstrators showed up at the home of Dallas County Judge Clay jenkins Last night, angry about his mask mandate in schools and certain businesses. Others meantime praised Jenkins on social media for taking the action, in defiance of Governor Abbott’s statewide mask mandate ban for government entities. Protest Happening now outside Dallas…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health regulators have authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in people with weakened immune systems to better protect them from the virus. The announcement Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration applies to millions of Americans who take immune-suppressing medicines because of organ transplants, cancer or…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate, on Thursday, again passed its version of a Republican-led voting bill. The Senate passed the bill in the regular session, the first special session, and now the second. But this time around an overnight filibuster delayed the process. In her tennis shoes on the Senate Floor, Democrat Carol Alvarado…… MORE
