HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The University of Houston is gauging where Texans stand on allegations of voter fraud in the Presidential election, and the January 6 storming of the U.S. capitol building. The Hobby School of Public Affairs conducted an online survey in English and Spanish among Texans 18 and older January 12-20, with 1,329 YouGov…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is rejecting a request by House Democrats to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial. Democrats are challenging the former president to explain why he and his lawyers have disputed key factual allegations related to their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas and Methodist Medical Center in Oak Cliff are teaming up to vaccinate eligible North Texans. Dallas is splitting its weekly shipment of 5,000 vaccine doses between the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and Methodist, which began administering shots on Thursday. Methodist was allocated 3,000 doses. The convention center…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – John Matze says he has been fired as CEO of Parler, which was among social media services used to plan the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. Matze’s announcement followed Amazon’s Jan. 11 decision to remove Parler from its web-hosting service over its unwillingness…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Republican led group is calling for accountability within the Republican party. “It’s a Republican leaning group who is really looking to get back to a form of more conservatism, normalcy, traditional values of what I would say was the former Republican party, not the Trumpism party that we are seeing today,” Republican…… MORE
UPDATED 8:25AM 2/3/21 Celina (WBAP/KLIF) – An Aamber Alert continues for a 2-year Levy Pugh, a Collin county toddler who police say was abducted by his father during a disturbance at his ex-wife’s home in Celina. Police were called to the home at around 8:30pm where 42-year old Isaac Ppugh had allegedly forced his way…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Select pharmacies in Texas are expected to rollout COVID-19 vaccinations as early as next week as part of the Biden administration’s plan to distribute doses to pharmacies nationwide. “The idea is that the Federal government will ship some doses of vaccine directly to these pharmacy providers,” said Texas Department of State Health…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth has finalized its purchase of the former Pier One Building to become the new City Hall. The new City Hall location presents unique opportunities as the City of Fort Worth has grown exponentially since the 1971 construction of the current facility. The property will provide much needed additional…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – One of the largest COVID-19 vaccination sites in the country opened Tuesday in North Texas. A parking lot outside Texas Motor Speedway was covered in cones and was home to 16 rows of white tents Monday morning as thousands of cars moved through Denton County’s drive up vaccination site. “It was…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police say an officer has been put on restricted duty over a racially insensitive post on social media. The department released a statement saying this past weekend, a Fort Worth Police Officer discovered racially insensitive and inappropriate social media posts published by another officer, a 3-year veteran of the department. The…… MORE
