(WBAP/KLIF) — F-D-A Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn announced another approval in the fight against the Coronavirus… the Moderna brand COVID 19 vaccine. Hahn says distribution will be swift. This comes about one week after the F-D-A approval of the Pfizer -BioNTech vaccine. The emergency use authorization allows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed in the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Many health and elected leaders are teaming up to ask people not to mix households this Christmas and the holiday season. Among those include Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins who spoke at a news briefing Friday. He said people can still provide for loved ones who live alone. “The safest thing is…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government’s cybersecurity agency is expressing increased alarm about a hack of computer systems in the U.S. and around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russia. The cybersecurity unit of the Department of Homeland Security says the hack “poses a grave risk” to the U.S. government and state and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine. The action Thursday paves the way for the shot from Moderna to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to act quickly to authorize the vaccine for emergency use. The vaccination effort kicked off…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Architect firm Studio-MLA has been selected to design the new Community Park that will replace over one thousand parking spaces at Fair Park. The new park is the first project to come out of the Fair Park Master Plan Update, which recently received the Unbuilt Dream/Study Award from the Greater Dallas Planning…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott says over 140,000 healthcare workers across the state have been immunized against the coronavirus. The vaccine from drug maker Pfizer started arriving in Texas earlier this week. The news comes as cases and hospitalizations in Texas rose again Wednesday. The state reported 9,528 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Christmas came early for a Dallas nonprofit Wednesday as the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas announced the organization has received the largest gift in its history – a $10 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. MacKenzie Scott has donated $4.2 billion in the last four months to 384 organizations, including the Dallas YMCA, across…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is seeking to shut down any Senate effort to support President Donald Trump’s extended assault on the election. During a private call Tuesday, he warned Republican senators not to join a January floor fight in Congress over the Electoral College results. McConnell is trying to unite a…… MORE
Little Elm (WBAP/KLIF) – Little Elm Police are investigating a recent arson incident the home of a family who awakened in the middle of the night to find their two cars on fire. Jayla Gipson and her husband Charles Crawford told WFAA-TV that they lived in their home for 3 years without incident, until putting…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Nineteen hospitals in Texas received shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine Tuesday. Four hospitals in North Texas began administering the first doses of the vaccine on front line workers. Methodist Dallas Medical Center received a shipment of vaccine earlier this week. Doses were sent to Parkland, UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources, which…… MORE
