(AP) – The nation’s top infectious disease expert estimates that most Americans will have access to the new COVID-19 vaccines by mid-summer. Dr. Anthony Fauci told Good Morning America on Tuesday that he expects to start vaccinating the general population between the end of March and the beginning of April. He said the process could…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Grand Prairie Fire Department has confirmed two deaths after a small plane crashed onto a service road near Highway 360 and Mayfield Near the Arlington Border. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was a four-passenger single-engine Wheeler Express CT and it crashed shortly after departing from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport at about 3 p.m.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Outgoing Attorney General William Barr says he sees “no reason” to appoint a special counsel on potential election fraud or the tax investigation into the son of President-elect Joe Biden. Barr said Monday in his final press conference that the investigation into Hunter Biden’s financial dealings was “being handled responsibly and professionally.”…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Top negotiators in Congress have sealed a deal on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package. Lawmakers announced the agreement Sunday after days of negotiations. The agreement would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans, along with a fresh round of…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – (WBAP/KLIF) – A flurry of activity is underway at European borders now, as a new and much more highly transmissible strain of Covid 19 is ravaging Southern England, London proper, and sickening thousands more in South Africa. To that end, France joins other nations including Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands, in prohibiting…… MORE
TEXAS CITY – Associated Press (WBAP/KLIF) – A private autopsy on the body of a 22 year old man shot dead at the hands of police appears to show the man died of a single gunshot to his back. 22 year old Joshua Feast died December 9th, reportedly shot by La Marque police officer Jose…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The state of Texas is nearing 1.4 million cases of COVID-19 as a second vaccine is about to be shipped. The Texas death toll is closing in on 25,000. North Texas is just one death shy of 3,000 lives taken by the pandemic. Dallas county has over 1,400 fatalities, Tarrant county almost 1,100, while…… MORE
(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
