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
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) Several Trump allies, led by Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama plan to challenge the election results when congress convenes to officially tally electoral college votes. Brooks told the New York Times, quote, “We have a superior role under the constitution than the Supreme Court does, than any federal court judge does, than any…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son. Barr went to the White House on Monday, where Trump said he submitted his letter…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police Department’s K9 Kato will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a donation from Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Kato’s vest is will be embroidered with the sentiment “Honoring those who served and sacrificed”. Delivery is expected within eight to ten weeks. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., established…… MORE
