ASSOCIATED PRESS – Long lines of international travelers anxious to return to the United States ahead of a complete stop of all flights to and from Europe are being reported at 13 airports designated by federal officials to screen international travelers for the Covid 19 virus. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is one of the…… MORE
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – Tarrant County announced it’s fourth positive case of Covid 19, with testing at a private lab. Officials say the fourth case is a resident of Tarrant County, and is a close contact to the American AIrlines pilot who tested positive earlier last week. That pilot was determined to be an…… MORE
TWITTER – WBAP/KLIF – A group of North Texas school districts has sent a Tweet with a photograph of a letter being sent to Governor Gregg Abbott and Commissioner Mike Morath of the TEA asking them to cancel this year’s STAAR tests for students. Concern about the spread of Covid -19 is in play; mindful…… MORE
CNN – A well known Chinese businessman and politician, Jack Ma, says he’ll donate one million face masks and a half million Covid 19 testing kits to the United States. Ma says they are ready to be delivered. He’s previously donated one million masks to Japan, trying to ship another million masks to Iran, and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Plano has reported its first presumptive positive for COVID-19. “We were alerted by the Collin County Health Department. They’re reporting that a 47-year-old Plano woman has tested presumptive positive for novel coronavirus (COVID 19). The woman has no underlying health conditions, is self-isolating in her home, and is…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday several new actions the state is taking to mitigate the spread of the virus, including declaring a State of Disaster in all Texas counties. “From the very beginning, our number one objective has been to implement preventative strategies that build on our state’s existing public…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has announced that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. He is speaking to the American people from the Rose Garden as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of outbreak. Trump also waived interest on federally held student loans…… MORE
WBAP/KLIF – President Trump today announced the White House is in negotiations with several retail giants, including Walmart, Walgreens and CVS. The announcement came Friday during an address in which President Trump declared a national emergency. The idea is the first in a series of steps to broaden Covid-19 testing for Americans, and boost test…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – A top member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, Anthony Fauci, acknowledged Thursday the federal government has failed when it comes to testing and detecting the rapidly spreading coronavirus in bombshell testimony on Capitol Hill: “The system is not really geared to what we need right now, what you are asking…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS, TX — Five new cases of Coronavirus erupted in Dallas County, Thursday. Judge Clay Jenkins confirmed 5 residents returned presumptive positive tests, bringing the total number to eight. According to Jenkins, one is from Balch Springs and four others are residents of Dallas, however one of the findings is alarming because it is…… MORE
