AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin city officials have canceled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler on Friday announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the novel coronavirus, effectively canceling the annual event. The announcement comes days after several high-profile companies pulled out of the festival,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump had planned to sign the bill during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to Vice President Mike Pence. But the White House said Friday that Trump…… MORE
0:24 — In today’s KLIFnotes, Dave, Amy and Scott talk about the latest Texas Coronavirus cases, Elizabeth Warren dropping out of the presidential race, NBC failing at math ON THE AIR, and Dave’s hate of Daylight Saving Time. 8:41 — We know the impact the Coronavirus has had on the stock market, but how about…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Beer made with Buc-ee’s famous beaver nuggets will soon be a thing from a Fort Worth brewing company. Ryan McWhorter, owner of Panther Island Brewing tells WFAA-TV that a 12-gallon test batch of the beer sold out in two hours. “We were just sitting around eating beaver nuggets and I was…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Houston officials say they’ve confirmed the first two cases of novel coronavirus in the nation’s third-largest county. The announcement Thursday came one day after a man in the nearby suburb of Fort Bend County became the first Texan with a positive test result outside of those repatriated from abroad. Harris County Public…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has ended her Democratic presidential bid after a disappointing finish in Super Tuesday states. Her departure Wednesday morning leaves many political analysts and supporters wondering whether she’ll endorse Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders of former Vice President Joe Biden, who has recently emerged as the front runner. Warren’s campaign…… MORE
0:24 — Talk about $500 million wasted…Mike Bloomberg decides to call it quits in the presidential race, and enorses, you guessed it, Joe Biden. Steve Kastenbaum was in the city Bloomberg used to be mayor of and gives Dave and Amy the latest. 5:49 — California is king when it comes to dumb proposed laws,…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Health and Human Services now has the first lab in Texas that can test for the coronavirus. In a news release issued Wednesday, DCHHS said it has been working with partners at the state and federal levels to bring the capability to the Local Response Network laboratory. County Judge Clay…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An increasing number of high-profile companies and speakers have withdrawn from the South by Southwest music and arts festival amid mounting concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus. Social media behemoth Facebook, tech news outlet Mashable, video-based social media platform TikTok and U.S. chip maker Intel and technology giant Apple…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and has endorsed Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who had pinned his 2020 hopes on the Super Tuesday states and drained more than $500 million from his own fortune into…… MORE
