GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Police are again searching for a suspect in a convenience store shooting that left three teenagers dead. Police said Tuesday that the 14-year-old who was arrested and initially thought to be the shooter has been released. “Detectives learned that the 14-year-old male who was taken into custody [Monday] has intimate knowledge…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Public Health is expanding COVID-19 testing as demand increases during the holidays. According to TCPH, Ben Thanh Plaza, Northeast Annex, and Resource Connection are some of the sites that have extended dates and times of availability. In addition to these sites, TCPH has five traditional brick and mortar public health locations…… MORE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation is celebrating the signing into law of legislation authorizing the creation of a monument in Washington, D.C., to recognize the Medal of Honor. President Biden signed the bill this week, following its bipartisan, unanimous approval by both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. This Congress, the…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – JPS Hospital in Fort Worth reported a doubling of new covid hospitalizations between last Thursday to Monday from 35 to 70 …Parkland reported doubling of hospitalizations as well. Dr. Joseph Chang, Parkland’s Chief Medical Officer said that “just two weeks ago, they were talking about omicron taking up about 1% of…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The TCU men’s basketball program has been “paused indefinitely” due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The school released a statement, Monday, saying that the Horned Frogs’ game against Texas Southern, Wednesday, has been canceled. The team’s Big 12 Conference opener against Kansas, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed to a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Dallas Stars are not immune to COVID-19 cancellations. The Stars’ next two games have been postponed until a future date due to COVID-related concerns. The National Hockey League issued a statement, Monday, announcing the postponement of three upcoming games on its league-wide schedule. This week’s home and home series between the Stars…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The only monoclonal antibody treatment effective against Omicron is on back-order in Texas. Regional infusion centers in five cities including Fort Worth have exhausted their supply of Sotrovimab and won’t receive more shipments until January. Sunset ID Care Medical Director Ogechika Alozie says it’s the only effective treatment against the latest COVID strain…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The 87th Texas Legislative session passed 23 new laws that go into effect January 1st. The majority of them deal with tax requirements or tax-exemption statuses. Among the laws to be enacted is one allowing food service establishments to be reclassified as restaurants if alcohol sales are under 60% of overall sales. In…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine. People with the virus can leave isolation after five days, down from 10 days. People exposed to the virus can also leave quarantine after five days.…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday. Staffers calling out sick because of COVID-19 have left airlines short in recent days. Airline tracker FlightAware says airlines have canceled more 4,000 flights to, from or inside the U.S. since Friday, with over 1,000 U.S. cancellations on Monday. Delta, United, JetBlue…… MORE
