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Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – In connection with a December 6th crash that left a 72-year old motorcyclist hospitalized with serious injuries, McKinney Police have determined that Prosper Mayor Ray Smith left the scene instead of stopping to determine if a person was involved and render aid if needed. Meantime, police have identified the at-fault driver…… MORE
UNDATED (AP) The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 800,000. That is according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. The once-unimaginable milestone was hit Tuesday. It’s seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring. The…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. It is the first time the House has voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s. The…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano City Council members, on Monday, unanimously approved new names for three City Buildings to honor three long-time dedicated civil servants. The Gerald P. Cosgrove Public Works Service Center, formerly the Parkway Service Center, honors the legacy left by the beloved late Director of Public Works Jerry Cosgrove. The Gregory W. Rushin…… MORE
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Former Governor Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to give up the millions he was paid to write a book about his response to the pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a fight. Cuomo was directed to turn over proceeds earned…… MORE
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Former Governor Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to give up the millions he was paid to write a book about his response to the pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a fight. Cuomo was directed to turn over proceeds earned…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Disaster relief organizations in DFW expect their recovery efforts in Kentucky to continue for weeks following last weekend’s deadly tornadoes. Texas Baptist Men deployed a refrigerated feeding unit to Murray, Kentucky on Tuesday. “We had a call from the Kentucky feeding groups,” said Director David Wells. “When we go out to feed,…… MORE
NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – As pharmaceutical companies race to develop treatments to battle COVID-19 and its mutations, Pfizer confirmed Tuesday its experimental pill is effective against the omicron variant. The company released the results of a 2,246-person study that the oral antiviral reduced hospitalizations and deaths by almost 89% among high-risk adults when taken…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A planned critical race theory protest and counter-rally are slated ahead of a Fort Worth ISD board meeting today. The events comes on the heels of Thursday’s board meeting where one resident directed his comments on the issue to some in the crowd who are opposed to CRT. Malik Austin, who…… MORE
A slumping Dak Prescott has become a danger to comfortable fourth-quarter leads for the Dallas Cowboys in the star quarterback’s first $40 million season. A team long identified by offense can thank the defense for a three-game lead in the NFC East with four to go after a 27-20 victory at Washington. It was a second…… MORE
