DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year. Southwest has struggled all summer with high numbers of delayed and canceled flights. CEO Gary Kelly said Thursday that the cuts in the schedule should create a more reliable travel experience. Southwest says it will trim…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- To get ready for the holiday shopping surge, the United States Postal Service is looking to fill 40,000 across the nation, including 5,000 throughout Texas. “We all know that online shopping is the bnig thing now package voluume grows and it continues to expand, we always need fols,” said Albert Ruiz with the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) will be deploying an additional 2,500 medical staff to support health care facilities in Texas, including hospitals and nursing homes. This will bring the total number of medical personnel deployed across the state to 8,100. In addition, DSHS is providing…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pressing ahead with the evacuation of Americans and others from Afghanistan after attacks that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers and dashed hopes of ending the 20-year U.S. war without further bloodshed. As many as 1,000 Americans and many more Afghans are still struggling to get out of Kabul. Biden…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF) – A mask requirement for San Antonio schools was temporarily blocked by the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday. The decision to grant the emergency motion for temporary relief in the case of Abbott vs, San Antonio keeps the decision to enforce mask mandates with the governor, not local government entities. “The Texas Supreme Court…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Governor Abbott asked Texas for prayers on Thursday after it was reported that several U.S. military members were killed in an attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. The disturbance occurred as the U.S. Military evacuates Americans citizens and Afghan refugees from Afghanistan. “What we’re witnessing in Kabul right now is an…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas 14-year-old is charged with murder after an armed carjacking led to a high-speed police chase that ended with a crash. The deadly incident prompted Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia to raise an alarm about a rising number of teens committing crimes. “We’re seeing more and more juvenile suspects particularly with…… MORE
UPDATE 2:00 PM: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least 60 Afghans were killed and another 143 were wounded in the attack outside Kabul airport. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief media. U.S. officials say 12 military service members were also killed in the…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – As the COVID Delta variant continues to spike, Texas has also seen a spike in a dangerous and debunked treatment that many people are wrongly using to treat the virus. The issue has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to renew its warning against the human use of Ivermectin, a horse and…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose for the first time in five weeks even though the economy and job market have been recovering briskly from the coronavirus pandemic. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims edged up to 353,000 from 349,000 a week earlier. The…… MORE
