FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The COVID-19 third dose, booster vaccinations are now available at all Tarrant County Public Health vaccination clinics for those who are immunocompromised. Vaccinations can be administered as soon as 28 days after the second dose in either the Moderna or the now fully approved Pfizer vaccine. The FDA announced on Aug. 18 that…… MORE
Germany’s top military commander says he believes that about 5,000 people are waiting at the Kabul airport to be flown out. Gen. Eberhard Zorn said Monday the figure has declined from about 7,000 at the weekend. Zorn said he couldn’t say what proportion of people at the airport are children or families. But he said…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 and older. It’s the first COVID vaccine to be fully cleared in the United States since the race to combat the pandemic began last year. The FDA said the vaccine is still available for…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The wife of Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West, arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. 61-year old Angela West was arraigned in Dallas County Saturday morning and faces a charge of driving while intoxicated with a child under the age of 15 years. Allen West, a retired Army Lt. Colonel says…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor blamed rising hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 on unvaccinated Black people — comments that were quickly denounced as racist. Republican Lt. Governor Dan Patrick made the remarks Thursday night on a Fox News segment in response to question about the latest coronavirus surge in Texas. The state…… MORE
Amarillo (AP) – A man was fatally shot by Amarillo police after opening fire on officers who approached him while they were looking for a different man on felony drug charges. Amarillo Police Chief Martin Birkenfeld says 34 year old George Michael Mireles died at the hospital where he had been taken following Friday’s shooting…… MORE
UPDATE: 08-22 9:50 AM – British military forces confirm seven Afghan citizens were crushed to death in the continuing pandemonium at the Kabul airport. The United States is calling on several U.S. airliners, including American Airlines of North Texas, to loan A TOTAL OF 18 Aircraft for the continuing evacuation effort. American and Delta Airlines…… MORE
Houston (AP) – The legal battle over whether Texas communities can require students and others to wear masks in response to the current surge in COVID-19 cases remains entangled in a series of lawsuits, orders and appeals. Ten counties and cities and 52 school districts or systems around the state have imposed mask mandates in…… MORE
Tyler (AP) – A federal judge has issued a ruling that keeps in place Texas’ Medicaid agreement. The decision Friday blocks an effort by the Biden administration to rescind the deal. Texas is one of only 12 states that have resisted expanding Medicaid coverage under a key provision of former President Barack Obama’s health care…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- After over four decades, the man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering 17-year-old Carla Walker of Fort Worth goes to trial in Tarrant County. The 1974 cold case was opened back up after new technology linked 78-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley’s DNA to crime scene evidence. police say walker was in the…… MORE
