DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former Dallas Mavericks center Shaun Bradley, 48, has announced that he is paralyzed following a car accident on January 20. The retired NBA player was riding his bicycle near his home in St. George, Utah, when he was hit from behind, suffering a traumatic spinal cord injury. Neck fusion surgery and…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose by 45,000 last week to 770,000, a sign that layoffs remain high even as much of the U.S. economy is steadily recovering from the coronavirus recession. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims climbed from 725,000 the week…… MORE
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Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials in North Texas’ largest counties have asked the state for more COVID-19 vaccines In comments to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial Board, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley were critical of getting fewer doses from the state for the general population due to FEMA’s efforts to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Authorities in Washington, D.C., have arrested a Texas man near the vice president’s official residence on a weapons charge. Vice President Kamala Harris has not yet moved into the home, which is undergoing renovations. The Metropolitan Police Department says in a statement issued Wednesday that the man was seen on Massachusetts Avenue…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asks North Texans to be compassionate about the unaccompanied immigrant minors being sheltered at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas. Jenkins said we should be focusing on other things like defeating Covid-19 and holding politicians responsible to fix our failed power grid. The judge released a statement:…… MORE
WYLIE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Rangers is investigating an officer involved shooting in Wylie Wednesday. Wylie police say while responding to an unrelated traffic stop, an officer saw a truck had crashed into a CVS building and noticed a woman who was severely injured and laying on the parking lot ground next to a man holding…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced the expansion of Operation Lone Star on Wednesday while speaking to reporters in Dallas. The enhanced operations includes efforts to crack down on human trafficking related to illegal border crossings. As part of this expansion, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and agents, as well as the Texas…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of McKinney will end operations at its COVID-19 vaccination hubs by April 30th. Mayor George Fuller said the hubs, at McKinney ISD Stadium and Community Event Center, were created to help the city’s most vulnerable get inoculated. He added the hubs had a major impact on jump-starting Collin County’s…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Authorities say eight people in a Dodge pickup truck loaded with illegal immigrants were killed when the vehicle collided with another truck following a police chase near the Texas border city of Del Rio. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the pursuit began when the driver of the Dodge pickup…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said. The attacks began around…… MORE
