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CBS News/WBAP/KLIF – President Joe Biden will repeal the ban on transgender Americans serving in the U.S. military. The announcement will be made via executive order.  Then President trump tweeted a ban in 2017 on transgender military members serving. The move could affect more than 15 thousand transgender military members who had been serving in…MORE

Dave Chappelle Tests Positive For COVID-19; Shows Canceled

Dave Chappelle Tests Positive For COVID-19; Shows Canceled

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Comedian Dave Chappelle has tested positive for the coronavirus, and his upcoming comedy shows have been canceled. Chappelle tested positive just before a show in Austin. He is said to be asymptomatic, and quarantining. Chappelle had been performing socially-distanced shows in Ohio since June, and recently decided to move them to Austin…MORE

Texas Officials Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines For The Week of January 25th

Texas Officials Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines For The Week of January 25th

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The state of Texas is scheduled to receive 332,750 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government next week.  The Texas Department of State Health Services has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship those doses to 212 providers across Texas. The state will continue to vaccinate health care…MORE

Television & Radio Icon Larry King Dead at Age 87

Television & Radio Icon Larry King Dead at Age 87

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Larry King has died at age 87 after a half-century in broadcasting that included interviews with presidents, movie stars and ordinary Joes. His production company tweeted that he died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. No cause of death was given, but a spokesperson said this month he had…MORE

Texas Is Suing President Biden

Texas Is Suing President Biden

Austin (AP) – Texas is asking a court to stop President Joe Biden from allowing a 100 day moratorium on deportations. The lawsuit filed Friday is one of the first against the new administration. The moratorium came after Biden revoked former President Trump’s mandate that made anyone in the U.S. illegally a priority for deportation.…MORE

Laredo Is A COVID-19 Hotspot

Laredo Is A COVID-19 Hotspot

Austin (AP) – The border city of Laredo has become one of the most active coronavirus hotspots in the nation. Texas Governor. Greg Abbott said Friday that more medical personnel and equipment were on the way as roughly half of Laredo’s hospital beds are now occupied by COVID-19 patients. More than 8,900 new virus cases…MORE

Dallas Coin Auction Sets Record

Dallas Coin Auction Sets Record

Dallas (AP) – A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 has sold at auction in Dallas for $9.36 million. Heritage Auctions offered the New York-style Brasher Doubloon Thursday evening as part of an auction of U.S. coins. Heritage says the sale is the most ever paid for a…MORE

Mi Cocina and Klyde Warren Park Team to Help a Good Cause

Mi Cocina and Klyde Warren Park Team to Help a Good Cause

Dallas (WBAP / KLIF) Mi Cocina, the successful Tex-Mex restaurant chain, will open a ‘Mi Cocina in the Park’ location and part of its proceeds will help an array of good causes. The location will be in Klyde Warren Park and it will open in September. The park is built over the Woodall Rogers Freeway…MORE

Impeachment Trial Date is Set

Impeachment Trial Date is Set

Washington (AP) – Opening arguments in the senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection will begin the week of February 8. That’s according to senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who announced the schedule Friday evening. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment against Trump to the…MORE