McKINNEY (WBAP / KLIF) The wait list makes it easier to get in line for a COVID-19 vaccination by letting Collin County residents go online to register and be notified of their place in line, and to then be notified when vaccines become available. The COVID-19 vaccine will be available to Collin County residents who…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn will not object to President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the Electoral College when Congress convenes for a joint session on Wednesday. Cornyn’s split with colleague Ted Cruz, of Texas, comes in a letter the senior senator from Texas wrote to citizens of the Lone Star State as published by the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Ft. Worth Mayor Betsy Price has announced she will not seek a sixth term in office. Price, who is 71, said she hopes to spend more time with her grandchildren. “It’s a hard decision but it’s the right thing at this time,” said Price. Coming to that conclusion is nothing that…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The North Texas Food Bank will deliver meals to residents in need this week. The non-profit’s drive-thru mobile pantry will fan out to numerous locations across the region and distribute food packages on a first-come, first-serve basis. Here is the list of locations: Tuesday, January 5th 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – …… MORE
A group of Google engineers and other workers announced Monday they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry. About 225 employees at Google and its parent company Alphabet are the first dues-paying members of the Alphabet Workers Union. They represent a fraction of Alphabet’s workforce, far…… MORE
New York (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. government says it has approved the first new applicants in several years to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that President Trump violated federal law in the way he…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County’s health director says in the two days since they launched a website to let residents register for COVID-19 vaccines, nearly 50,000 have signed up. Dr. Philip Huang says they’re preparing to expand the vaccination program from the current phase 1-A, which targets health care workers and nursing home residents, into…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texans are braving long lines to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Outside Tarrant County Resource Connection in Fort Worth on Monday a socially distanced line wrapped around the complex with eligible populations waiting hours with their lawns chairs and masks to get vaccinated. But first, they had to register online. “They…… MORE
A local member of the U.S. House of Representatives has tested positive for coronavirus. Representative Kay Granger was tested once she arrived in DC for the beginning of the 117th Congress. She was later notified that she had tested positive and immediately quarantined. Having received the vaccine in December, she is asymptomatic and her staff…… MORE
MILNER, Ga. (AP) – Democrats and Republicans alike are casting Tuesday’s twin Georgia Senate runoffs in the starkest of terms as the state prepares for last-minute visits from President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden. Tuesday’s elections will decide which party will control the Senate at the outset of Biden’s tenure. Republican David Perdue, who…… MORE
