(WBAP/KLIF) — The number of available hospital beds dropped slightly in the Dallas area, Thursday, but hasn’t reached the low seen in late October. Of the 5,914 available hospital beds, 4,461 are occupied. The ICU bed situation has eclipsed 80% capacity, as 758 of the 937 beds are occupied. That capacity percentage is slightly skewed…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Federal Reserve predicts the Covid-19 battered Texas economy will begin to recover about halfway through 2021; about the time the Covid-19 vaccines become available to all Texans. In a survey in which 75% of business owners responded, 20 percent said they were laying off employees and reducing expenses. Hotels…… MORE
BETHDESDA, MD (WBAP/KLIF News) – Over 433,000 bottles of Excedrin have been recalled over holes that have been found at the bottom of some of the containers. GSK Consumer Health made the decision Wednesday due to failure to meet the child-resistant packaging requirement. It’s a poisonous risk for children, who may grab the bottle, gain access…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF)- On Christmas Eve twenty years ago, Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins, badge 830, was brutally murdered when he responded to a suspicious circumstance call at the Oshman’s Sporting Goods in Irving. Seven escaped convicts were in the midst of committing an aggravated robbery and ambushed Officer Hawkins, killing him before he could get…… MORE
DOVER, England (AP) – Truckers and travelers who have been stuck for days in a huge gridlock at the English port of Dover finally got to leave for France. France has partially reopened its borders with Britain following international concern over a rapidly spreading new coronavirus variant, but the slow delivery of coronavirus tests have…… MORE
UPDATED: 12/24/20 8:57AM Washington (AP) WBAP/KLIF – House Republicans block Democrats’ effort to advance $2,000 stimulus checks pushed by President Trump. Reply STOP to quit. House Democrats also blocked a measure sought by Republicans to take anther look at U.S. spending on foreign aid, one of the sticking points for President Trump in sending the bill…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Health officials in the Texas state capital on Wednesday again urged people to avoid holiday gatherings to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients soared heading into the Christmas weekend. There is such a high rate of transmission in Austin that people should consider themselves at risk…… MORE
Virginia Beach, VA (WBAP/KLIF) – As President Trump’s urges his supported to rally in mass at the US Capitol on January 6th as Congress meets to certify Electoral College votes, televangelist Pat Robertson said Monday on his long-running ‘700 Club’ that the President is living in an “alternate reality” and should “move on” from his…… MORE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Department of State Health Services has allocated 2,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the City of Dallas. The City was notified of its allocation on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The City anticipates receiving its first doses within the next 72 hours for inoculations to begin Saturday, Dec. 26. Additionally, Parkland Health & Hospital System has made 50 Pfizer vaccines available to Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR). “I’m thankful the City of Dallas…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF)-To improve trail safety and emergency access, the City of Plano is implementing a trail marker system that will aid first responders in the event of an emergency. Emergency response teams will now be able to determine exactly where on a trail they need to respond and how to best access that location. Signs…… MORE
