Dallas (AP) – A federal judge has granted permission for a West Texas flower shop owner charged in last month’s riot at the U.S. Capitol to take a work-related four-day trip to Mexico. The Judge said in the order granting Jenny Cudd’s request for travel later this month that neither her pre-trial services officer nor…… MORE
Mason (WBAP/KLIF) – A suspect has been taken into custody for allegedly setting a roaring fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of a 111 year old Texas courthouse. The late night fire destroyed the Mason County Courthouse in the town of Mason northwest of Austin. Judge Jerry Bearden said the flames could…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has nearly 581,000 cases of COVID-19. Dallas county’s over 1,400 newly confirmed cases raised the pandemic total to over 233,000. Tarrant county listed 1,394 new cases pushing the county close to 227,000 infected residents. Collin county’s total increased to almost 64,500 cases following 279 newly confirmed positive tests, while Denton county’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Staff at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Cliff had a smile on their faces this week after giving the COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman from Grand Prairie. According to Methodist Health System, 104-year-old Lois Kreger and her family spent weeks online trying to get Lois a vaccine. They were thrilled when…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The University of Houston is gauging where Texans stand on allegations of voter fraud in the Presidential election, and the January 6 storming of the U.S. capitol building. The Hobby School of Public Affairs conducted an online survey in English and Spanish among Texans 18 and older January 12-20, with 1,329 YouGov…… MORE
GALVESTON (AP) – The mother of “Little Jacob”, whose body was found on a Galveston beach, has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the 4-year-old’s death. According to court records, a judge sentenced Rebecca Suzanne Rivera Thursday following her conviction this week on a charge of injury to a…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S employers added just 49,000 jobs in January, a sign that that the viral pandemic retains a tight grip on the economy nearly a year after it triggered a painful recession. The drop follows a decline of 227,000 jobs in December, the first loss since April. The unemployment rate for January fell…… MORE
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Nearly half of American sports fans would give up one of their other work holidays in order to have a day off after Super Bowl Sunday, according to a 2020 survey commissioned by the daily fantasy sports company DraftKings. The survey, which was conducted by the polling firm SurveyGizmo, found that…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is rejecting a request by House Democrats to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial. Democrats are challenging the former president to explain why he and his lawyers have disputed key factual allegations related to their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol.…… MORE
Washington, DC (AP) – Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies. Preliminary results from a massive study showed J&J’s vaccine was safe and offered strong protection against moderate to severe COVID-19. It didn’t appear quite as strong as two-dose…… MORE
