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Barr: No Evidence of Fraud that would Change Election Outcome

Barr: No Evidence of Fraud that would Change Election Outcome

WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud and has seen nothing that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working diligently to follow…MORE

Rapid COVID-19 Tests Available to Richardson ISD Students During School

Rapid COVID-19 Tests Available to Richardson ISD Students During School

RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – Rapid COVID-19 testing is now available for Richardson ISD students. The school district is participating in a state of Texas program that provides a limited number of rapid antigen screening tests to participating districts. The in-school screening program began Tuesday and is available to employees and students who develop COVID-19 symptoms while…MORE

Governor Abbott Endorses Springer in Special Election Runoff

Governor Abbott Endorses Springer in Special Election Runoff

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A special election runoff in Texas senate District 30 is weeks away and Governor Greg Abbott is getting behind one of the candidates. Senate District 30 includes the counties of Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Erath, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wichita, Wise, and Young. Republicans Drew Springer and Shelley Luther…MORE

Victory Plaza Becomes PNC Plaza After Naming Rights Deal with City of Dallas

Victory Plaza Becomes PNC Plaza After Naming Rights Deal with City of Dallas

Dallas, TX (WBAP?KLIF) – A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based bank has bought the naming rights to Victory Plaza outside the American Airlines Center. PNC Bank made the move after establishing itself in the southeast region with purchase of BBVA USA last month, according to the Dallas Morning News. The goal has since been to find a high-profile…MORE

North Texas Food Bank Partners with HungerMitao to Match Donations on Giving Tuesday

North Texas Food Bank Partners with HungerMitao to Match Donations on Giving Tuesday

PLANO  (WBAP/KLIF News) – It’s Giving Tuesday and organizations across North Texas are urging residents to help the community’s most vulnerable populations. The North Texas Food Bank has partnered with HungerMitao to match any donation made today, December 1st, up to $100,000. The food bank said the money will provide twice as many meals to…MORE

Holiday Air Travel Surges Despite Dire Health Warnings

Holiday Air Travel Surges Despite Dire Health Warnings

UNDATED (AP) – The TSA says nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday. That’s the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March. And the uptick came despite the pleadings of public health experts for people to stay home over Thanksgiving to limit further spreading the virus. The…MORE

Trump Headed to GA Amid Senate Runoff as Some Republicans Worry About Conspiracy Theories

Trump Headed to GA Amid Senate Runoff as Some Republicans Worry About Conspiracy Theories

ATLANTA (AP) – Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump’s conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party’s ability to win a Senate majority and counter President-elect Joe Biden’s administration. The concerns come ahead of Trump’s planned Saturday visit to Georgia to campaign alongside Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.…MORE

Reality Overwhelms Hope for Cowboys, Last in Woeful NFC East

Reality Overwhelms Hope for Cowboys, Last in Woeful NFC East

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — In a season of so much uncertainty, the Dallas Cowboys can count on one thing: being alone in last place in the NFL’s worst division going into Week 13. While the Cowboys will say there’s still hope because no team in the NFC East will have more than one win than…MORE

Fort Worth Mayor Gets New Covid Antibody Treatment

Fort Worth Mayor Gets New Covid Antibody Treatment

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF)  Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price is back at work after a two week fight against Covid-19, which included a new antibody treatment.  Price says her doctor told her she was a good candidate for the I-V treatment called Bamlanivimab.  She says she was diagnosed with covid on the November 17th and received…MORE

Dallas Mayor says Entrepreneurship will Help Lead City Through Pandemic

Dallas Mayor says Entrepreneurship will Help Lead City Through Pandemic

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mayor of Dallas is targeting entrepreneurship as a way for the city’s economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We want this economy to lead the nation in the recovery from COVID-19,” said Mayor Eric Johnson. “That’s going to help us get out of the pandemic faster and recover economically, quicker.”…MORE