DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Front line healthcare workers in North Texas began receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination on Monday. Methodist Health System its first shipment of more than 5,800 doses of the vaccine Monday morning at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center. “We are excited to be among the first in the state of Texas and nation…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Google was hit with a massive outage Monday morning that left Gmail, YouTube and Google Classroom members, and its other services unable to access their accounts. Thousands of complaints started emerging around 7 a.m. EST. Users attempting to log in to their accounts received error messages that stated “Something Went Wrong.”…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – In the past year, there has been a surge of interest among U.S. religious groups in the concept of racism-linked reparations. It’s particularly notable among long-established Protestant denominations that were active during the era of slavery. In one example, the Episcopal Diocese of Texas is pledging $13 million while acknowledging that…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Methodist Medical Center-Dallas was the first DFW-area hospital to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Texas is expected to get more than 220,000 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for distribution this week. Twenty-three locations will received doses on today and Tuesday, with the remaining 86 medical centers getting them later in the week.…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – At a ‘Stop the Steal’ march in the nation’s capitol over the weekend, far-right commentator and podcaster Nick Fuentes told trump, quote: “We are going to destroy the GOP” for its failure to keep trump in power. “In the first Million MAGA march we promised that if the GOP did not do…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Moving vans are creating caravans reminiscent of nineteenth century wagon trains between California’s Silicon Valley and Texas. Less than two weeks after Elon Musk announced the move of his Tesla headquarters to Austin and Hewlett Packard announcing they’re relocating to Houston, San Jose computer technology giant Oracle is packing up their…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Angered by the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the Texas case challenging election results in four states, Texas GOP Chairman Allen West on Friday suggested Texas should secede from the Union. The SCOTUS decision marked one of over 50 court denials related to Trump campaign cases alleging voter fraud. In a written…… MORE
DALLAS – (KXAS)- The group Feed A Hero hopes to feed seven thousand first responders a warm holiday meal, but the fundraising is in crisis, in part, due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Organizers say they have ten days to raise ten thousand dollars to reach that goal. The group began in 2013 feeding six…… MORE
San Diego (AP) – The U.S. Navy has called off search and rescue efforts for a 20 year old sailor from Texas who reportedly fell overboard earlier this week from the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The Navy says it ended the effort after it searched more than 600 square nautical miles for more than 55 hours…… MORE
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – The mayor of Arlington has been fined $1500 for violating campaign finance laws. The Texas Ethics Commission fined Jeff Williams for breaking the law several times while running for re-election in 2019. Williams’ campaign spokesperson has acknowledged what he says were “oversights.” He says some campaign contributions were taken and reported “in…… MORE
