AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has surpassed California in recording the highest number of positive coronavirus tests in the U.S. so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation, the data from Sunday — the most recent available — says that there have been 938,503 cases in Texas, the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas GOP Chair Rodney Anderson and Dallas County Democratic Party Chair Carol Donovan have issued a joint statement calling on residents remain calm during the vote counting process. In the statement Anderson and Donovan say, “It is important to remember Texas law allows mail-in ballots to arrive after Election Day and still…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talked up his support for Joe Biden 2020. Cuban told ‘ The Athletic’ sports writer Sam Amick, that the COVID pandemic fueled his decision: Cuban said, among other things, “You always have to realize that without leadership, there’s instability and instability is the worst thing that can…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A number of North Texas businesses are playing it safe with talk of potential unrest after Tuesday’s election results are tallied. Stores and restaurants in Downtown Dallas, Victory Park, and parts of Fort Worth are boarding up windows in case of looting or riots. “We’re using a mallet and screwing them up…… MORE
HARRIS COUNTY(WBAP/KLIF)- About 127,000 drive-in votes in Harris County will be counted, per a ruling by a federal judge. A group of Republicans challenged the voting method, claiming it violates the U.S constitution, but the argument didn’t hold up in court. Governor Abbott said it was very unlikely that a court would throw out ballots…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- The Tarrant County Elections Office hired additional ballot board members after facing a shortage of workers available. “This was due to a variety of reasons. Most of them expressed concerns about the pandemic and having to work with multiple others around them and certain difficulties to achieve social distancing especially the work…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, have decided to not make public how they voted this year. Bush spokesman Freddy Ford tells the Dallas Morning News that the Texas residents are keeping their votes to themselves. In 2016, Bush and his wife selected ”none of the above” on their…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Election day is tomorrow and politicians, advocacy groups and election officials are making their final pitch for Texans to continue to show up in record numbers at the polls. When early voting closed Friday, more than nine million votes had been cast in Texas. The numbers shattered the total vote count in…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — The actor Eddie Hassell, known for his roles in the NBC show “Surface” and the 2010 Oscar-nominated film “The Kids Are All Right,” has died after a shooting in Texas, police said. He was 30. The shooting happened early Sunday in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, police said. Grand…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there. The president’s tweet came hours after the FBI confirmed that it was “aware of the incident and investigating.”…… MORE
