AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A group of doctors in Austin, Texas, is warning police not to use so-called “less lethal” munitions for crowd control after they treated people who were severely hurt during protests in May. In a letter published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, 12 doctors from the Dell Seton Medical…… MORE
CEDAR PARK (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- UPDATE 9:30 a.m.: Cedar Park Police confirmed that all three hostages have been freed from the home and the suspect has surrendered to police. The suspect had been barricaded inside the home for over 16 hours with his mother, brother, sister and family pet. 9:00am UPDATE: The suspect and last hostage have…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Dallas County Health and Human services is reporting a staggering 5,361 additional Coronavirus cases, bringing the total in Dallas County to just over 63,400. According the Texas Department of State Health Services, this high number is a backlog of reports due to coding errors. This is beginning to be resolved through a…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – A public safety committee meeting is scheduled on Tuesday to discuss a report reviewing critical decisions made by the Dallas Police Department during the George Floyd protests this spring. The report analyzes DPD resposne to clashes with protesters, looters, rioters and peaceful protesters. Among them, the highly visible clash and teargassing…… MORE
Toledo, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State Police say a Texas man is in custody after leading troopers on a chase through three Ohio counties in a stolen ambulance. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says an ambulance reported stolen from Mercy Health St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Toledo was spotted parked on Route 24 in Lucas…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The death toll in Texas from the coronavirus inched nearer to 10,000 over the weekend, with 238 deaths reported on Saturday bringing the total to 9,840. The Texas Department of State Health Services said the number of reported cases increased by 8,245 to 528,838. The true number of cases is likely higher…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas leaders who grappled with coronavirus testing shortages for much of the pandemic are now facing the opposite problem: not enough takers. The number of coronavirus tests being done each day in Texas has dropped by the thousands in August, mirroring nationwide trends. The drop comes even as the number of deaths…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As protest for racial injustice continue across the country, a group with a different cause has begun marching in the streets. #WheresOurChildren and #SaveTheChildren have been widely used on social media in recent months in order to spread awareness on pedophilia and human sex trafficking. The movement has gained nationwide popularity and multiple…… MORE
(AP) – Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is showing more willingness to consider the points of view of players over kneeling during the national anthem. The owner who has taken the hardest line among his NFL counterparts against protesting during the anthem sidestepped the question of changing his policy requiring players to stand. Jones is…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is reporting fewer than 7,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time in six weeks. But that encouraging sign Thursday was clouded by questions over testing as students return to school and college football teams push ahead with playing this fall. Testing has dropped off in Texas, a trend seen…… MORE
