Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. COVID-19 cases soared past 3-million Wednesday, accounting for 25% of the world case count for a country that comprises only 4% of world’s population. In Texas, coronavirus cases soared past the 210-thousand as sister station WFAA-TV report, “If the lone star state were a country, it would be the world’s 11th-most…… MORE
Garland Police: Burglar Suspects Enter Woman’s Home Using COVID-19-Tainted Water Scam
Garland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Police are looking for several men who allegedly burglarized a home after fooling a woman into believing her water may be contaminated with COVID-19. Police say the woman allowed at least four men into the home to check her water. home security video shows all of the men regular wearing…… MORE
Texas Resumes Executions After 5-month Delay Due to Pandemic
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, ending a five-month delay of executions in the nation’s busiest death penalty state because of the coronavirus pandemic. Billy Joe Wardlow was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the…… MORE
Texas GOP Chair: “Our State Convention will Continue Unimpeded”
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Republican Party of Texas responded late Wednesday to the City of Houston’s decision to cancel the party’s convention, which was planned for next week in Houston. Earlier Wednesday, the Houston First Corporation, on behalf of Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston, terminated the Texas GOP’s binding contract to host…… MORE
Lake Worth Nursing Home Residents Being Evacuated After Multiple Test Positive for COVID-19
LAKE WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A Lake Worth nursing home has been hit hard by COVID-19. 63 residents at the Lake Worth nursing home in the 4200 block of Wells Drive are being relocated after nearly half tested positive for Coronavirus. Medstar crews say they are treating every resident as if they had COVID-19 and they will…… MORE
Auto Show Industry Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic
DFW (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The COVID-19 pandemic has canceled almost all large public gathering events throughout the state. One string of events that has been hit particularly hard is auto shows. Both the Dallas and Fort worth Auto shows have now been canceled, as well as the Texas State Fair Auto Show, which brings in nearly…… MORE
Dallas County Woman in her 20’s Dies from COVID-19, Case Count Rises
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The continued spread of COVID-19 in Texas was evident again Wednesday when state and local officials released daily case counts. Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 1,029 additional positive cases, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 29,160, including 426 deaths. The additional 16 deaths reported in Dallas County…… MORE
Houston Scraps Texas GOP’s In-person Convention due to Virus
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Houston city officials announced Wednesday that they have canceled the Texas GOP’s in-person convention set for next week amid concerns surrounding the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the city. According to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, the city’s lawyers exercised provisions in the contract that the Texas Republican Party signed to rent…… MORE
Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Aid if Schools Don’t Reopen
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal money if schools don’t reopen in the fall. He says the guidelines his own federal health officials have created for schools to reopen are impractical and expensive. Even as he continues to put pressure on state and local officials to fully reopen, New York City…… MORE
Supreme Court Rules More Employers Can Opt Out of Providing No Cost Birth Control to Women
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in its effort to allow more employers to refuse to provide free birth control on moral or religious grounds. In the court’s 7-2 ruling Wednesday, the justices said the Trump administration acted properly in the legal process against the requirement. Under the…… MORE
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