UNDATED (AP) The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 800,000. That is according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. The once-unimaginable milestone was hit Tuesday. It’s seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring. The…… MORE
House Votes to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt in Jan. 6 Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. It is the first time the House has voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s. The…… MORE
Plano Council Approves Name Changes for City Buildings and Park
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano City Council members, on Monday, unanimously approved new names for three City Buildings to honor three long-time dedicated civil servants. The Gerald P. Cosgrove Public Works Service Center, formerly the Parkway Service Center, honors the legacy left by the beloved late Director of Public Works Jerry Cosgrove. The Gregory W. Rushin…… MORE
NY Ethics Board tells Former Governor Cuomo to Return Book Money
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Former Governor Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to give up the millions he was paid to write a book about his response to the pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a fight. Cuomo was directed to turn over proceeds earned…… MORE
NY Ethics Board tells Former Governor Cuomo to Return Book Money
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Former Governor Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to give up the millions he was paid to write a book about his response to the pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a fight. Cuomo was directed to turn over proceeds earned…… MORE
Local Disaster Relief Groups Plan to be in Kentucky for Weeks
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Disaster relief organizations in DFW expect their recovery efforts in Kentucky to continue for weeks following last weekend’s deadly tornadoes. Texas Baptist Men deployed a refrigerated feeding unit to Murray, Kentucky on Tuesday. “We had a call from the Kentucky feeding groups,” said Director David Wells. “When we go out to feed,…… MORE
Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Pill 89 % Effective Against Severe Illness, Works Against Omicron
NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – As pharmaceutical companies race to develop treatments to battle COVID-19 and its mutations, Pfizer confirmed Tuesday its experimental pill is effective against the omicron variant. The company released the results of a 2,246-person study that the oral antiviral reduced hospitalizations and deaths by almost 89% among high-risk adults when taken…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Rick Perry For Governor?
Yes, that’s right. It part of today’s version of ‘KLIF Notes’.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Biden Heads To Kentucky & Is Misinformation Your Fault?
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CRT Protest and Counter-Rally Slated Today at FWISD
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A planned critical race theory protest and counter-rally are slated ahead of a Fort Worth ISD board meeting today. The events comes on the heels of Thursday’s board meeting where one resident directed his comments on the issue to some in the crowd who are opposed to CRT. Malik Austin, who…… MORE
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