ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Now declared a hurricane, Henri is picking up steam with sustained 75 mile an hour winds and poised to make landfall in New York or New England states on Sunday – still to early to call a definite landfall location. Storm surges to five feet with a full moon, and…… MORE
ISIS Now In the Afghanistan No Travel Mix/U S Airliners Participate in Evacuation
UPDATE: 08-22 9:50 AM – British military forces confirm seven Afghan citizens were crushed to death in the continuing pandemonium at the Kabul airport. The United States is calling on several U.S. airliners, including American Airlines of North Texas, to loan A TOTAL OF 18 Aircraft for the continuing evacuation effort. American and Delta Airlines…… MORE
Governor’s Mask Order Tangled In Legal Challenges
Houston (AP) – The legal battle over whether Texas communities can require students and others to wear masks in response to the current surge in COVID-19 cases remains entangled in a series of lawsuits, orders and appeals. Ten counties and cities and 52 school districts or systems around the state have imposed mask mandates in…… MORE
Judge Rules On Texas Medicaid Waiver
Tyler (AP) – A federal judge has issued a ruling that keeps in place Texas’ Medicaid agreement. The decision Friday blocks an effort by the Biden administration to rescind the deal. Texas is one of only 12 states that have resisted expanding Medicaid coverage under a key provision of former President Barack Obama’s health care…… MORE
SATURDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY, BREEZY, WARMER AND HUMID. HIGH: 96. HEAT INDEX 106°. Winds: S 10-20. SUNDAY: SUNNY AND WARM. HIGH: 97. Winds: S 5-10.… MORE
1974 Cold Case Murder Suspect is on Trial in Tarrant County
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- After over four decades, the man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering 17-year-old Carla Walker of Fort Worth goes to trial in Tarrant County. The 1974 cold case was opened back up after new technology linked 78-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley’s DNA to crime scene evidence. police say walker was in the…… MORE
FWISD partners with pharmacy to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth ISD, in partnership with Perrone Pharmacy, is hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics at 14 high schools Aug. 23-Sept. 22. Pfizer vaccines will be administered at no cost from 3:30-8:30 p.m. on designated days at each individual campus. The vaccination clinics are open to all FWISD students 12 years old and…… MORE
Biden Pledges to Americans in Kabul: ‘We will get you Home’
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is pledging to Americans still trapped in Afghanistan: “We will get you home.” Biden’s comments at a White House news conference Friday come as the U.S. government struggles to ramp up a massive airlift clearing Americans and other foreigners and vulnerable Afghans, rescuing them from a Taliban takeover of…… MORE
Governor Deploys Additional Medical Personnel, Establishes More COVID Antibody Infusion Centers
AUSTIN – The Texas Division of Emergency Management plan to deploy additional medical personnel and launch more COVID-19 antibody infusion centers across the state over the next week, according to Governor Greg Abbott. “Front-line health care workers across our state are working tirelessly to keep Texans healthy and safe,” said Governor Abbott. “The substantial increase of infusion…… MORE
Texas Attorney General Sues San Antonio ISD over Vaccine Requirement
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday that he filed a complaint asking for a temporary restraining order against San Antonio ISD after it refused to follow Executive Order GA-38. GA-38 prohibits governmental entities and officials from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. According to Paxton, the order has the force and effect of state…… MORE
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