WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration has paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The agency authorized the kid-size doses on Friday. But there’s one more regulatory hurdle. Next week, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss which youngsters should get vaccinated.…… MORE
NAACP Discourages Professional Athletes from Signing Contracts in Texas
(WBAP/KLIF) – In response to recently passed legislation, the NAACP is discouraging professional athletes from signing contracts in Texas. The NAACP announced this week that it sent a letter to every professional sports players’ association in the country, urging its free agents to reconsider signing contracts in Texas. In recent months, Texas Governor Greg Abbott…… MORE
Health Experts Encourage Safety this Halloween Weekend
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Local health experts are encouraging parents and kids to be safe this Halloween weekend. The North Texas Poison Center, housed at Parkland Memorial Hospital, had a few tips for trick-or-treaters this week. “Children will be children and each year we receive calls from anxious parents whose child has bitten into a glow…… MORE
GOP Trump Critic Rep. Adam Kinzinger Won’t Seek Reelection
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump who is one of two Republicans on the panel investigating the deadly Capitol attack, announced Friday he would not seek reelection next year. The military veteran, who won a long-shot suburban congressional district a decade ago, became one of a handful…… MORE
Baldwin shooting highlights risks of rushed film production
NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of the film industry where critics say the pursuit of profit can lead to unsafe working conditions. With a budget around $7 million, the Western “Rust” was no micro-budget indie. The previous best-picture…… MORE
2 Neo-Nazi Group Members Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) – Two neo-Nazi group members have been sentenced to nine years in prison each in a case that highlighted a broader federal crackdown on far-right extremists. FBI agents arrested former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews, U.S. Army veteran Brian Mark Lemley Jr., and a third member of a group called…… MORE
Oncor Crews Are Working To Restore Power Lost In Thursday’s Wind Storm.
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The electricity provider says more than 100,000 of its customers lost power. The outages occurred in a number of DFW neighborhoods, as well as in such diverse cities as Killeen and Temple south of the metroplex, and Lufkin and Tyler to the southeast. Most of the damage was caused by trees toppled…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Horror Movies and Bill Murray Over Halloween
It’s Halloween weekend, so we’ve got a couple of new horror movies for Frank Swietek to review! He joins Dave & Scott to review those, as well as a highly anticipated film about journalism that stars Bill Murray and Anthony Brody!… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Is Dak In Or Out On Sunday?
Cowboys’ quarterback Dak Prescott strained his calf on the final play of the game two weeks ago, so will he play Sunday night against the Minnesota Vikings? Steve Lamb joined Dave & Scott to preview the game.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Biden’s Price Tag Drops, and F-Bombs Are Everywhere
President Biden has dropped the price tag on the big spending bill, so what’s in and what’s out? Dave & Scott explain in today’s KLIFnotes, and also have a couple of soundbites from elected officials who dropped F-bombs on hot mics.… MORE
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