U.S. Jobless Claims Drop 13,000 to 553,000 Last Week

WASHINGTON (AP) – The latest jobless numbers show the economy is healing. The U.S. Labor Department  reports the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit in March of 2020. Jobless claims were down from 566,000 a week earlier. They have fallen…MORE

Swarm Of Bees KillsTexas Man

BRECKENRIDGE, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a Texas man has died after going into cardiac arrest when he was attacked by an aggressive swarm of bees outside his home. Seventy-year-old Thomas Hicks was mowing his lawn Monday when he was repeatedly stung by the bees outside his home in Breckenridge, about 130 miles west of…MORE

President Biden Delivers His First Address to Congress”America is rising anew”

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden declares “America is rising anew” as he calls for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the coronavirus pandemic and broadly extend the social safety net on a scale not seen in decades. Biden’s first nationally televised address to Congress on Wednesday raised the stakes for…MORE

Widespread Damage After Storm That Produced Monster Hail & High Winds

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Many residents across the metroplex are waking up to smashed windshields and other damage from severe storms that brought a large as baseball-sized hail to the area. In Parker County high winds toppled a mobile home on Enchanted Lakes Drive near Eagle Mountain Lake. Three people were hospitalized and 6 people…MORE

Texas COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 50K, Vaccinations Increase

DALLAS (AP) — Texas has topped 50,000 COVID-19 deaths during the 14-month pandemic, university researchers reported Wednesday. Johns Hopkins University researchers placed the Texas COVID-19 death toll at 50,037 Wednesday, out of 3,092,597 cases. That toll is the nation’s third-highest. But researchers say the rolling two-week average of new cases continues to decline, with a…MORE