WBAP Morning News: Should Restaurants Require Masks?

Day One of Mask Freedom Day came and went. Many restaurants face a no-win situation: patrons will get mad if you either require masks, or if you don’t. What to do? One owner has a solution: John Kinch, who owns Community Grill in Frisco, is letting customers decide to wear a mask or not. How…MORE

US Jobless Claims Fall to 712,000 as Layoffs Ease; American Airlines Cancels for Furloughs for 13,000

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 712,000, the lowest total since early November, evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs amid a decline in confirmed coronavirus cases and signs of an improving economy. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for unemployment aid dropped…MORE

Dak Says He’s Happy, Healthy and Ready To Win a Superbowl

Dak Prescott walked briskly and bounced up the couple of steps onto the stage for the announcement of the richest contract in the storied history of the Dallas Cowboys for their latest star quarterback. It was five months almost to the day Wednesday since the gruesome ankle injury that ended Prescott’s 2020 season and led to immediate…MORE

No Evidence Arrivals at Texas Border Significantly Spreading COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As he ended Texas’ coronavirus restrictions Wednesday over the objections of public health officials, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has tried shifting concern about the virus’ spread to migrants with COVID-19 crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, though without evidence they are a significant factor. The focus by Abbott and other Republicans on migrant…MORE