North Face, the popular outdoor-wear company, reportedly refused to fill an order from Innovex Downhole Solutions. The reasoning they were given for the refusal was that they were an oil and gas company, and that fact didn’t mesh with their brand. … MORE
WBAP Morning News: SCOTUS Rejects Texas Lawsuit Against Key States
The Supreme Court has rejected hearing the lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, which challenged battleground states over alleged election officials side-stepping laws and regulations because of COVID-19. … MORE
Google Experienced Worldwide Outage, Including Gmail, Google Classroom and YouTube
NEW YORK (AP) – Google was hit with a massive outage Monday morning that left Gmail, YouTube and Google Classroom members, and its other services unable to access their accounts. Thousands of complaints started emerging around 7 a.m. EST. Users attempting to log in to their accounts received error messages that stated “Something Went Wrong.”…… MORE
Episcopal Diocese of TX Commits To Racism Linked Reparations
NEW YORK (AP) – In the past year, there has been a surge of interest among U.S. religious groups in the concept of racism-linked reparations. It’s particularly notable among long-established Protestant denominations that were active during the era of slavery. In one example, the Episcopal Diocese of Texas is pledging $13 million while acknowledging that…… MORE
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Texas
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Methodist Medical Center-Dallas was the first DFW-area hospital to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Texas is expected to get more than 220,000 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for distribution this week. Twenty-three locations will received doses on today and Tuesday, with the remaining 86 medical centers getting them later in the week.…… MORE