AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly federal jobless payment has expired. The government’s report did offer a smidgen of hopeful news: The number of jobless claims declined…… MORE
Gov. Abbott to Skip Scaled Down 2020 Republican National Convention
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The leader of the great state of Texas plans to skip the Republican National Convention later this month to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Greg Abbott announced the news in a letter to National GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. He said that it was an honor being selected to serve as…… MORE
Whataburger Worker Unwittingly ‘Resigns’ in a Dust Up Over Her BLM Mask
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Five Fort Worth police cruisers responded to a Whataburger in the city Tuesday after a worker refused to leave. 19-year old Ma’kia Congious served up a two-week notice during a contentious conversation with Whataburger manager’s after a customer complained about her Black Lives Matter mask, which, according to the Fort Worth…… MORE
Dog Days of Summer
Today, Sunny, Breezy, Hot, 98 (102) / 79, Winds S10-12 Friday, Sunny, Breezy, 90 (103) / 79 Winds S10-12 Saturday, Sunny, 99 (104) / 79 Winds S10-12 Sunday, Sunny, 100 / 80 Monday, Sunny, Breezy, Increasing Fire Danger 100 (105) / 79, Winds S10-20… MORE
Beirut Tragedy Brings Back Memories In West, TX
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The staggering videos from the Lebanese capital are grimly familiar to Tommy Muska thousands of miles away in Texas: a towering blast, a thundering explosion and shock waves demolishing buildings with horrifying speed. It is what the mayor of West, Texas, lived seven years ago when one of the deadliest fertilizer plant explosions in U.S.…… MORE