(WBAP/KLIF) — Houston area officials are criticizing a change in the way local hospitals are reporting intensive care unit capacity during the pandemic. But the Texas Medical Center says the change was done to provide more accurate information and reassure the public that ICU beds were not running out. The change came after the medical…… MORE
US Adds 4.8 Million Jobs as Unemployment Falls to 11.1%
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month, yet still remained far short of regaining the colossal losses it suffered this spring. The nation has now recovered roughly one-third of the 22 million…… MORE
ICE Detainees in Texas Ordered Released
(WBAP/KLIF) — The U.S. Government is at odds over a federal court decision that orders the release of immigrant parents detained with their children. Wednesday’s court decision set a deadline for children, including some infants, to be freed. However, the trump administration argued judge dolly gee’s findings were “insufficient” to prove that it had to…… MORE
Houston’s Dirty Cops Charged
(WBAP/KLIF) — Six members of a Houston police department narcotics unit have been charged after an investigation into a deadly 2019 drug raid. The officers are accused of routinely using false information to get search warrants and of lying on police reports. The narcotics unit has been under scrutiny following the January 2019 drug raid…… MORE
Parents Fear Both In-School & At-Home Instruction
(WBAP/KLIF) — As both in-person and virtual education is being offered by a number of school districts this fall, parents are faced with a dilemma. Many must choose whether to send their kids to school during a pandemic or attempt to manage their learning at home. The daunting task of helping children with virtual learning…… MORE