Worldwide: Texas is the 11th Most Active COVID-19 Hotspot

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. COVID-19 cases soared past 3-million Wednesday, accounting for 25% of the world case count for a country that comprises only 4% of world’s population. In Texas, coronavirus cases soared past the 210-thousand as sister station WFAA-TV report, “If the lone star state were a country, it would be the world’s 11th-most…MORE

Garland Police: Burglar Suspects Enter Woman’s Home Using COVID-19-Tainted Water Scam

Garland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Police are looking for several men who allegedly burglarized a home after fooling a woman into believing her water may be contaminated with COVID-19. Police say the woman allowed at least four men into the home to check her water. home security video shows all of the men regular wearing…MORE

Texas Resumes Executions After 5-month Delay Due to Pandemic

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, ending a five-month delay of executions in the nation’s busiest death penalty state because of the coronavirus pandemic. Billy Joe Wardlow was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the…MORE