WASHINGTON (AP) – Hurricane Laura is testing an already stretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be an unprecedentedly disastrous year. FEMA has never faced a year like 2020. COVID-19 has prompted emergency declarations for all U.S. states and territories for the first time. The agency has deployed personnel to help…… MORE
Houston (AP) – New data shows the U.S. government has detained children at several major hotel chains during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters. The figures released Friday show that since March, the Trump administration has used hotels to hold at least 660 children, most unaccompanied by a parent, before expelling…… MORE
Hemphill, Texas (AP) – Texas recorded four deaths Friday linked to Hurricane Laura, which roared ashore along the Louisiana border the day before. Sabine County Emergency Management Coordinator Kerwin Lloyd identified the first death as David Murrell, 54, in East Texas. Murrell died Thursday when a tree fell on his mobile home Hemphill. Officials in…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The actor that brought the super hero Black Panther to life has died. Chadwick Boseman, who most famously played Jackie Robinson and Black Panther, died Friday night at the age of 43 after a four year fight with colon cancer. pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai — Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 Boseman died at…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Bars across Texas plan to defy statewide orders that require them to be closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Texas bars have been closed for months but Governor Greg Abbott maintains that opening them right now isn’t safe. Bar owners are hurting. Many of them are struggling to keep their businesses afloat.…… MORE