(WBAP/KLIF) — New York slashed a billion dollars from the state’s police department budget, earlier this month, as lawmakers caved to pressure from groups to “defund the police”. Democrats in the House of Representatives recently proposed cutting roughly $65-billion from the national defense budget. According to the Heritage Foundation’s Jim Carafano, the move is an…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped to historic lows and hospital bed capacity is improving. The number of Texans dying from the Coronavirus appear to be dropping. Of the almost 342,000 Texans who have contracted COVID-19, just 1.2% of them have died. The 4,152 fatalities represents just .01% of the Texas population. The…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — COVID-19 is on the rise along the Texas-Mexico border. As Coronavirus cases have slightly fallen in the Metroplex, health officials in Texas counties along the Mexico border are concerned. Starr county Judge Eloy Vera indicated his county is in danger of losing control of the health crisis. Vera is considering a stay-at-home recommendation…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — More than 500 women at a federal medical prison in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus, in one of the largest confirmed outbreaks at a federal prison, the Bureau of Prisons said. The number of confirmed cases at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth jumped to 510 on…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — U.S. Army officials are reporting the discovery of another Fort Hood soldier’s body. It’s the third time in a month that army officials have found the dead body of one of their own near the Texas army base. 26 year old Mejhor Morta was found dead, last Friday, near Stillhouse Hollow Lake, a…… MORE