UNDATED (AP) Educators have announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible. The posts circulating online warned that multiple schools would receive shooting and bomb threats. The threats had many…… MORE
UNDATED (AP) A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger private employers can take effect. Friday’s 2-1 ruling from a panel of judges on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower-court ruling that had paused the requirement. Republican-led states and conservative groups are challenging the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The CEO of Dallas based Southwest Airlines has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after testifying before Congress. “Although testing negative multiple times prior to the Senate Commerce Committee Hearing, Gary tested positive for COVID-19 after returning home, experiencing mild symptoms, and taking a PCR test,” read a statement from Southwest. “Gary is doing well and currently…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas is reporting record job numbers. Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Workforce Commission announced on Friday, that the Texas labor market has reached 12,998,200 total nonagricultural jobs in November 2021, surpassing its previous pre-pandemic employment high of 12,970,000 jobs in February 2020. “Texas continues to reach unprecedented milestones thanks to our unwavering…… MORE
Scottsdale, AZ (WBAP/KLIF) – Police and federal agents in Scottsdale, Arizona announced Thursday they seized nearly one-point-seven-million fentanyl pills … making it the largest drug bust in the state. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich claims China and the drug cartels are working together to smuggle fentanyl into the U-S on Fox’s “America’s Newsroom.” The advocacy…… MORE