NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – Pfizer and BioNTech said a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against the new Omicron variant. In a statement released Wednesday morning, the pharmaceutical giants said while two doses may not be protective enough to prevent infection, studies showed the booster shot increased patient’s virus-fighting antibodies 25-fold. Pfizer…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police Department is losing one of its top cops. Assistant Chief Avery Moore has been hired as the new police chief of Tacoma, Washington. Moore is currently serving as assistant chief of the Dallas Police Investigations Bureau and has been with the department for 31 years. The 55-year-old was unanimously approved by…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) — Third Monday Trade Days in McKinney, one of the oldest and largest monthly trade days in North Texas, will close for good after its final operating weekend Dec. 17-19. The market operates over the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before the third Monday of each month. Third Monday Trade Days traces its…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Federal investigators say a dredge operator’s inadequate communication, planning, and risk management likely led to a propane pipeline blast at a Texas port that killed five people last year. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported its findings, Tuesday, on the august 2020 explosion in the Corpus Christi ship channel. Investigators say a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — More details are emerging in the case of a fallen Mesquite police officer. Court records indicate that officer Richard Houston responded to a domestic dispute at Albertson’s parking lot when he was killed. 37-year-old Jamie Jaramillo of Balch Springs was seated in a pick-up with another woman, when his wife and daughter pulled…… MORE