UNDATED (AP) – Samsung said it plans to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Texas amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, laptops, cars and other electronic devices. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Samsung announced the project Tuesday. The plant will be located in Taylor, just northeast of Austin. The chip shortage…… MORE
UNDATED (AP) – “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month. Strahan, who turned 50 on Sunday, will join Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, on the Dec. 9 mission aboard the New Shepard, a spacecraft named after her father, the first American in space. The Blue…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The holiday travel season is officially underway as airlines expect the busiest travel period in two years due to the COVID pandemic. Security lines and parking garages at Love Field began to fill up on Tuesday during what is expected to be busy week at the airport. “It went fine other than…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Republican State Representative Matt Krause announced on Tuesday that he will no longer run for Attorney General of Texas, but instead will be filing to run for the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s open seat. “When CDA Sharen Wilson made her unexpected announcement that she would not seek another term, I…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is ordering 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs. He said Tuesday he is acting in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India, and the United Kingdom. It will take time, he said from the White House,…… MORE