DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The state of Texas is scheduled to receive 332,750 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship those doses to 212 providers across Texas. The state will continue to vaccinate health care…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Larry King has died at age 87 after a half-century in broadcasting that included interviews with presidents, movie stars and ordinary Joes. His production company tweeted that he died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. No cause of death was given, but a spokesperson said this month he had…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas is asking a court to stop President Joe Biden from allowing a 100 day moratorium on deportations. The lawsuit filed Friday is one of the first against the new administration. The moratorium came after Biden revoked former President Trump’s mandate that made anyone in the U.S. illegally a priority for deportation.…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The border city of Laredo has become one of the most active coronavirus hotspots in the nation. Texas Governor. Greg Abbott said Friday that more medical personnel and equipment were on the way as roughly half of Laredo’s hospital beds are now occupied by COVID-19 patients. More than 8,900 new virus cases…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 has sold at auction in Dallas for $9.36 million. Heritage Auctions offered the New York-style Brasher Doubloon Thursday evening as part of an auction of U.S. coins. Heritage says the sale is the most ever paid for a…… MORE