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American Airlines Expands Preflight COVID-19 Testing For All Domestic Flights with Travel Restrictions

American Airlines Expands Preflight COVID-19 Testing For All Domestic Flights with Travel Restrictions

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – American Airlines passengers traveling to any U.S. city, state or territory that has COVID-19 travel restrictions will now have access to at-home testing. The move comes as COVID-19 metrics are spiking nationwide and states are beginning to re-impose out-of-state quarantines for visitors. The Fort Worth-based carrier is the first airline to…MORE

Dallas Joins 10-City Effort to Study Impact of Fines and Fees on Residents

Dallas Joins 10-City Effort to Study Impact of Fines and Fees on Residents

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas has launched a community survey aimed at better understanding how those pesky fines and other financial penalties, meant to create local revenue, impact residents. It’s part an overall national effort to create meaningful fine and fee reforms that work better for people and for government. According to a…MORE

Pfizer Vaccine Gets Positive Review By U.S. Health Regulators

Pfizer Vaccine Gets Positive Review By U.S. Health Regulators

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health regulators posted a positive review of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as they near a decision on whether to allow use of the shot. The review posted online Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration offers the world the first detailed look at the evidence behind the shot, which was co-developed with…MORE

Military Leaders to Discuss Results of Independent Review of Fort Hood

Military Leaders to Discuss Results of Independent Review of Fort Hood

Washington AP (WBAP/KLIF) – Dramatic changes coming to Fort Hood amid violence at the base In the wake of a series of troop deaths and other incidents reported at Fort Hood, U.S. Army officials are are expected to fire or suspend a “significant number” of officers and enlisted soldiers there. It’s seen as a dramatic…MORE

Texas to Distribute Rapid COVID-19 Tests to Small Businesses

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With new cases of the coronavirus and hospitalizations spiking in Texas as winter approaches, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday launched a program to provide small businesses with rapid tests for their employees. Abbott said the Texas Division of Emergency Management will give local chambers of commerce testing supplies that will be…MORE