DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Denton County is seeing a downward trend in Covid-19 hospitalization rates. Denton County Public Health Director Dr. Matt Richardson said they are at 21.5% compared to their highest at almost 27% during the holidays. Richardson said though the rates are trending down it’s still a major concern with 1 in 5 people in…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lloyd J. Austin, the West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, has won Senate confirmation to become the nation’s first Black secretary of defense. The vote gives President Joe Biden his second Cabinet member; Avril Haines was confirmed on Wednesday…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday. That move would kick start the trial soon after. The House impeached Trump a second time on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” stemming from…… MORE
Seattle (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge on Thursday denied Parler’s request for a court order blocking Amazon from nixing it from its platform. It was another setback for the social media app’s attempt to get back online. Judge Barbara Rothstein issued a ruling on Thursday saying that Parler had not met the legal requirements for…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Central Texas man shown on video participating in the U.S. Capitol insurrection two weeks ago has surrendered to the FBI in San Antonio, according to court documents filed Thursday in Washington. The federal complaint accused Christopher Ray Grider, 39, of Eddy, Texas, of willful depredation of federal property, remaining in…… MORE