AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott held a roundtable discussion in Austin on Thursday with law enforcement and public safety advocates to discuss his legislative priorities to ensure a what he called “a safer future for the Lone Star State.” The Governor and participants from across the state, including Fort Worth Police Association President Manny Ramirez,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is putting into play his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks. It also includes a requirement that Americans mask up for travel. He signed 10 virus-related executive orders on Thursday with the nation deep in the…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Irving man who helped his father evade capture for more than 12 years in connection to the brutal “honor killings” of his teen sisters has pleaded guilty. 32-year-old Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to conceal a person from arrest, one count of concealing a person…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — When the Arlington ISD resumed in-person instruction on Sept. 28 the district created a weekly COVID-19 tracker. As of this past Tuesday there have been 1,996 positive cases throughout the district including 211 cases currently active. Of those 65 COVID-19 victims are staff members and 146 are students. A Venture High…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, lowering claims to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to further job cuts in a raging pandemic. The Labor Department’s report underscored that President Joe Biden has inherited an economy that faltered this winter as virus cases spiked, cold…… MORE