WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly riot. McConnell’s remarks come on President Trump’s last full day in office. The Republican leader vowed a `safe and successful’ inauguration of Biden on…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texans are invited to participate in President-elect Joe Biden’s Inaugural Committee’s “National Moment of Unity and Remembrance” today to honor Americans who have died from COVID-19. At 4:30 p.m. (CST) Tuesday, 400 candles will be lit at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C. Each candle represents one thousand…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin’s top health authority is offering coronavirus vaccines to Texas lawmakers and their key staffers, regardless of whether they are currently eligible under state guidelines. Dr. Mark Escott, interim medical director for Austin Public Health, told The Dallas Morning News that he organized the vaccination effort with a local hospital health…… MORE
Garland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services has selected the City of Garland to serve as one of several vaccination hubs in Dallas County. COVID-19 vaccine is still in very limited supply and being prioritized to Phase 1A health care workers and first responders and to adults who meet the Phase 1B criteria (65 and…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — The FBI has arrested two more Texas men for alleged crimes related to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Guy Reffitt was arrested Friday at his home in Wylie, a city about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of downtown Dallas, according to court records. An FBI spokeswoman said Matthew Carl Mazzocco,…… MORE