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Southwest Airlines Devalues Rewards Program Points

Southwest Airlines Devalues Rewards Program Points

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Want to travel for free on Dallas based Southwest Airlines?  You’ll need more Rapid Rewards points.  Since the pandemic, the airline is the first major carrier to makes its points, or miles, less valuable.  It will cost you about 6.5% more rewards points to get a free flight.  The airline says it…MORE

Fort Worth, MedStar Host Pop Up Vaccine Event April 15th

Fort Worth, MedStar Host Pop Up Vaccine Event April 15th

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth and MedStar are holding a community pop up vaccine clinic April 15th.  Up to 1,000 vaccines will be available and all adults 18 years and older are eligible. It will be at the  North Tri-Ethnic Community Center 2950 Roosevelt Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76106 from  8 a.m.…MORE

Dallas County Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Scheduler

Dallas County Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Scheduler

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County residents can now schedule a same-day or next-day appointment for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the Fair Park Community Vaccination Center through the Dallas County website. Dallas County Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday that it has transitioned from the registration wait-list to a vaccination scheduler…MORE

Minnesota Cop Will be Charged in Shooting of Black Motorist

Minnesota Cop Will be Charged in Shooting of Black Motorist

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter will…MORE

Biden to Pull Troops from Afghanistan, end Longest US War

Biden to Pull Troops from Afghanistan, end Longest US War

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden says he will withdraw the remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan and end America’s longest war. He declared on Wednesday that the Sept. 11 attacks, which were coordinated from Afghanistan, cannot justify American forces still being there 20 years after the deadliest terror assault on the United States.…MORE