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University of Texas at Arlington Plans or On-Campus Instruction and Residential Life for Fall Semester

University of Texas at Arlington Plans or On-Campus Instruction and Residential Life for Fall Semester

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- As the University of Texas at Arlington concludes the spring 2020 semester and enters the summer term, online, UTA is planning and preparing for the safe start of on-campus instruction and residential life in the fall semester, while implementing health and safety precautions to minimize the spread of COVID-19. The University is working on…MORE

US Unemployment Surges to a Depression-era Level of 14.7%

WASHINGTON (AP) – The coronavirus crisis has sent the U.S. unemployment rate surging to 14.7%, a level last seen when the country was in the throes of the Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt was assuring Americans that the only thing to fear was fear itself. The Labor Department said Friday that 20.5 million jobs…MORE

AARP Foundation Provides Resources, Tips for Unemployed Workers 50+

AARP Foundation Provides Resources, Tips for Unemployed Workers 50+

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The AARP Foundation is offering help to older workers looking to get back to work and accessing financial benefits. According to the U.S. Labor Department, another 3.8 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending April 25. In the previous six weeks, more than 30 million Americans filed unemployment insurance claims,…MORE

DCTA Implements Service Changes Due to COVID-19, Effective May 11

DCTA Implements Service Changes Due to COVID-19, Effective May 11

LEWISVILLE (WBAP/KLIF)-Effective Monday, May 11, The Denton County Transportation Authority will implement service updates that will affect Denton Connect Bus, UNT Campus Shuttles, Lewisville Lakeway On-Demand and Access in response to the COVID-19. Below are key May 2020 service changes DCTA riders should keep in mind to plan their essential travel in advance: The DCTA Denton…MORE

Appeals court delays execution set for next week

Appeals court delays execution set for next week

Austin (AP) – An East Texas man who asserts that he’s intellectually disabled has won a reprieve from his execution scheduled for next week for a 2007 shootout that left two sheriff’s officers dead. Randall Wayne Mays was set to receive lethal injection May 13 for the shootings at his Henderson County home. In an…MORE