DALLAS (AP) – A new report from Southwest Airlines indicates that the rise in COVID-19 cases around the country is cutting into travel bookings. That’s bad news for the airlines just before the important Thanksgiving holiday, normally a busy travel period. Southwest said Thursday that leisure-travel bookings improved slightly in October, but that improvement is…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police are asking the public to find two young sisters who vanished Tuesday night. 10-year-old Robbie Williams and 8-year-old Annie Williams are considered “critical missing.” Investigators say the pair were last seen at their apartment located in the 18700 block of Midway Road when their mother noticed they were missing…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick says he’s offering up to $1 million in defense of President Donald Trump’s unsupported claims of irregularities in the U.S. presidential election. The Republican said Tuesday he would pay out rewards for information that leads to voter fraud arrests and convictions. A former chief Texas ethics…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Sen. John Cornyn is facing his toughest reelection bid in 18 years against Democrat MJ Hegar. Cornyn said in the run-up to Tuesday’s election that he expected to prevail but also predicted a single-digit finish, six years after coasting to his last reelection in Texas by 27 points. His vulnerability underscored…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a record 33.1% annual rate in the July-September quarter but has yet to fully rebound from its plunge in the first half of the year — and the recovery is slowing as coronavirus cases surge and government aid dries up. The Commerce Department’s estimate Thursday of third-quarter…… MORE
DFW (WBAP/KLIF) – Among a string fatal shootings over the weekend, that left 10 dead and 7 injured in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton is a shooting incident in Denton where police are investigating after two men were shot. Police responded Saturday night to multiple 9-11 calls of shots in the 100 block of Duchess…… MORE
Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is suspending in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus. Joe Biden’s campaign said Thursday Biden had no exposure, though he and Harris spent several hours campaigning together in Arizona on Oct. 8. Biden and Harris…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a missing South Texas. San Juan Police say that 17-year old Arranza Diaz Larraga was last seen Tuesday evening, and believe she is immediate danger. Police have not released any information about her abductor or who she may be with. She is described as approximately…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Texas cannot ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that Republican-led statehouses across the U.S. have sought to outlaw in recent years. The law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in 2017 was never enforced and was previously blocked by a federal judge in Austin.…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An ongoing wave of COVID-19 cases in the El Paso area prompted Gov. Greg Abbott to announce Monday that a surge team of medical professionals would be dispatched to the area. The 75 doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists being dispatched will be accompanied by a supply of extra personal protective equipment…… MORE
