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This Sunday, we have to get used to it getting darker earlier in the evening, as we move back to Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time ends right after the kids finish trick or treating on Halloween. That means we get the extra hour of sleep. That constant time switching comes with different problems and dangers until we're used to the change. On today's Ask The Expert, we're joined by Dr. Joseph Chang, he's the medical director at Parkland, and he's in the KRLD Zoom Room.

Last week, Christina Applegate shared the latest about her story on her fight against Multiple Sclerosis. She wrote that her doctor told her, that despite her symptoms, she does NOT have M-S. That's caused a firestorm of thoughts and opinions about her fight. What happened to her? And what is actually wrong with her On today's Ask The Expert, we're joined by Dr. Douglas S. Landsman from MS Society. He's in the KRLD Zoom Room.

The flu bug seems to be getting an early start on infecting people this year. It's causing a lot of people to wonder if the flu vaccine is working. This year's vaccine is put together to fight against the two most common strains of the flu. Are we also seeing the flu in kids? On today's Ask The Expert, we're joined by Dr. Laura Romano from Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth.

All eyes are on Texas this midterm season, and here's why.

It's getting harder and harder to afford a new car for most people. A new report from Edmunds finds car payments, interest rates, and loans are at record levels in the last quarter. The average monthly car payment is up to 787 dollars. A year ago, it had been still high at 756 dollars. The average amount that people have to finance is up to a new record of 44 thousand 664 dollars. More than a quarter of Americans are now getting car loans that last more than 7 years. The average car loans also racks up almost 10 thousand dollars in just interest payments. On today's Ask The Expert, we're joined by The Car Pro, Jerry Reynolds in the KRLD Zoom Room.

Heavy rain is expected across much of Texas over the next couple of days and Triple A has suggestions on getting your car ready to go after months with no measurable rain.

The experts are saying the Christmas holiday travel will be more expensive than ever and people are already planning their long term vacations. It's never too early to start thinking about Spring Break. How'd you like to spend St. Patrick's Day where it all began in Ireland? KRLD is teaming up with Collette Tours and Carr World Travel for an exclusive trip to Ireland over spring break. We're calling it the Irish Splendor Tour, and your host for the trip is our own Joe Kelley. We're joined by Casey Carr from Carr World Travel

We're expecting thousands of politicians and visitors into downtown Dallas over the next couple of days. That means getting around the city is going to be a bit more trouble with lots of traffic and extra security around the AAC. On today's Ask The Expert, we're joined by Deputy Police Chief Devon Palk from the Dallas Police Department

Coming up in a couple of weeks, the Republican Party is hosting something it's never done before. It's coming to Dallas for a convention for the mid-terms. The President and Vice-President will be speaking and they're trying to amp up the support for the party ahead of the elections in November. On today's Ask The Expert, we're joined by a GOP strategist Vinny Minchillo from Glass House Strategies.

Now that kids are back in school, more of them are bringing viruses with them, and they're sharing them with the other kids. A new report finds hospitals are seeing huge increases in some kinds of disease in the first week. COVID cases are up 75 percent, but they’re not dangerous cases for the most part. Other respiratory diseases are up around 113 percent. In South Texas, an entire school district had to shut down for a week, because of a COVID spread. On today's Ask The Expert, we're joined by Dr. Zachary Most. He's an Infectious Disease Specialist at Children’s Health