Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Cancellation of 2020 State Fair of Texas
(State Fair of Texas) DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Fair of Texas announced Tuesday that the 2020 fair is canceled out of safety precautions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The announceme...
Jul 07, 2020
FDA Adds to List of Toxic Hand Sanitizers Due to Methanol Risk, Issues Nationwide Recall
White Oak, MD (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Food and Drug Administration has added more brands to its list of recalled hand sanitizer products that may contain methanol. Two weeks ago, the FDA warned A...
Jul 07, 2020
Attempted Lynching of a Black Man Thwarted in Bloomington, Indiana
Vauhxx Booker (Facebook) Bloomington, Indiana (WBAP/KLIF) – A black man in Indiana took to social media to recount an alleged assault by a group of white men who threatened to “get a noose...
Jul 07, 2020
Texas Medical Association’s Stark Warning Against Texas GOP’s Live Convention in Houston
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Lt.Gov. Dan Patrick says he thinks the party’s decision to proceed with a live convention is “unwise,” but he plans to be there. "I watched all t...
Jul 07, 2020
Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Broadcast Company Won Federal Loan
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Federal data shows Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s broadcasting company in Houston was among the Texas companies that received a government loan in the early stages ...
Jul 07, 2020
Postponed Income Tax Deadline is Approaching
(AP) – As the coronavirus pandemic took hold this spring, the federal government postponed the traditional April 15 filing deadline until July 15. The move provided some economic and logistic re...
Jul 07, 2020
13-Year-Old Fort Worth Girl Missing
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Fort Worth police are looking for a 13-year-old girl who was last seen on the Fourth of July. Miranda Hubanks was last seen Saturday at the 1600 block of Fairmount Avenue. S...
Jul 06, 2020
Treasury Names 650K Small Businesses Receiving Government Loans
Courtesy CNN WASHINGTON (AP) – The Treasury Department is releasing on Monday the names of more than 650,000 companies that received funds from the government’s small business lending prog...
Jul 06, 2020
Country Rocker and Fiddler Charlie Daniels Dies at Age 83
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at age 83. A statement from his publicist said ...
Jul 06, 2020
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously States Can Punish Electoral College Members Who Go Rogue
WASHINGTON (AP) – In a unanimous vote, The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can punish presidential electors who don’t back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral C...
Jul 06, 2020
