Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Supreme Court Grants Federal Job Protections To LGBTQ Community
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that workers can not be fired for being gay, lesbian or transgender. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled a key provision of the Civil ...
Jun 15, 2020
Calls for Midlothian School Board Member Tami Tobey to Resign Over Blackface Photo
Midlothian, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Protestors will gather in Midlothian this evening to demand the resignation of a school board member who was photographed in 2012, dressed in blackface at a so calle...
Jun 15, 2020
Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall Heckled by Protesters
Credit: WFAA-TV Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – During a protest against police brutality in front of City Hall Sunday, Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall volunteered to speak to the crowd, but she chose to le...
Jun 15, 2020
Check Your Fridge Or Freezer For Recalled Beef
(CNN) – A New Jersey company is recalling nearly 43,000 pounds of raw ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Sa...
Jun 15, 2020
A Republican Senator Is Blocking Anti-Lynching Legislation
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) – The United States Congress is once again at an impasse over a widely backed bill to designate lynching as a federal hate crime. Like previous attempts to pass anti-lynchi...
Jun 14, 2020
Suspect with links to ‘boogaloo’ movement indicted in Texas
Texarkana (WBAP/KLIF) – A 36 year old man with apparent ties to a loose movement of right-wing extremists has been indicted on several charges including attempted capital murder of a peace offic...
Jun 14, 2020
Texas cactus smuggler pleads guilty
El Paso (WBAP/KLIF) – An accused plant smuggler has pleaded guilty to being part of a West Texas ring that smuggled rare Living Rock cacti, a plant that wildlife officials say is a protected spe...
Jun 14, 2020
Appeals court clears Texas execution
Brownsville (AP) – A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a Texas man to be executed this week for the 1998 fatal stabbing of an 85 year old woman, though his lawyer says he’ll ap...
Jun 14, 2020
North Texas Covid 19 Numbers Keep Climbing to New Records
PHOTO: WFAA DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas County Saturday listed a new peak in Covid 19 infections; the fourth day of record numbers for the novel coronavirus. Dallas County reports 345 new ...
Jun 13, 2020
City of Dallas Granted Court Permission to Remove Confederate Monument
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas has received a court order granting removal of the confederate monument at Pioneer Park. According to a city spokesperson, the city is working with the ve...
Jun 13, 2020
