Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Israel Intensifies Strikes Across Gaza On Palm Sunday And Hits A Hospital In The North
Men inspect the rubble and remains of a collapsed structure at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on April 13, 2025. Earlier today, Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes on the hospital, causing se...
Apr 13, 2025
Trump Is ‘Fully Fit’ To Serve As Commander In Chief, His Doctor Says After Recent Physical
Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump’s doctor says the oldest man elected president is "fully fit" to serve as commander in chief. The White House has rele...
Apr 13, 2025
Iran And US Envoys Hold 1st Negotiation Over Tehran’s Nuclear Program, And Talk Face-To-Face
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) - Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. Iranian state television reported Saturday that U.S. Mideast envoy...
Apr 12, 2025
Israel Cuts Off Gaza’s Southern City Of Rafah And Vows To ‘Vigorously’ Expand In The Territory
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel says it has completed construction of a new security corridor that cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza. The military said Saturday it would soon ex...
Apr 12, 2025
Russia And Ukraine Accuse Each Other Of Failing To Pause Strikes After US Envoy Leaves Moscow
Russia and Ukraine's top diplomats have used a high-level conference in Turkey to once again trade accusations of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure. Th...
Apr 12, 2025
China Hits Back At US And Will Raise Tariffs On American Goods From 84% To 125%
BEIJING (AP) - China has announced that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125%. It was the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies that has ratt...
Apr 12, 2025
Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading
NEW YORK (AP) - The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are d...
Apr 12, 2025
Potential Impact of Trump’s Trade War On Jobs And Inflation Sends US Consumer Sentiment Plunging
WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April for the fourth straight month as the trade war has fueled worries about the health of the job market and inflation. The University of Michiga...
Apr 12, 2025
Trump Administration Says It will Exclude Some Electronics From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
(WBAP/KLIF) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it will exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from "reciprocal" tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular ...
Apr 12, 2025
Sightseeing Helicopter Crashes into Hudson River, Killing Six
(WBAP/KLIF) NEW YORK (AP) - A sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront, killing six people, i...
Apr 10, 2025
