Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Bodies of Father, Son Recovered from Lake Tawakoni
QUINLAN, Texas (AP) – The bodies of a father and his 5-year-old son have been recovered after a boating accident on an East Texas lake when a fast-developing storm ended a duck-hunting trip. Aut...
Jan 04, 2017
2 Texas Lawmakers Seek to Tighten Public Records Law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Two Texas lawmakers want to tighten public records laws to make it harder for governments and the companies they do business with to keep financial information secret. Sen. ...
Jan 04, 2017
Federal Judge Mulling Fate of Texas Fetal Remains Rules
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge is hearing arguments from abortion rights advocates and Texas attorneys before deciding whether the state’s rules mandating burial or cremation for fet...
Jan 04, 2017
Texas Sues FDA to Make Decision on Execution Drug Shipment
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas has filed a lawsuit to force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to decide whether an impounded shipment of a drug used for executions should be delivered to the state. Te...
Jan 03, 2017
Amon Carter Museum Receives $20 Million Endowment
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Amon Carter Museum of American Art has been given a $20-million endowment from the Walton Family Foundation. Museum Executive Director Andrew Walker says they alread...
Jan 03, 2017
George W. Bush to Attend Trump Inauguration
DALLAS (AP) – Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony later this month. Bush’s office said i...
Jan 03, 2017
Several American Airlines Flight Attendants Treated in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – American Airlines says seven flight attendants have been treated at a Florida hospital after complaining that a strange odor on their plane gave them headaches. An airline s...
Jan 03, 2017
Commission Issues Recommendations to Prevent “Tent Cities”
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Housing Committee has received a report on how the city may be able to prevent homeless camps from building under overpasses. Last year, Dallas cleared camps...
Jan 03, 2017
Rep. Pete Sessions to be Sworn In Along with the Rest of Congress Today
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) Members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in at noon today in Washington. Representative Pete Sessions is one of them and says first on the list for Republicans is a plan...
Jan 03, 2017
Arlington Couple Welcomes Twins Born in Different Years
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington family received a New Year’s gift that some are calling a one-in-a-million occurrence. Cassandra Martinez was supposed to deliver her twin boys on...
Jan 03, 2017
