Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Sony Buys a Majority Stake in the 'Peanuts' Comic for $457 Million From Canada's Wild Brain
Sony is taking control of the beloved comic strip Peanuts. The company is buying a 41% stake from Canadian owner WildBrain for $457 million. This deal, announced Friday, increases Sony's shareholding ...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

Stocks Rise on Wall Street as AI Stocks Turn Higher Again
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks gained ground on Wall Street as AI stocks like Nvidia turned higher again. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Friday, erasing its losses for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ad...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Recovers $55 Billion Pay Package in Delaware Court Ruling
Elon Musk, already the world's richest man, scored another huge windfall Friday when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a decision that deprived him of a $55 billion pay package that Tesla doled out ...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

Trump Announces Lower Drug Price Deals With 9 Pharmaceutical Companies
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gi...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

November US Homes Sales Rose From the Previous Month, but Down From 2024 as Prices Climb
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in November from the previous month, but slowed compared to a year earlier for the first time since May despite average long-term mortgage rates holding ne...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

Bolivia's Largest Cities Brought to Standstill by Transportation Strike Over Fuel Price Hike
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's largest cities La Paz and Santa Cruz have been brought to a standstill as public transportation workers strike against a 100% fuel price increase ordered by the new go...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

Visiting the Trevi Fountain Now Will Cost More Than Just a Coin Toss With a 2-Euro Tourist Fee
ROME (AP) - Tourists visiting the Trevi Fountain are now going to pay more than just the legendary coin toss over their shoulder. The city of Rome is imposing a 2-euro or $2.35 fee starting on Feb. 1 ...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

Trump Orders ISIS Strikes in Syria
The U-S has conducted military strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following a promise by President Donald Trump to avenge the deaths of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in a terrorist a...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025

Trying to find the Motive behind shootings
Investigators are trying to sort out why a former Brown University student allegedly opened fire on the campus decades after he dropped out and later gunned down an esteemed Massachusetts college prof...
Bruce Collins Dec 19, 2025 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com

Retired Nascar Driver Greg Biffle and Family Among 7 Killed in North Carolina Plane Crash
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – JUNE 18: Greg Biffle looks on during the Camping World Superstar Racing Experience event at Five Flags Speedway on June 18, 2022 in Pensacola, Florida. (Photo by Jonathan Ba...
Cumulus Media Dec 18, 2025









