Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Southwest Airlines is Back in Court Over Firing of Flight Attendant With Anti-Abortion Views
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Southwest Airlines has gone back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who says she was fired for her anti-abortion views. Arguments were he...
Jun 04, 2024
Toyota Apologizes for Cheating on Vehicle Testing and Halts Production of Three Models
TOKYO (AP) - Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has apologized for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models. The fraudulent testing at Japan's top automaker involved the use of inadeq...
Jun 03, 2024
Hunter Biden’s Federal Firearms Case is Opening After the Jury is Chosen
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Opening statements are set to begin in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden's son Hunter. A jury of 12 and four alternates was seated Monday. The first lady attende...
Jun 03, 2024
Fauci Pushes Back Partisan Attacks in Fiery House Hearing Over COVID Origins and Controversies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Anthony Fauci was back before Congress, calling Republican allegations that he'd tried to cover up COVID-19’s origins "simply preposterous." The top U.S. infectious disease...
Jun 03, 2024
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Battling Pancreatic Cancer
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston, who represents the 18th Congressional district of Texas, announced she’s battling pancreatic cancer....
Jun 03, 2024
An Inflation Gauge Closely Tracked by Federal Reserve Rises at Slowest Pace This Year
WASHINGTON (AP) - A price gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve cooled slightly last month, a sign that inflation may be easing after running high in the first three months of this year. An ind...
Jun 01, 2024
Israeli Leader Netanyahu Faces Growing Pressure at Home After Biden’s Gaza Proposal
Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty ImagesTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's prime minister faces growing pressure after U.S. President Joe Biden described a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza. Many...
Jun 01, 2024
From Collapsed Plea Deal to Trial: How Hunter Biden Has Come to Face Jurors on Federal Gun Charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is headed to trial on federal gun charges in a case brought by his father's Justice Department. The trial is set to open Monday in Delaware wit...
Jun 01, 2024
Boeing’s First Astronaut Flight Called Off at the Last Minute in Latest Setback
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Mission managers say last-minute computer trouble has nixed the latest launch attempt for Boeing's first astronaut flight. Two NASA astronauts were strapped into the compan...
Jun 01, 2024
Wylie Residents Rallying Around Family of 5-Year-old Boy Fatally Hit By a Car
[photo courtesy GoFundMe]WYLIE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Residents in Wylie are rallying around the family of a 5-year-old boy who was fatally hit by a car while riding his bike near his home at the G...
May 31, 2024
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