Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Kyiv Mourns as Death Toll From Russian Attack in the Ukrainian Capital Rises to 24
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The death toll from a Russian missile attack that flattened a Kyiv apartment building has risen to 24. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the capital in the 4-year-old war. Uk...
May 15, 2026 A section of a nine-storey apartment block in the Darnytskyi district is destroyed by a missile in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 15, 2026. The residential building was struck by a missile, reportedly a Kh-101, at around 3:00 a.m. local time on May 14. The missile detonated inside the building, causing an entire section to collapse, resulting in the deaths of 24 people, including three children, and injuring 48 others. The search and rescue operation lasted more than 28 hours, during which the State Emergency Service rescued 30 residents. (Photo by Yevhen Kotenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Texas High Court Rejects Removal of Democratic Lawmakers WHO LED Quorum Break Over Redistricting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic state lawmakers who briefly left the state last year in a quorum break to stop a vote on new congressional voting ma...
May 15, 2026
Powell's Tenure as Fed Chair Marked by Fight for Independence While Trying to Tame Inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) - When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs...
May 15, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway Triples Alphabet Stake and Invests in Delta and Macy's Under New CEO
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google's parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the C...
May 15, 2026
Stock Markets Worldwide Drop From Records as Worries About Oil Prices Rattle the Bond Market
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market fell from its records and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% Friday from ...
May 15, 2026
War Worsens Lebanon's Economic Crisis With Job Losses, Price Gouging and Slow Business
CHIYAH, Lebanon (AP) - The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have sent economic shock waves across the Mideast. In Lebanon, those woes have been compounded by the co...
May 15, 2026 TOPSHOT - An explosion erupts in the area of al-Housh following Israeli bombardment as seen from Tyre in southern lebanon on May 12, 2026. Israel has intensified its attacks in south Lebanon as it trades fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah despite an April 17 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that aimed to halt the fighting. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP via Getty Images)
Tech CEOs Summoned to Congress for Another Hearing on Social Media's Risks for Children
Social media CEOs have been called to testify before Congress amid growing pressure to protect young users. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has invited the CEO...
May 15, 2026
Trump and Boeing Say China Agreed to Buy 200 Aircraft, Reopening a Key Market for the US Planemaker
President Donald Trump says American aircaft manufacturer Boeing has a deal to sell at least 200 planes to China. Trump told reporters about the sale on Air Force One as he returned from a summit with...
May 15, 2026
A Preview in Texas of Illegal Aliens Removed from Government Housing
(WBAP/KLIF) -- PORT ISABEL, Texas (AP) - Until recently, young children ran in and out of their public housing homes in this Gulf Coast town, playing on sun-dappled lawns as mothers looked over their ...
May 15, 2026
Democratic lawmakers who led quorum over redistricting gets favorable ruling
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by Presid...
May 15, 2026
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