Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Trump Administration Settles Meatpacking Antitrust Case in Bid to Bring Down Grocery Prices
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has reached a proposed settlement in an antitrust case against Agri Stats, a data-sharing company for the meatpacking industry. The federal government accuse...
May 08, 2026
Trump Says EU Has Until July 4 to Approve Last Year's Trade Deal or It Will Face Higher Tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says goods from the European Union will face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4. Trump's announce...
May 08, 2026
Federal Court Rules Against New Global Tariffs Trump Imposed After Loss at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court has ruled against the new global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court. A split three-judge panel of the Court of Int...
May 08, 2026
Lower-income Americans Hit Hardest by Gas Price Spike, Widening Inequalities, Study Finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lower-income Americans sharply reduced their gas consumption in the month following the Iran war, yet spiking prices still forced them to spend more at the pump, worsening the econom...
May 08, 2026
A Taiwanese Company May Expand to North Texas
(WBAP/KLIF) -- A Taiwanese electronics company, Lite-On Technology USA Inc., is considering a major expansion in McKinney, Texas, that could bring about 500 new jobs and advanced manufacturing to the ...
May 08, 2026
Iran Attacks U.S. Naval Ships in Strait of Hormuz; U.S. Responds
(WBAP/KLIF) -- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian attacks Thursday on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and "targeted Iranian military facilities r...
May 07, 2026 ruskpp / Depositphotos.com
Texas A&M Appoints New President
(WBAP/KLIF) -- AP -- Regents on Wednesday unanimously appointed Susan Ballabina as president of Texas A&M, putting her in charge of the state's largest public university as it continues to deal wi...
May 07, 2026
Trump to Pause US Effort to Guide Vessels Out of Strait of Hormuz to Allow Time for an Iran Deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump says that he is pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to finalize an Iran deal, but that the American ...
May 05, 2026 (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)
The Latest: Brown Wins Ohio Senate Democratic Primary, Ramaswamy Wins GOP Nomination for Governor
The primary election in Ohio has set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber, while biotech billionaire Vivek R...
May 05, 2026 (Photo by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
How a Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak Unfolded on a Cruise Ship for Weeks Before It Was Identified
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Oce...
May 05, 2026 TOPSHOT - This aerial picture shows a general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3, 2026. An outbreak of "severe acute respiratory illness" on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic has left two people dead and a third in intensive care in Johannesburg, South Africa's health ministry told AFP on May 3, 2026.
The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde. The patient being treated in Johannesburg tested positive for a hantavirus, a family of viruses that can cause hemorrhagic fever, South African spokesperson Foster Mohale said. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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