Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK (AP) - Two people were killed and several others injured when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on the runway while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport. The collision late Su...
Bruce Collins Mar 23, 2026 yavuzunlu / Depositphotos.com

Hot Weekend, then Cool down
Today Sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight Clear, with a low around 65. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Sunday Sunny, with a high...
Bruce Collins Mar 21, 2026

Iran threatens world tourism sites and says it is still building missiles 3 weeks into war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran has threatened recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it is still building missiles. Its supreme leader issued another defiant statement on Frida...
Bruce Collins Mar 20, 2026

Actor/martial artist, Chuck Norris, has died at 86.
(AP) The martial arts grandmaster and action star Chuck Norris has died. His roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy, sparking internet parod...
Bruce Collins Mar 20, 2026

Iran is defiant nearly 4 weeks into the war, hitting oil facilities around the Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran is defiantly insisting that it will deny its enemies their security and that it is still building missiles nearly three weeks into the war. U.S.-Israeli strikes...
Bruce Collins Mar 20, 2026 dragancfm / Depositphotos.com

Iran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy sites after Israel struck its key gas field
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran has intensified its attacks on oil and gas facilities around the Gulf, dramatically raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global e...
Bruce Collins Mar 19, 2026

Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
(WBAP/KLIF) -- WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve officials expect the Iran war will worsen inflation this year while having little impact on economic growth, but they still expect to cut their key rat...
Mike Traina Mar 18, 2026

Both sides in Iran war ratchet up attacks on energy facilities, as oil prices surge.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran's leaders in an effort to weaken the country's ruling theocracy, killing its third top official in two days. An Iranian...
Bruce Collins Mar 18, 2026 vadimrysev / Depositphotos.com

Judge Orders Extended Voucher Deadline for Islamic Schools in Texas
(WBAP/KLIF) -- AP -- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to extend the application deadline for private school vouchers until March 31 due to the state's exclusion of Islamic schools from the pro...
Mike Traina Mar 17, 2026

Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Pam Bondi was subpoenaed Tuesday to answer questions from Congress about the Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and the agency's h...
Bruce Collins Mar 17, 2026









