Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
US Steel Changes Course and Will Keep Processing Raw Steel at Granite City Plant in Illinois
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - U.S. Steel is reversing course and now says it’ll continue processing raw steel indefinitely at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, nixing a decision that had put th...
Sep 19, 2025
Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Struggling Rival Intel
Nvidia announces a new partnership with Intel to work on custom data centers and personal computer products. Nvidia is also investing $5 billion in Intel’s common stock. The deal is subject to r...
Sep 18, 2025
Hyundai Says It Will Spend $2.7 Billion Expanding Part of the Georgia Complex Raided By ICE
ATLANTA (AP) - Hyundai Motor Group confirms it’s moving forward with expanding its Georgia plant. The move comes after an immigration raid delayed startup of an electric vehicle battery plant at...
Sep 18, 2025
Harvard Business School Graduate Arrested on Charges He Cheated Fellow Alums Out of Over $4 Million
Graduation certificate with ribbon and Harvard cap in burgundy color on yellow wood background. USA, 2021, April. Horizontal imageNEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities have arrested a Harvard Business S...
Sep 18, 2025
Israeli Military Begins Its Ground Offensive in Gaza City as Thousands of Palestinians Flee
Photo: Hashem Zimmo/Thenews2/Deposit PhotosJERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has launched its offensive in Gaza City, vowing to overwhelm a city already in ruins from nearly two years of war. Vehicles strapped ...
Sep 16, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel Clashes With Skeptical Democrats at Contentious Hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI Director Kash Patel is defending his record and pushing back on criticism that he has politicized law enforcement. The appearance Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee wa...
Sep 16, 2025
Robert Redford, Oscar-Winning Director, Actor and Indie Patriarch, Dies at 89
Robert Redfordat a Press Conference Supporting Prop 87. Elysian Park, Los Angeles, CA. 10-25-06Robert Redford has died at 89. The Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal act...
Sep 16, 2025
Trump Heads to a UK State Visit Where Trade and Tech Talks Will Mix With Royal Pomp
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)LONDON (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to the United Kingdom, where he’ll become the first U.S. president to get a second state visit to the ...
Sep 16, 2025
Democrats Stake Out Opposition to Spending Bill, Raising Threat of a Shutdown
Washington DC Capital detail with american flagWASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders are lashing out at a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. They war...
Sep 16, 2025
New York Judge Tosses Terrorism Charges Against Luigi Mangione, Lets Murder Count Stand
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 21: Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City. Mangione is accu...
Sep 16, 2025
