Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Pioneering Actor Sidney Poitier Dies at Age 94
(WFAA)Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Legendary actor of stage and screen Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94. The Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed his death.Poitier, broke numerous Hol...
Jan 07, 2022
US Jobless Rate Sinks to 3.9% as Many More People Find Jobs
[WFAA photo]AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a modest 199,000 jobs last month while the unemployment rate fell sharply, at a time when businesses are struggling to fill...
Jan 07, 2022
2 held in Seattle woman’s slaying skip bond in Dallas
Lisa Dykes and Nina MaranoDALLAS (AP) - Two women charged with murder and evidence tampering in the 2020 slaying in Texas of a Seattle woman have cut off their ankle monitors and fled while free on bo...
Jan 07, 2022
Dallas Police Officers Question District Attorney’s Call for Evidence in 2020 Protests
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police Officers are taking issue with the District Attorney’s renewed request for the public’s help regarding potential misconduct by police during protes...
Jan 06, 2022
Texas Task Force on Concert Safety Holds Meeting in San Antonio
(Photo: Office of the Governor)SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott’s Texas Task Force on Concert Safety held their fifth meeting, and third in-person meeting, in San Antonio on ...
Jan 06, 2022
Dallas Police Seeking Animal Cruelty Suspect Who Shot Dog in Backyard
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police are searching for the person who shot a dog in the backyard of an east Oak Cliff home last month. The white and blue Pittbull-type dog was found at a home...
Jan 06, 2022
President Biden Addresses Americans on 1-Year Anniversary of Capitol Riot
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – On the one year anniversary of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, President Biden addressed Americans from Statuary Hall. He touched on many topics, includin...
Jan 06, 2022
H-E-B Adds Southern Dallas to its North Texas Holdings
(WFAA) Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Amid criticism that some high end grocers have ignored southern Dallas County, H-E-B has purchased a vacant building near Duncanville and Desoto.According ...
Jan 06, 2022
Conservative Talkers Push Back as Ted Cruz Calls Capitol Riot a ‘terrorist attack’ [WATCH]
(Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz was blasted by FOX News host Tucker Carlson for comments made this week leading up to the Capitol...
Jan 06, 2022
Texas day care gets reprieve after drilling plan is rejected
Texas oil well – WikipediaARLINGTON (AP) – Parents who send their children to a day care center in Arlington, Texas, will be able to breathe easier after the city refused to let a major en...
Jan 06, 2022
