Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Red Cross Faces Blood Shortage
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The American Red Cross says it’s facing the lowest holiday season blood supply and donor turnout that it's experienced in more than a decade. The North Texas Region ha...
Dec 19, 2021
Ransomware Persists even as High-Profile Attacks have Slowed
WASHINGTON (AP) – In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn’t been a massive attack like the...
Dec 18, 2021
Governor Abbott Officially Initiates Border Wall
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott was in Rio Grande City, Saturday, to officially announce construction of the state’s first and very own border wall. The move is in resp...
Dec 18, 2021
One Killed In School Bus Crash
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A school bus crashed on a rural southeast Texas road Friday afternoon, killing an adult bus aide, and injuring the driver and three students; one of them seriously. The Tex...
Dec 18, 2021
Rare Comic Book Sells For Millions
New York (WBAP/KLIF) – A rare copy of the first Superman comic book has been sold for more than two and a half million dollars. The seller, a Houston resident, bought it in 1979 from the origina...
Dec 18, 2021
Schools Step up Security in Response to Threats on TikTok
UNDATED (AP) Educators have announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the ...
Dec 17, 2021
Court Allows Biden Employer Vaccine Mandate to Take Effect
UNDATED (AP) A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger private employers can take effect. Friday’s 2-1 ruling from a panel of judges on ...
Dec 17, 2021
Southwest Airlines CEO Tests Positive for COVID after Testifying before Congress
(CEO Gary Kelly, Photo: SWA)DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The CEO of Dallas based Southwest Airlines has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after testifying before Congress.“Although testing n...
Dec 17, 2021
Texas Hits New Employment High of Nearly 13 Million Jobs
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas is reporting record job numbers.Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Workforce Commission announced on Friday, that the Texas labor market has reached 12,998,200 to...
Dec 17, 2021
1.7M Fentanyl Pills Seized in Scottsdale, Arizona
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Scottsdale, AZ (WBAP/KLIF) – Police and federal agents in Scottsdale, Arizona announced Thursday they seized nearly one-point-seven-million fentanyl pills ......
Dec 17, 2021
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