Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Texas Doctor Who Defied State’s New Abortion Ban Is Sued
DALLAS (AP) – A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people seeking to test the legality of the state’s near-total ban o...
Cumulus Media Sep 21, 2021

Third Legislative Special Session Underway in Austin
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Another special session began on Monday inside the State Capitol in Austin. It’s the third special in the 87th Texas legislative session. A quorum was held in the Hous...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2021

Governor Abbott Requests Federal Emergency Declaration Regarding Border Surge
Gov. Greg Abbott AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Monday that he sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting an emergency declaration for the State of Texas as a result o...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2021

Houston Police Officer Killed, Another Injured While Serving Arrest Warrant
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Houston police officer is dead and another one is battling injuries sustained in a shooting Monday morning. According to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner, William ...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2021

CVS Offering Thousands of Jobs in Texas, Amid Nationwide Hiring Push Ahead of Flu Season, COVID Boosters
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – CVS is hiring for 25,000 positions nationwide, including more than 3,000 in Texas, in an effort meet demand for the upcoming flu season and the rolling out of COVID-19 b...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2021

Haitian Illegal Immigrants Being Airlifted Home
(WBAP/KLIF) — The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and trying to block others from crossing the border from Mexico. It’s a massive show of force...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2021

Is Beto O’Rourke Ready to Jump Into the Texas Governor’s Race?
(Photo by Sergio Flores/Getty Images) Texas (WBAP/KLIF) As former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke embarked on a tour across Texas earlier this year rallying against proposed election reform legi...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2021

56-Yard Field Goal Leads To Last Minute Cowboys Win
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Throughout his rehab from a broken ankle last season, Dak Prescott thought about what it would feel like to be on the field again and lead the Dallas Cowboys on a game-winning...
Cumulus Media Sep 20, 2021

Border Patrol Makes Changes
Undated (AP) – The U.S. Border Patrol hopes to free up agents to go back into the field by hiring civilians to perform tasks like checking holding cells and collecting information for immigratio...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2021

Warning From Former Planned Parenthood President
Houston (AP) – One of the country’s top abortion-rights activists is warning that the Supreme Court’s recent inaction on Texas’ extremely restrictive new abortion law could sig...
Cumulus Media Sep 19, 2021









