Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dozens of Afghan Refugees Arrive in Texas, Hundreds More Expected
(Photo: RST) DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Refugee Services of Texas is working work with national refugee resettlement partners and the U.S. government to offer protection and resettlement to hundreds o...
Cumulus Media Aug 25, 2021

Johnson and Johnson Reports Studies Show its COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots Significantly Increases Protection
[wfaa photo]New Brunswick, NJ (WBAP/KLIF News) – Johnson and Johnson is optimistic about the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. The pharmaceutical company on Wednesday announced its ...
Cumulus Media Aug 25, 2021

Paxton Clears ‘Himself’ in Whistleblower Probe
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who is under investigation on multiple fronts, has been cleared of wrongdoing in at least one of t...
Cumulus Media Aug 25, 2021

Trump-backed Herschel Walker Seeks Georgia Senate Seat
Herschel WalkerYouTube ATLANTA (AP) - Herschel Walker on Tuesday filed paperwork to run for U.S. Senate in Georgia after months of speculation, joining other Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic S...
Cumulus Media Aug 25, 2021

Two Congress Members Fly To Kabul Amid Chaotic Evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the ongoing chaotic evacuation Tuesday, stunning State Department and U.S. military personnel who had to ...
Cumulus Media Aug 25, 2021

Keller ISD Teacher Sent Home After Refusing to Remove BLM Banner from Classroom
Keller, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Keller ISD teacher was sent home from school on Tuesday after refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter banner hanging in his classroom. Dan Grunewald, an animation, aud...
Cumulus Media Aug 25, 2021

Supreme Court Orders Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Reinstated
(Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is refusing to block a court ruling ordering the Biden administration to reinstate a Trump-era policy that forces people to wait in Mexico whil...
Cumulus Media Aug 24, 2021

Glen McCurley Changes Plea to Guilty in Carla Walker Cold Case Murder Trial
Glen McCurley FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – An unexpected turn of events upended the capital murder trial for the man accused in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker. After...
Cumulus Media Aug 24, 2021

G-7 Leaders Press Biden on Afghanistan Deadline; Taliban Insists Airlifts Stop
Courtesy CNN WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden and fellow Group of 7 leaders met virtually on Tuesday as leaders of some of the major industrialized democracies were expected to press Biden ...
Cumulus Media Aug 24, 2021

‘No Blindsiding,’ Hochul Vows, as she Takes New York’s Helm
New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Courtesy CNN. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York on Tuesday, vowing to bring new energy and urgency to solving immense ...
Cumulus Media Aug 24, 2021









