Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 61,000 last week to 719,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as...

Texas Senator Bryan Hughes, R/District 1 (Twitter) Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate passed a bill that gives those who have been censored on social media a way to fight back. Texas Senate B...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans were moving closer Thursday to advancing a slate of proposed new voting restrictions that would reduce options to cast ballots, limit polling hours and hand more...

MISSION, Texas (AP) – Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any...

Miles Speight, 19 (Leander, TX Police Dept) Leander, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Law enforcement in Central Texas have taken a 19-year old man into custody accused of stabbing his mother to death during a ...

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Thursday, April 1, is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming May 1 election. There are several important races to be decided in that election, including mayoral r...

Austin - (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate passed seven abortion-related bills Tuesday. One, the so-called "Heartbeat Bill," would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. That’s rou...

Boca Chica (AP) – SpaceX has suffered another failed landing of Starship, its prototype Mars rocket. A camera on the rocket froze Tuesday, and dense fog in South Texas obscured views of the rock...

Dallas during the deep freeze of February 2021— Photo WFAA AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas' power grid that buckled during February's deadly winter storm would operate under new oversight and require...

UNDATED (AP) – The NFL regular-season schedule is expanding from 16 to 17 games, the first increase since the league went from 14 to 16 games before the 1978 season. Team owners approved the 17t...