Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Judge Blocks Asylum Rules Changes
Phoenix (AP) – A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum rules changes less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The changes ...
Jan 10, 2021
Christmas Tree Fire Nearly Burns Down McKinney House
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – A Christmas tree fire damaged a McKinney home Saturday. Firefighters say the residents of that home put their left over Christmas tree in their home fireplace to burn it, ...
Jan 10, 2021
Texas Coronavirus Hospitalizations Near 14,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – State health officials say Texas coronavirus hospitalizations continue to edge closer to the 14,000 level as the string of record hospitalizations continues. State statistic...
Jan 09, 2021
Bush Family’s Texas Home May Become National Park
Midland (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas house where former U.S. President George W. Bush spent his childhood is under study for possible designation as a national park. The National Park Service has sch...
Jan 09, 2021
Senator Cornyn Receives Briefing on Texas COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn received a briefing on Texas's COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Friday from Department of State Health Services Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt, Texas ...
Jan 08, 2021
Governor Abbott Warns of Potential Winter Weather Impacts Across Texas, Activates Resources
Gov. Greg Abbott AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott placed numerous resources on standby on Friday, ahead of a winter weather event that is expected to impact the state of Texas thi...
Jan 08, 2021
President Trump Says He Will Not Attend President-Elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Hours after President Donald Trump pledged a peaceful transfer of power following a day of violence at the Capitol, he announced via Twitter he will not attend Pres...
Jan 08, 2021
U.S. Employers Cut 140,000 US Jobs in December; Unemployment Rates Holds at 6.7
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – OCTOBER 09: Employment advertisements are highlighted in a newspaper on October 9, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Economists expect the Australian jobs figure for September...
Jan 08, 2021
This 32-Year Old Man is Not a Member of Antifa or BLM as Some Social Media Reports Suggest [WATCH]
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The viral image of one of the people who stormed the Capitol Building in Washington in a bid to overturn the 2020 election has been port...
Jan 08, 2021
AA Investigating Fracas Aboard Flight Involving Trump Supporters & Other Passengers
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – American Airlines is investigating onboard verbal altercation involving Trump supporters and other passenger. The passengers got into...
Jan 08, 2021
