Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Texas Resumes Executions After 5-month Delay Due to Pandemic
Billy Joe Wardlow, Texas Dept. of Corrections HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, endi...
Jul 09, 2020
Auto Show Industry Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic
PHOTO: WFAA DFW (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The COVID-19 pandemic has canceled almost all large public gathering events throughout the state. One string of events that has been hit particularly hard is auto sho...
Jul 08, 2020
Dallas County Woman in her 20’s Dies from COVID-19, Case Count Rises
CDC DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The continued spread of COVID-19 in Texas was evident again Wednesday when state and local officials released daily case counts. Dallas County Health and Human Services ...
Jul 08, 2020
Houston Scraps Texas GOP’s In-person Convention due to Virus
Courtesy Republican Party of Texas HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Houston city officials announced Wednesday that they have canceled the Texas GOP’s in-person convention set for next week amid conc...
Jul 08, 2020
Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Aid if Schools Don’t Reopen
CNN File Photo WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal money if schools don’t reopen in the fall. He says the guidelines his own federal health official...
Jul 08, 2020
Supreme Court Rules More Employers Can Opt Out of Providing No Cost Birth Control to Women
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in its effort to allow more employers to refuse to provide free birth control on moral or religious ground...
Jul 08, 2020
The State Fair of Texas is Canceled, but Rivalry Cotton Bowl Games are Still a Go
(WFAA) Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Fair of Texas may be canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a couple of classic college football match-ups that are typically played during...
Jul 08, 2020
Kim Guilfoyle, Girlfriend of Trump Jr., Test Positive for Coronavirus; Possibly Exposed Trump Donors
(Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) South Dakota-AP (WBAP/KLIF) – As cases of novel coronavirus continue spike in much of the nation, including Texas, comes word that...
Jul 08, 2020
Texas To Recoup Unemployment After Overpaying Texans
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas is attempting to recoup unemployment payments after mistakenly sending them to thousands of Texans amid the pandemic. The Texas Workforce Commission, an agency that oversees unemp...
Jul 08, 2020
North Texas Hits 51,000 Positive COVID-19 Tests
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has hit 51,000 cases of the Coronavirus. Dallas county reported 1,077 additional positive cases of COVID-19, while Tarrant county showed 757 new cases. Collin and Den...
Jul 08, 2020
