Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Dallas Mayor Discusses Plan to Reopen City
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on 4-30-20 DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As Texas begins to reopen on Friday, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson discussed the cities own plan for reopening. Johnson says that even though ...
Apr 30, 2020
North Texas Food Bank Experiencing Continued Uptick in Demand
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The North Texas food bank is experiencing a continued increase in demand as the coronavirus pandemic impacts the local economy. With the pandemic prompting pay cuts, furloug...
Apr 30, 2020
American Airlines Reports $2.2 Billion First Quarter Net Loss
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fort Worth-based American Airlines reported a massive $2.2 billion dollar net loss for the first quarter. It’s the latest among the industry to report the sta...
Apr 30, 2020
COVID-19 diagnoses, deaths continue to climb in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The number of reported illnesses diagnosed as caused by the new coronavirus continued to climb Wednesday, as did the death count. The cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the ...
Apr 30, 2020
New Jobless Claims Bring Six-Week Total to 30.3-Million People Out of Work
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since th...
Apr 30, 2020
Concerns Grow for Inmates Inside Federal Prison in Fort Worth
Photo: Federal Bureau of Prisons FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Recent numbers show that a Fort Worth prison is reporting 20% of the COVID-19 cases inside Federal U.S. prisons. According to the Bureau...
Apr 29, 2020
Fed Signals it will Likely Hold Rates Near Zero for Months
Fed Chair Jerome Powell/CNN File Photo WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve says it will keep its key short-term interest rate near zero for the foreseeable future as part of its extraordinary ...
Apr 29, 2020
Houston Lab Mass Processes FDA-Approved COVID-19 Antibody Test
HOUSTON (AP) – A Houston medical diagnostic lab is now capable of testing thousands of blood samples for coronavirus antibodies. SynerGene Laboratories, a facility owned by Principle Health Syst...
Apr 29, 2020
Dallas Billionaire & Trump Donor Gets Tens of Millions in Loans Meant for Small Business
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas billionaire hotelier whose company was the single largest recipient of COVID19 aid funds meant for small business, says that he “will not return the money.&...
Apr 29, 2020
Governor Abbott Appeals FEMA Denial of Disaster Aid for October Tornadoes
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the State of Texas has appealed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of Texas’ Major Disaster Declaration reques...
Apr 29, 2020
