Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Pill 89 % Effective Against Severe Illness, Works Against Omicron

Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Pill 89 % Effective Against Severe Illness, Works Against Omicron

NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – As pharmaceutical companies race to develop treatments to battle COVID-19 and its mutations, Pfizer confirmed Tuesday its experimental pill is effective against the omicron variant. The company released the results of a 2,246-person study that the oral antiviral reduced hospitalizations and deaths by almost 89% among high-risk adults when taken…MORE

CRT Protest and Counter-Rally Slated Today at FWISD

CRT Protest and Counter-Rally Slated Today at FWISD

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A planned critical race theory protest and counter-rally are slated ahead of a Fort Worth ISD board meeting today. The events comes on the heels of Thursday’s board meeting where one resident directed his comments on the issue to some in the crowd who are opposed to CRT. Malik Austin, who…MORE

Slumping Prescott, Cowboys can thank D for NFC East cushion

Slumping Prescott, Cowboys can thank D for NFC East cushion

A slumping Dak Prescott has become a danger to comfortable fourth-quarter leads for the Dallas Cowboys in the star quarterback’s first $40 million season. A team long identified by offense can thank the defense for a three-game lead in the NFC East with four to go after a 27-20 victory at Washington. It was a second…MORE

Insurer Agrees to $800M Settlement In Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

Insurer Agrees to $800M Settlement In Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

DOVER, Del. (AP) – Attorneys in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case have reached a tentative settlement under which one of the organization’s largest insurers would contribute $800 million into a fund for victims of child sexual abuse. The agreement announced Monday calls for Century Indemnity Co. and affiliated companies to contribute $800 million…MORE

Semi Crash Seriously Injures Driver; Affects DART’s West End Service

Semi Crash Seriously Injures Driver; Affects DART’s West End Service

Dallas (WBAP/IKLIF) – The driver of a big rig was seriously injured overnight after crashing through the Woodall Rogers Bridge at the NB I-35 exit. Mike Forbes from our media partner WFAA says the crash happened around midnight and has also affected dart service in the West End Trains are not running through the West…MORE