Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

UTA Softball Legend May Have Abruptly Quit Her Pro Team Over a Tweet

UTA Softball Legend May Have Abruptly Quit Her Pro Team Over a Tweet

The Woodlands (WBAP/KLIF) – Legendary UTA softball player Cat Osterman’s may have ended her summer tour just as it was getting started. Osterman reacted to a tweet by her pro team, ‘The Scrap Yard Dawgs,’ saying that she will not represent them because of it. The since deleted tweet @scrapyardfp, showed Osterman and other players…MORE

Venezuela Reportedly Wooed Texas Republican To Ease Sanctions

Venezuela Reportedly Wooed Texas Republican To Ease Sanctions

MIAMI (AP) – The Associated Press has learned that Venezuela’s socialist government tried to recruit then-Congressman Pete Sessions to broker a meeting with the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the same time it was secretly paying a close former House colleague $50 million to keep U.S. sanctions at bay. An official at state-run oil giant…MORE

Demonstrators Try to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue Near the White House

Demonstrators Try to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue Near the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) – Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House last night before being dispersed by police. WUSA-TV in Washington reported police used pepper spray to move protesters out of Lafayette Square, where the Jackson statue is located. Videos posted on social media showed that the protesters…MORE

Who is this Young Lady Who Wanted to Meet Rev. Al?

Who is this Young Lady Who Wanted to Meet Rev. Al?

Tulsa, OK (WBAP/KLIF) –  Activist preacher and TV host, Reverend Al Sharpton was in Tulsa, Oklahoma during Juneteenth weekend where he met this young lady who had apparently decided to research him after seeing during the funeral of George Floyd. Sharpton wrote: “This young lady named Whitley Schroeder asked her mom who is a reporter…MORE

UTSW Model Predicts 20% Surge in DFW COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations in the Next Two Weeks

UTSW Model Predicts 20% Surge in DFW COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations in the Next Two Weeks

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A model put together by UT Southwestern Medical center predicts a 20% spike in COVID-19 related hospitalizations in DFW in the next two weeks. The data also shows an increase of younger patients, between 21-40 years old, testing positive for COVID-19 and being hospitalized. Infectious disease experts from UTSW are urging people to practice social distancing…MORE