Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

NCAA Women’s Final Four Reaches Out to West Dallas Community

NCAA Women’s Final Four Reaches Out to West Dallas Community

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A ribbon-cutting was held for the Women’s Final Four Legacy Court in West Dallas on Wednesday. Officials with the 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four said they wanted to make a lasting impact in Dallas for years to come. The Final Four is being played in Dallas this weekend. The Legacy Project chose…MORE

Pope Francis Hospitalized with Respiratory Infection

Pope Francis Hospitalized with Respiratory Infection

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the Rome hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni…MORE

Construction Worker Killed in Equipment Accident in Fort Worth

Construction Worker Killed in Equipment Accident in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Forth Worth police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating after a construction worker was killed in an accident Wednesday morning. Investigators said it happened around 4:45 a.m. at a construction site near the Northeast Loop 820 and North Railhead Road in north Fort Worth. A worker…MORE

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Narcan Spray

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Narcan Spray

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the…MORE

Dallas Church Community Mourns Nashville School Killings

Dallas Church Community Mourns Nashville School Killings

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas church community is hurting in the wake of this week’s school shooting in Nashville. Three adults and three students were killed inside the Covenant School. Hundreds of People packed Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas on Tuesday for a vigil. The service was meant to lift up the family of…MORE