Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Texas Governor Says Half of 1,400 Troops on Job
Courtesy: WFAA-TV WESLACO, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than half of roughly 1,400 National Guard members the state wants to put on the U.S.-Mexico border are already on the job...
Apr 13, 2018
Secretary of State Nominee Mike Pompeo Testifies at Senate Hearing
Secretary of State Nominee Mike Pompeo. Photo courtesy CNN. WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo is defending the Trump administration and its efforts to push back against Ru...
Apr 12, 2018
Backpage.com CEO Pleads Guilty to California Money Charges
Justice Dept. seizes classified ads website Backpage.com and affiliated websites. Photo courtesy CNN. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed an &...
Apr 12, 2018
Cornyn: Firing Mueller Would Bring Overwhelmingly Negative Response
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn is joining the number of republican lawmakers advising President Donald Trump not to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Cornyn says even if the president has ...
Apr 12, 2018
Hurricane Names Retired, Replacements Announced
Hurricane Irma submerged the town of Caibarien, Cuba under several feet of water on September 10, 2017. MIAMI (AP) – The names of four deadly hurricanes that slammed parts of the United States, ...
Apr 12, 2018
Progress Made on New Hotel in Irving’s Entertainment District
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF) – Progress is being made on Irving's long awaited convention center headquarter hotel. A topping out ceremony was held Thursday and city officials say the hotel will open by t...
Apr 12, 2018
Investigators Looking into the Cause of Three-Alarm Fire at Irving Apartment Complex
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fire crews are investigating what caused a three-alarm fire at an Irving apartment complex Thursday morning. 22 apartments at the Clarendon Apartment Homes off Beltline...
Apr 12, 2018
Arlington’s Texas Live! Named Best Deal of the Year by the Dallas Business Journal
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Business Journal’s annual ‘Best Real Estate Deals of 2017’ event was held last night. The City of Arlington snagged top honors for its world-cla...
Apr 12, 2018
Timing of Syrian Airstrikes up in the Air
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says an attack on Syria could take place “very soon or not so soon at all!” The president made the statement in a tweet Thursday morning. Tru...
Apr 12, 2018
Southwest Airlines reaches an agreement in principal with mechanics union
WFAA photo DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — After nearly six years Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association. Bret Oes...
Apr 12, 2018
