Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Russian Internet Trolls Continue to Stir Up Trouble in the United States
My Portrait Sessions Washington, DC (WBAP/KLIF) – A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee says Russian internet trolls are stirring up the controversy over NFL players kneeling ...
Sep 28, 2017
Dale Hansen and Grant Stinchfield go toe-to-toe on whether or not NFL players are doing the right thing by kneeling during the national anthem.
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) - Earlier this week WFAA sports anchor stated “that NFL players, and all of us, should protest how black Americans are treated in this country. And if you don’t thi...
Sep 27, 2017
Puerto Rico Crisis: What the Jones Act Controversy is All About
(CNN Money) — The Jones Act is an obscure, century-old law that requires all goods ferried between U.S. ports to be carried on ships built, owned and operated by Americans. Now critics say it...
Sep 27, 2017
Catholic Church Launches Campaign to Support Immigrants Worldwide
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Catholic Diocese of Dallas announced Wednesday that it had joined Pope Francis’ worldwide initiative to support immigrants. Bishop Edward J. Burns said the Diocese...
Sep 27, 2017
Fort Worth May Form Transportation Task Force
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – The mayor of Fort Worth wants to launch a task force to study how to grow ridership and funding for the Fort Worth Transportation Authority. The city council passed...
Sep 27, 2017
Trump Sells Tax Plan as ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Opportunity
(CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a Republican framework for tax reform that calls for sweeping tax cuts and a simplification of the tax code, framing the effort in a speech a...
Sep 27, 2017
Garland Teen in Critical Condition After Being Shot in the Head By Friend Playing With Gun
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Garland teenager is in critical condition after one of his friends shot him in the head while they were playing with a gun. The Garland Police Department’s Alb...
Sep 27, 2017
Texas’ Oil Regulator Took Vacation Amid Harvey
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Records show that Texas’ chief oil and gas regulator was on vacation in the critical days surrounding Hurricane Harvey as the state grappled with fuel shortages and re...
Sep 27, 2017
Video of Woman Refusing to Deplane Southwest Airlines Flight Goes Viral
(WBAP/KLIF) – Southwest Airlines is apologizing after video of a woman removed from a flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles went viral. The woman claimed to have a deadly pet allergy when she not...
Sep 27, 2017
“American Sniper” Widow Pens Letter to NFL
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – In the letter posted on her Facebook page, Taya Kyle shares her disappointment with the league and players over the “take a knee” protest. The widow of ...
Sep 27, 2017
