Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over New Texas Border Law
(Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allo...
Dec 19, 2023
New Details in Gruesome Hit-and-Run, White Settlement PD Says Intoxicated Man Had Victim’s Body in Passenger Seat
[White Settle PD photo]WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF News ) - White Settlement police released new details about a gruesome hit-and-run crash involving an intoxicated man who drove around with the victi...
Dec 19, 2023
Southwest Airlines Hit With $140 Million Fine for December 2022 Travel Debacle
DALLAS (AP) - Southwest Airlines will pay a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement to resolve a federal investigation into a debacle in December 2022 when the airline canceled thousands...
Dec 19, 2023
Abbott Signs Border Bills into Law
Gov. Greg AbbottBROWNSVILLE, Tex (AP) – Testing the limits of how far Texas can go to keep migrants out of the U.S., Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers tha...
Dec 18, 2023
Trump Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Review Gag Order
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president's speech i...
Dec 18, 2023
Convicted Sex Offender Who Escaped Brazoria County Prison Captured
Robert Yancy Jr. TDCJ photo UPDATE: (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Less than 24 hours after escaping from a south Texas prison, The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Robert Yancy Junior was ca...
Dec 18, 2023
Gunman, Austin Police Shootout on Sixth Street; Three Injured; One Dead
A peek into the the city life in Austin, Texas. A picture of the 6th St. and Congress St. intersection with the Frost Bank Tower in the background.AUSTIN – Three Sixth Street patrons were injure...
Dec 18, 2023
Governor Abbott To Sign SB 3 & 4 Today; Immigration Advocates Say It Legalizes Racial Profiling.
Texas DPS Marine Buoy Barrier in Rio Grande River. (Photo courtesy of WFAA)By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas.AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott heads to Brownsv...
Dec 18, 2023
U.S. House Votes to Launch Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden
(Associated Press) — WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process d...
Dec 13, 2023
Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, a sign th...
Dec 13, 2023
