Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
VA: 20 Veterans a Day Commit Suicide
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – In a first of its kind study, the VA finds 7,400 vets took their own lives in 2014, or 20 per day. 70% of those were not regular users of the VA system. The problem is,...
Jul 7, 2016
No Cuba Flights from DFW
Plano (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Department of Transportation has awarded airlines with a total of 20 daily flights to Cuba to start later this year. Ft. Worth-based American Airlines will receive t...
Jul 7, 2016
Readers proclaim Ft. Worth “friendly”, Dallas “rude”
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) - Readers of Travel and Leisure magazine seem to love Texas. Mostly. In a recent survey San Antonio and Houston were ranked first and second among a list of the friendliest cit...
Jul 7, 2016
Girl Allegedly Groped on Flight Seeks $10M from Airline
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The lawyer for a 13-year-old girl who told police she was groped on a flight to Portland, Oregon, seeks $10 million in a federal lawsuit against American Airlines and the p...
Jul 7, 2016
Court Orders Release of Kids, Not Parents, from ICE Custody
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal appeals court says Homeland Security officials must quickly release immigrant children – but not their parents – from family detention centers after be...
Jul 7, 2016
2 States Join Suit Against Obama Transgender Bathroom Plan
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Two states have joined the 11-state coalition Texas is leading in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Obama administration’s recent directive about transgender s...
Jul 7, 2016
Gun Theft Under Investigation
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A veteran employee at the Dallas county sheriff’s department is accused of stealing a cadet’s handgun. Katenia Johnson formerly served as a clerk at the training...
Jul 7, 2016
AUSTIN (AP) – Three University of Texas professors have filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the state’s “campus carry” law before it takes effect next month. Wednesda...
Jul 7, 2016
Dallas Tells Garage Owner It’s Time to Go
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Dallas is filing suit against one of the last remaining auto repair businesses on Ross Avenue. The city wants Hinga Automotive gone so the property can be d...
Jul 6, 2016
Dallas County Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case of Season
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County is reporting its first Human Case of West Nile Virus for the season. The county health department reports the patient was diagnosed with West Nile Neuroinvasiv...
Jul 6, 2016
