Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Shelter-In-Place Lifted After Valero Oil Refinery Fire
(WBAP/KLIF) -- A shelter-in-place order was lifted after a massive explosion and fire at Valero Energy's Port Arthur refinery. All employees are safe with no injuries reported. The incident triggered ...
Mar 24, 2026 lagereek / Depositphotos.com
UNT Cuts Programs Amid $45 Million Shortfall
(WBAP/KLIF) -- AP -- The University of North Texas is cutting or consolidating more than 70 academic programs, minors and certificates as it works to close a projected $45 million budget shortfall, in...
Mar 23, 2026
VP Vance headed to Texas.
As part of a fundraising trip, Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to travel to Austin this evening and then on to Dallas on Tuesday. The White House did not comment on the Vice President's trip, but...
Mar 23, 2026
Federal Agents Deployed to U.S. Airports to Assist TSA Workers
ATLANTA (AP) - More federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump said he'd deploy them to supplement the Transportation Security Administration durin...
Mar 23, 2026
US will hold off on Iran power plant strikes for 5 days, extending Trump deadline on Hormuz strait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the U.S. will hold off on power plant strikes for five days. Trump m...
Mar 23, 2026
Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK (AP) - Two people were killed and several others injured when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on the runway while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport. The collision late Su...
Mar 23, 2026
Hot Weekend, then Cool down
Today Sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight Clear, with a low around 65. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Sunday Sunny, with a high...
Mar 21, 2026
Iran threatens world tourism sites and says it is still building missiles 3 weeks into war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran has threatened recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it is still building missiles. Its supreme leader issued another defiant statement on Frida...
Mar 20, 2026
Actor/martial artist, Chuck Norris, has died at 86.
(AP) The martial arts grandmaster and action star Chuck Norris has died. His roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy, sparking internet parod...
Mar 20, 2026
Iran is defiant nearly 4 weeks into the war, hitting oil facilities around the Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran is defiantly insisting that it will deny its enemies their security and that it is still building missiles nearly three weeks into the war. U.S.-Israeli strikes...
Mar 20, 2026
