Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Fed Raises Key Rate by a Half-point in Bid to Tame Inflation

Fed Raises Key Rate by a Half-point in Bid to Tame Inflation

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve intensified its drive  to curb the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by an sizable half-percentage point. The half-point hike in the Fed’s key rate – its largest since 2000 – raised it to a range of 0.75% to 1%, the highest point…MORE

Teacher Appreciation Week Deals Abundant in North Texas

Teacher Appreciation Week Deals Abundant in North Texas

DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Educators across North Texas are being shown support from their school districts, students and the community as National Teacher Appreciation Week continues through Friday, May 6. It’s an annual tradition where teachers nationwide are treated to discounts and freebies at participating stores and restaurants. Here are some of the…MORE

Dallas Police

Dallas Police

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In an ongoing effort to shut down fake Texas paper license tag operations, Dallas Police investigators arrested a man who later confessed to printing multiple fraudulent tags. The department’s Auto Theft Task Force arrested 43-year-old Wayland Wayne Wright on a state felony charge of Tampering with a Governmental Record with Intent to…MORE

Dallas Police Bust Fake Texas Paper Tag Operation

Dallas Police Bust Fake Texas Paper Tag Operation

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In an ongoing effort to shut down fake Texas paper license tag operations, Dallas Police investigators arrested a man who later confessed to printing multiple fraudulent tags. The department’s Auto Theft Task Force arrested 43-year-old Wayland Wayne Wright on a state felony charge of Tampering with a Governmental Record with Intent to…MORE

Comedian Dave Chappelle Tackled on Stage During Show in LA [WATCH]

Comedian Dave Chappelle Tackled on Stage During Show in LA [WATCH]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance. NBC News reported that the Los Angeles Police Department early Wednesday said the man was…MORE

Toddler Mauled by Coyote Near White Rock Lake; Animal Still on the Loose

Toddler Mauled by Coyote Near White Rock Lake; Animal Still on the Loose

Dallas AP (WBAP/KLIF) – Police say a 2-year-old child has been hospitalized in critical condition after being mauled by a coyote on the front porch of the child’s Dallas home on Royalpine Drive. The attack happened about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in a neighborhood just north of White Rock Lake in Dallas. As of late last…MORE

Storm chances return to North and Central Texas late today

Storm chances return to North and Central Texas late today

Thunderstorms are expected to increase in coverage to our west late Wednesday afternoon and overspread the region Wednesday night. Today: A chance of drizzle before 1pm, then a chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 86. South…MORE

Governor Abbott Calls the Supreme Court Leak Criminal

Governor Abbott Calls the Supreme Court Leak Criminal

(WBAP/KLIF) — Reaction is pouring in from both sides of the aisle regarding the leaking of the Supreme Court Opinion on abortion. The governor of Texas weighed in on the unauthorized release of a supreme court draft opinion that indicates justices are leaning towards overturning Roe v. Wade. Abbott says the move to leak the…MORE

Texas ‘Trigger Bill’ Would Take Hold if Roe is Overturned

Texas ‘Trigger Bill’ Would Take Hold if Roe is Overturned

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said on Tuesday that abortion will be banned in Texas Abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade. The comments came after a draft opinion indicating the high court will overturn Roe was leaked to Politico. “If the leaked draft is indeed accurate, it is…MORE

Dallas Police Searching for Coyote, Child in Critical Condition after Bite

Dallas Police Searching for Coyote, Child in Critical Condition after Bite

A 2-year-old child is in critical condition at a local hospital after Police said he was bit by a coyote. According to Dallas Police, Officers responded to an animal attack in the 9200 block of Royalpine Drive just before 8:30 Tuesday morning. When officers arrived, they learned that a 2-year-old child was sitting on the…MORE