Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Striking GM Workers Stay On Picket Lines Despite Tentative Contract Agreement

Striking GM Workers Stay On Picket Lines Despite Tentative Contract Agreement

Detroit (AP) Striking General Motors workers will stay on the picket lines for several more days until they vote on a tentative contract agreement with the company. Factory-level officials from the United Auto Workers union voted to recommend the agreement to members at a daylong meeting in Detroit Thursday. But they also voted not to…MORE

Police Get Cooling Off Period Before Questioned in Shootings

Police Get Cooling Off Period Before Questioned in Shootings

After a police officer fatally shoots someone, it can take days or even weeks before the public or his supervisors hear the officer’s version of what happened. In many states, that so-called cooling off period is carved out in state law or in a police department’s contract. That opportunity to take some time before undergoing…MORE

President Trump Energizes Supporters at Dallas Campaign Rally

President Trump Energizes Supporters at Dallas Campaign Rally

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – President Donald Trump was greeted by close to 20,000 people inside the American Airlines Center in Dallas for a campaign rally Thursday night. Thousands more watched the rally outside the arena. Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Senator John Cornyn spoke to the crowd ahead of Trump’s arrival on stage. Both encouraged…MORE

One Dead, Two Injured Following a Shooting Near an Arlington High School

One Dead, Two Injured Following a Shooting Near an Arlington High School

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Arlington police say one teen is dead and two others are injured following a shooting near James Bowie High School on 2000 Cliffside Drive. Lieutenant Chris Cook said the other teen was shot in the leg and is expected to be okay and the other man was a bystander who was struck by…MORE

Energy Secretary Perry tells Trump he Plans on Resigning

Energy Secretary Perry tells Trump he Plans on Resigning

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified the president that he intends to leave his job soon. President Donald Trump confirmed the report when he spoke in Texas on Thursday. Perry was traveling with the president to Texas Thursday when he shared the news aboard Air Force One. Perry is under…MORE

President Donald Trump arrives in DFW Metroplex Ahead of Rally

President Donald Trump arrives in DFW Metroplex Ahead of Rally

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- President Donald Trump has arrived in Fort Worth for a full day planned in the DFW Metroplex ahead of his campaign rally in Dallas. A large crowd gathered outside the Naval Air Station JRB in Fort Worth to watch his landing and motorcade to Downtown Fort Worth. “This is the best thing…MORE

Vice President Mike Pence says Turkey has Agreed to a Cease-fire in Syria

Vice President Mike Pence says Turkey has Agreed to a Cease-fire in Syria

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence says that Turkey has agreed to a cease-fire in Syria. Pence spoke after a high-level delegation of U.S. officials met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey. Pence says there will “a pause in military operations for 120 hours” to allow the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds…MORE

White House says next G-7 to be Held at a Trump Golf Resort

White House says next G-7 to be Held at a Trump Golf Resort

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it has chosen President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Miami as the site for next year’s Group of Seven summit. The announcement Thursday comes as the president has accused Joe Biden’s family of profiting from public office because of Hunter Biden’s business activities in Ukraine when his father…MORE

Elijah Cummings, Civil Rights Leader and U.S. Congressman, Dies at 68

Elijah Cummings, Civil Rights Leader and U.S. Congressman, Dies at 68

WASHINGTON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings has died. His office said Cummings passed away from longtime health complications at Johns Hopkins Hospital near Baltimore early Thursday morning. He was the first African American in history to be named Speaker Pro Tem and served Maryland’s 7th Congressional District since 1996. The son of a…MORE