Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Report: Vapes Spiked with Illegal Drugs Show Dark Side of CBD Craze

Report: Vapes Spiked with Illegal Drugs Show Dark Side of CBD Craze

(AP) – An Associated Press investigation shows a dark side to booming sales of the cannabis extract CBD. Some people are substituting cheap and dangerous street drugs for the real thing. As a result, vapes and other products marketed as helping a range of ailments instead have sent dozens of people to emergency rooms because they…MORE

Central Texas 5th Grader Dies of Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming in Brazos River

Central Texas 5th Grader Dies of Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming in Brazos River

Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A 10-year girl from Bosque County has died, 8-days after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba. The parents of Lily Mae Avant say the 5th grader came down with the illness shortly after swimming in the Brazos River last Sunday. Our media partner, WFAA-TV reports the young girl was being…MORE

Texas Health Officials Warn of E-Cigarette Dangers

Texas Health Officials Warn of E-Cigarette Dangers

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Tarrant County Health officials say they’ve had eight reported cases of e-cigarette related lung illness. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the cases are being investigated by state health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 400 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses and six deaths have occured in 26…MORE

Thousands of Local GM Workers Join National Strike Amid Stalled Contract Talks

Thousands of Local GM Workers Join National Strike Amid Stalled Contract Talks

Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – More than 49-thousand members of the United Auto Worker union went on strike early Monday as contract talks with General Motors broke down; that includes dozens on the picket lines outside the GM plant in Arlington. Chanting, “What do we want, a contract … when do we want it, now,” some…MORE

Shots Fired at Youth Football Game in Fort Worth; Two Injured

Shots Fired at Youth Football Game in Fort Worth; Two Injured

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Police in Texas say two people were injured when gunfire erupted at a youth football game. Authorities say a woman was struck in the leg and a girl was grazed in the back when shots rang out during the game among elementary school-aged children Saturday afternoon in Fort Worth. Both…MORE

Anti-Defamation League Inaugural Walk Against Hate

Anti-Defamation League Inaugural Walk Against Hate

(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS – The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) hosted its inaugural Walk Against Hate in Victory Plaza that brought out nearly two thousand people. The two-mile walk promotes diversity and celebrate the values of respect and inclusion. Local Actor and Youtuber Martez McKee is a part of the LGBTQ Community and says it was very important…MORE

General Motors says it made ‘strong offer’ to its US workers

DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on labor strife at General Motors factories (all times local): 10:45 a.m. General Motors says it presented what it believes was a strong offer to the roughly 49,000 workers at its U.S. plants, including improved wages and benefits and investments in eight facilities in four states. The automaker says in…MORE

Old uptown Dallas office building imploded

Old uptown Dallas office building imploded

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Another vacant office building was turned into a pile of rubble Sunday morning in uptown Dallas. The old Republic Insurance building on Turtle Creek Boulevard near “The Mansion” was blown down by a series of powerful explosions. What is now a pile of rubble will be replaced by a 14 story complex…MORE