Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Bad Bunny Tapped for Super Bowl Halftime

Bad Bunny Tapped for Super Bowl Halftime

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bad Bunny has been chosen to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, marking a significant moment for Latin identity on a major stage. The Puerto Rican superstar’s selection highlights his global influence and the NFL’s effort to diversify its audience. The halftime show is a collaboration between the NFL, Roc Nation,…MORE

Video Gamer Electronic Arts to Be Bought in Largest-Ever Private Equity Buyout Valued at $55 Billion

Video Gamer Electronic Arts to Be Bought in Largest-Ever Private Equity Buyout Valued at $55 Billion

Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired by an investor group including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in the largest private equity-funded buyout in history. The investors, who also include a firm managed by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and the private equity firm…MORE

Lufthansa Group to Cut 4,000 Jobs by 2030 With Help of AI, Sees Stronger Profits Ahead

Lufthansa Group to Cut 4,000 Jobs by 2030 With Help of AI, Sees Stronger Profits Ahead

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Lufthansa Group has announced plans to cut 4,000 jobs by 2030, focusing on administrative roles. The company aims to achieve this through artificial intelligence, digitalization, and consolidating work among its member airlines. Most of the job cuts will occur in Germany. Announcing its strategic plans during a presentation in Munich on…MORE

CEO of Drugmaker GSK to Step Down by Year’s End

CEO of Drugmaker GSK to Step Down by Year’s End

LONDON (AP) — GSK Chief Executive Emma Walmsley, the first woman to lead a major pharmaceutical company, will step down Dec. 31 after more than eight years at the head of the London-based drugmaker. Walmsley, 56, will be replaced by Luke Miels, currently GSK’s chief commercial officer, the company said in a statement released on…MORE

Progressive Non-Profits Condemn Trump’s Targeting of George Soros and His Foundations

Progressive Non-Profits Condemn Trump’s Targeting of George Soros and His Foundations

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of progressive nonprofits condemned President Donald Trump’s general attacks on his political opponents and a specific report of a potential investigation into billionaire George Soros’ philanthropy. The statement follows a New York Times report that the U.S. Department of Justice directed prosecutors to consider possible charges against Open Society Foundations.…MORE

A New Policy on Access at the Pentagon Has Journalists and the Trump Administration at Odds

A New Policy on Access at the Pentagon Has Journalists and the Trump Administration at Odds

New rules that limit the access of journalists in the Pentagon and appear to condition entry into the building on agreement to restrictions have led to a standoff between the press and the Trump administration’s defense department. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team characterizes it as an effort to protect national security, but journalists see it…MORE

OpenAI Adds Parental Controls to Chatgpt for Teen Safety

OpenAI Adds Parental Controls to Chatgpt for Teen Safety

LONDON (AP) — OpenAI has announced new parental controls for ChatGPT to make it safer for teens. This move comes after concerns about AI chatbot safety for young users, including tragic cases where teenagers took their lives after using ChatGPT. To get started, parents can send an email or text invite to their teen to…MORE

Shooting at a Mormon Church in Michigan

Shooting at a Mormon Church in Michigan

(AP) Grand Blac, Michigan – Police say two people were killed and eight injured in a shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan, and the suspect is also dead. The shooting happened Sunday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit, Grand Blanc Township Police…MORE

Reports Indicate Ryan Routh Guilty of Trump Assassination Attempt in Florida.

Reports Indicate Ryan Routh Guilty of Trump Assassination Attempt in Florida.

MIAMI – (WBAP/KLIF) – Reports just in announce a guilty verdict has been reached by the jury in the trial of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused through federal charges of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump as he played golf at his Mar A Lago estate in Florida in 2024. Routh was found guilty…MORE

Defense Tells Judge Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Served Enough Time Behind Bars

Defense Tells Judge Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Served Enough Time Behind Bars

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are urging a judge to sentence him early next month to no more than 14 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related charges. The lawyers made their arguments Monday in a written submission to New York federal Judge Arun Subramanian. He’s already…MORE