Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Trump Removes Official Overseeing Jobs Data After Dismal Employment Report

Trump Removes Official Overseeing Jobs Data After Dismal Employment Report

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than previously reported. Trump in a post on his social media platform alleged that the figures were…MORE

Luka Signs Contract Extension With The Lakers

Luka Signs Contract Extension With The Lakers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic has agreed to a three-year, $165 million maximum contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Slovenian superstar is bypassing a chance at free agency next summer to build a long-term future with his new team. The deal keeps Doncic with Los Angeles through 2028. The Slovenian superstar had…MORE

Epstein Aide Maxwell Moved To Federal Prison In Bryan, Texas

Epstein Aide Maxwell Moved To Federal Prison In Bryan, Texas

DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Accomplice to convicted sex abuse convict Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a federal prison in Bryan, Texas. A source with the Bureau of Prisons confirms the movement of Maxwell to CNN News. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022, for carrying out actions grooming…MORE

Kerr County Flood Victims Speak

Kerr County Flood Victims Speak

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130 people earlier this month. Kerr County’s sheriff and its emergency management director…MORE

Texas Schoolteacher Charged With Capital Murder In Arkansas

Texas Schoolteacher Charged With Capital Murder In Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK – (WBAP/KLIF) Arkansas State Police report a 28 year old man arrested and now charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of parents at Devil’s Den State Park appears to a Dallas resident, and at teacher at an elementary school in Flower Mound. 28 year old Andrew James McGann was…MORE

Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged

Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged

Federal Reserve Statement: Although swings in net exports continue to affect the data, recent indicators suggest that growth of economic activity moderated in the first half of the year. The unemployment rate remains low, and labor market conditions remain solid. Inflation remains somewhat elevated. The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the…MORE

Palestinian Death Toll In Israel-Hamas War Passes 60,000, Gaza Health Ministry Says

Palestinian Death Toll In Israel-Hamas War Passes 60,000, Gaza Health Ministry Says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war. Israeli strikes overnight killed more than two dozen people, mostly women and children, health officials said. Israel’s offensive, launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced around…MORE

Senate Confirms Trump Lawyer Emil Bove For Appeals Court, Pushing Past Whistleblower Claims

Senate Confirms Trump Lawyer Emil Bove For Appeals Court, Pushing Past Whistleblower Claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge. The 50-49 vote comes despite Democratic attempts to stop the nomination and whistleblower complaints against Bove. The most recent whistleblower to share evidence with Congress has not come forward publicly but recently provided an…MORE