Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Reports: Twitter May be Inching Closer to a Buy-Out Deal with Elon Musk [LISTEN]

Reports: Twitter May be Inching Closer to a Buy-Out Deal with Elon Musk [LISTEN]

AP (WBAP/KLIF) – The New York Times reports that Twitter’s board and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are negotiating over his bid to buy the social media platform. Musk said last week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company’s board to negotiate a deal. The Times…MORE

Blinken, Austin Meet With Zelenskyy in Ukraine’s Capital

Blinken, Austin Meet With Zelenskyy in Ukraine’s Capital

UNDATED (AP) An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. secretaries of state and defense are meeting with the Ukrainian leader in the highest-level visit to Kyiv by an American delegation since the start of Russia’s two-month invasion. The talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin,…MORE

Missing Texas National Guardsman Identified as Arlington Resident

Missing Texas National Guardsman Identified as Arlington Resident

AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) The Texas Military Department continues the search for Texas Army National Guard Specialist Bishop E. Evans. A comprehensive interagency search began on Friday morning when SPC Evans went missing following his selfless efforts to rescue two migrants who appeared to be drowning while crossing the river from Mexico into the U.S. Governor…MORE

Oldest Texas Death Row Inmate Executed

Oldest Texas Death Row Inmate Executed

Huntsville (WBAP/KLIF) – The state of Texas has executed the oldest inmate on Huntsville’s death row. Carl Buntion was put to death for killing a Houston Police officer during a traffic stop 32 years ago. Buntion was 78 years old. He was the first condemned inmate executed in Texas this year.MORE

Jazz Beat Mavericks to Tie Series, Spoil Doncic’s Return

Jazz Beat Mavericks to Tie Series, Spoil Doncic’s Return

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Rudy Gobert gave Utah the lead with an alley-oop dunk with 11.0 seconds left and the Jazz held off the Dallas Mavericks 100-99 on Saturday in Game 4 to tie the first-round series. Spencer Dinwiddie missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Dallas. Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points for Utah,…MORE

Noted Texas Author Dies

Noted Texas Author Dies

Austin (AP) – Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, an award-winning Texas author who began in the 1970s writing a series of novels that told the stories of people living in a fictional county along the Texas-Mexico border, has died. He was 93. Hinojosa-Smith was an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin for more than…MORE

Part Of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Approved

Part Of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Approved

Dover, Del. (AP) – The judge handling the Irving, Texas based Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the BSA’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million, then lease back the property from the buyer. The BSA wants to use some of the proceeds from the sale…MORE