Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Defense Lifts Dallas to 27-17 Victory Over Sinking Saints

Defense Lifts Dallas to 27-17 Victory Over Sinking Saints

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – CeeDee Lamb had 122 yards from scrimmage, Tony Pollard had a 58-yard touchdown run and the Dallas defense produced timely sacks and turnovers in the Cowboys’ 27-17 win over the New Orleans Saints. The Cowboys intercepted Saints quarterback Taysom Hill three times in the final 6:32 of the game. That included…MORE

Texas Gas Prices Rank Second Lowest Nationwide

Texas Gas Prices Rank Second Lowest Nationwide

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The statewide gas price average in Texas is $2.97 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is two cents less than on this day last week and is $1.13 more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas…MORE

President Biden Launches Winter COVID-19 Battle Plan

President Biden Launches Winter COVID-19 Battle Plan

WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – As the United States braces for the winter months, President Biden laid out details about his administration’s plan to battle COVID-19. The new protocols revealed Thursday come as the new Omicron South African variant was detected in California. Biden is among world leaders who implemented a travel ban from eight African…MORE

Supreme Court Hears Abortion Case, How Will Texas Fare

Supreme Court Hears Abortion Case, How Will Texas Fare

(WBAP/KLIF) — The Supreme Court concluded opening arguments, Wednesday, on a Mississippi abortion law that bans abortions at 15 weeks. Constitutional lawyer David Coale says the court could go one of two ways. Lawyers for the state argue that Mississippi shouldn’t be constrained by previous court rulings on Roe or Casey, citing those cases were…MORE

MLB owners lock out players, 1st work stoppage since 1995

MLB owners lock out players, 1st work stoppage since 1995

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day. The strategy, management’s equivalent of a strike under federal labor law, ended the sport’s…MORE

3-year-old Shot Sunday at Stockyards Dies

3-year-old Shot Sunday at Stockyards Dies

(WBAP/KLIF) — A tragic accident at the Fort Worth Stockyards has claimed the life of a three year old girl. According to police, Cassity Jackson was carried by her father into the Tarrant County Jail, Sunday, with a gunshot wound. The child had suffered the injury while sitting in a car with her father at…MORE

I-45 Reconstruction Gets Go-Ahead from Feds

I-45 Reconstruction Gets Go-Ahead from Feds

(WBAP/KLIF) — The Texas Transportation Commission reached an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration that would allow the state to resume design work on I-45. The pact will allow certain parts of a disputed project, aimed at rebuilding 24 miles along Interstate 45 and several other roadways, to resume. The Houston project has been in…MORE

On-Again, Off-Again Mask Mandate Ban Is On Again

On-Again, Off-Again Mask Mandate Ban Is On Again

(WBAP/KLIF) — An appeals court has halted a federal judge’s order that had stopped Texas from enforcing its ban on mask mandates in state schools. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Wednesday, granted a request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to stay the ruling by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel.…MORE

Tesla Is Now Calling Austin Home

Tesla Is Now Calling Austin Home

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Tesla says it has officially moved its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to a large factory under construction outside of Austin, Texas. The company made the announcement Wednesday in a filing with U.S. securities regulators. CEO Elon Musk had said at the company’s annual meeting in October that the move was…MORE