Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Trump Headed to GA Amid Senate Runoff as Some Republicans Worry About Conspiracy Theories

Trump Headed to GA Amid Senate Runoff as Some Republicans Worry About Conspiracy Theories

ATLANTA (AP) – Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump’s conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party’s ability to win a Senate majority and counter President-elect Joe Biden’s administration. The concerns come ahead of Trump’s planned Saturday visit to Georgia to campaign alongside Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.…MORE

Reality Overwhelms Hope for Cowboys, Last in Woeful NFC East

Reality Overwhelms Hope for Cowboys, Last in Woeful NFC East

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — In a season of so much uncertainty, the Dallas Cowboys can count on one thing: being alone in last place in the NFL’s worst division going into Week 13. While the Cowboys will say there’s still hope because no team in the NFC East will have more than one win than…MORE

Fort Worth Mayor Gets New Covid Antibody Treatment

Fort Worth Mayor Gets New Covid Antibody Treatment

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF)  Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price is back at work after a two week fight against Covid-19, which included a new antibody treatment.  Price says her doctor told her she was a good candidate for the I-V treatment called Bamlanivimab.  She says she was diagnosed with covid on the November 17th and received…MORE

Dallas Mayor says Entrepreneurship will Help Lead City Through Pandemic

Dallas Mayor says Entrepreneurship will Help Lead City Through Pandemic

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mayor of Dallas is targeting entrepreneurship as a way for the city’s economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We want this economy to lead the nation in the recovery from COVID-19,” said Mayor Eric Johnson. “That’s going to help us get out of the pandemic faster and recover economically, quicker.”…MORE

City of Dallas, Local Homeless Shelters, Faith-Based Groups Work to House Unsheltered Homeless during Freezing Overnight Temperatures

City of Dallas, Local Homeless Shelters, Faith-Based Groups Work to House Unsheltered Homeless during Freezing Overnight Temperatures

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- As temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight the City of Dallas, local homeless shelters and churches are making sure thousands of unsheltered homeless have a warm place to sleep. “In Dallas, on any given night, there’s 10,000 homeless people when we only have 2,300 shelter beds so the vast majority have…MORE

Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations Could Bring Restrictions to North Texas

Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations Could Bring Restrictions to North Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A continued rise in covid-19 hospitalizations could bring more COVID-19 restrictions to North Texas. Per Governor Abbott’s executive order, bars must close and other businesses reduce capacity to 50% if the the COVID-19 hospitalization rate in a particular trauma service area stays above 15% for seven days. Dallas County Medical Director Phil…MORE

J.C. Penney Leaves its Massive Headquarters in Plano

J.C. Penney Leaves its Massive Headquarters in Plano

Plano, TX (WBAP/KLIF) _ It’s not clear where its new corporate headquarters will be located, but J.C. Penney has left its massive space in Plano as part of its bankruptcy filing. Officials filed notice on Friday that it rejected its lease and abandoned the building. The Dallas Morning News reports that most of Penney’s corporate…MORE

Reunion Tower Planning for Texas-Sized New Year’s Eve Event

Reunion Tower Planning for Texas-Sized New Year’s Eve Event

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) –  Reunion Tower has released its schedule of holiday events for December, which culminates with the New Year’s Eve fireworks show. Reunion Tower and Hunt Realty Investments, Inc. are collaborating to bring a Texas-sized New Year’s Eve event to Dallas for the fifth year in a row. The only 360-degree, panoramic fireworks spectacular…MORE

COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments Headed to U.S.

COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments Headed to U.S.

(WBAP/KLIF) — The FAA confirms that COVID-19 vaccine shipments are headed to the U.S. from Belgium.  United Airlines charter flights are carrying the Pfizer vaccine from Brussels, Belgium, to Chicago O’hare airport. The mass shipments can only be held at storage facilities pending FDA approval, which is expected by mid-December. then the vaccine can be…MORE

Fauci: US May See ‘Surge upon surge’ of Virus in Weeks Ahead

Fauci: US May See ‘Surge upon surge’ of Virus in Weeks Ahead

The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus in the weeks after Thanksgiving, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas. Meanwhile, in a major reversal, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio said the nation’s largest…MORE