Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris to Campaign in North Texas

Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris to Campaign in North Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Biden-Harris campaign will be in North Texas later this week ahead of the November 3 Presidential election. Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris will visit the region on Friday, according to her campaign staff and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. “She will be coming in to North Texas and we’re glad…MORE

Local Health Systems Encouraging North Texans to Participate in COVID-19 Study

Local Health Systems Encouraging North Texans to Participate in COVID-19 Study

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources are launching the DFW COVID-19 Prevalence Study and are asking for volunteers. According to participating doctors, the study is meant to better understand ethnic and socioeconomic disparities of COVID-19 infections. “These data are essential to have as soon as possible,” Dr. Amit Singal said. According…MORE

El Paso Issues Curfew As COVID-19 Case Surge Overwhelms Hospitals

El Paso Issues Curfew As COVID-19 Case Surge Overwhelms Hospitals

EL PASO  (AP) – El Paso residents are under a curfew as local officials try and curb a current surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. El Paso County Judge Richard Samaniego issued the order, telling residents to stay home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the next two weeks in hopes of curbing the…MORE

Senate to Confirm Barrett for High Court in Highly Partisan Vvote

Senate to Confirm Barrett for High Court in Highly Partisan Vvote

AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) – A deeply torn Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Republicans are overpowering unified Democratic opposition to vote Monday on President Donald Trump’s nominee a week before Election Day. On Sunday, the Senate voted 51-48 to begin to bring the process to a vote…MORE

Election 2020 Today: Early Voting, White House Outbreak

Election 2020 Today: Early Voting, White House Outbreak

Here’s what’s happening Monday in Election 2020, eight days until Election Day: ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and a fresh outbreak in his own White House. Democrat Joe Biden also plans to…MORE

New Poll Shows Biden Ahead Of Trump In Texas

New Poll Shows Biden Ahead Of Trump In Texas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) –  According to a new Dallas Morning News and UT-Tyler poll, Former Vice President Joe Biden is leading President Trump in Texas 48%-45% among likely voters.  That’s within the margin of error, but it’s also 5-points up from the last such polling last month.  The democratic party is using the poll as an…MORE

10 Killed; 7 Injured After Violent Weekend Across North Texas

10 Killed; 7 Injured After Violent Weekend Across North Texas

DFW (WBAP/KLIF) – Among a string fatal shootings over the weekend, that left 10 dead and 7 injured in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton is a shooting incident in Denton where police are investigating after two men were shot. Police responded Saturday night to multiple 9-11 calls of shots in the 100 block of Duchess…MORE

Governor Abbott, Additional HHS Resources To Fight COVID-19 In El Paso

Governor Abbott, Additional HHS Resources To Fight COVID-19 In El Paso

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) -The Office of the Governor announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) activated additional resources to help combat COVID-19 in the El Paso region. According to a press release, “these resources will arrive this week and are based on needs assessments and communication between the local medical…MORE

Three Dead Following Shooting in Dallas Warehouse District

Three Dead Following Shooting in Dallas Warehouse District

DALLAS (AP) – Police say three men have been found shot fatally in a northwest Dallas warehouse district. Officers went to the scene about 2:30 a.m. Sunday where they found the wounded men. A police statement says one man died at the scene while the other two died a short time later at a hospital.…MORE