Category Archives: WBAP Breaking News

Iranian Attack on America’s Military Bases in Qatar; “Shelter in Place” Orders

Iranian Attack on America’s Military Bases in Qatar; “Shelter in Place” Orders

UPDATE: 6/23/2025 5:14 PM Fox News reports President Trump says both Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire. More details as they become available. UPDATE 6/23/2025 3:45 PM: Iran fired 19 missiles at the base in Qatar, and one impacted the facility but caused no casualties, a Qatari military officer said late Monday. Maj.…MORE

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials expect inflation to worsen in the coming months but they still foresee two interest rate cuts by the end of this year, the same as they projected in March. The Fed kept its key rate unchanged for the fourth straight meeting Wednesday, and said the economy is expanding at…MORE

Southlake’s Gateway Mega-Church Announces Layoffs

Southlake’s Gateway Mega-Church Announces Layoffs

SOUTHLAKE – (WBAP/KLIF) – Southlake’s Gateway Church announces layoffs that will run through the month of July, because of a significant drop in regular donations from members. The church, not detailing how wide those layoffs will be, but packages including offers of voluntary resignations will reportedly run up to four months’ salary. Last fall, former…MORE

The Latest: Trump Contemplates Sending B-2 Bombers with Bunker Busters to Iran

The Latest: Trump Contemplates Sending B-2 Bombers with Bunker Busters to Iran

Explosions were heard in Tehran throughout the day Wednesday as Israel said its warplanes pounded Iran in three waves of strikes. Less than a week into the conflict, Israel now says its aircraft have free rein over the Iranian capital’s skies. Iran launched small barrages of missiles at Israel with no reports of casualties, and…MORE

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82

Photo courtesy Associated Press Jun 11, 2025 12:17 PM – By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died…MORE

Significant Severe Weather and Heavy Rainfall Event in the Central U.S.; Critical Fire Weather in the Southwest. DFW/North Central Texas Could See Severe Weather in The Afternoon.

Significant Severe Weather and Heavy Rainfall Event in the Central U.S.; Critical Fire Weather in the Southwest. DFW/North Central Texas Could See Severe Weather in The Afternoon.

FORT WORTH – (WBAP/KLIF)- Significant severe weather is likely from the central/southern Plains into the the Ozarks today into tonight. All severe weather hazards are expected, to include tornadoes (some potentially strong to intense), very large hail, and severe winds. More storm chances are in the forecast for North Texas and throughout the DFW Metroplex,…MORE

U.S. Supreme Court Pauses Deportations to El Salvador’s CECOT Prison in Legal Challenge From North Texas-Held Venezuelan Men.

U.S. Supreme Court Pauses Deportations to El Salvador’s CECOT Prison in Legal Challenge From North Texas-Held Venezuelan Men.

WASHINGTON – (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Supreme Court deals a blow to the Trump administration, ordering a pause on near-immediate deportations of Venezuelan men in the United States to El Salvador’s terrorist prison, CECOT. Venezuelan men held in Texas petitioned the court to prevent the government from sending them to CECOT after 24 hours notice;…MORE

New Pope Chosen on Thursday’s Vote

New Pope Chosen on Thursday’s Vote

UPDATE: Lord Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo the 14th, the first American Pope, Cardinal to the city of Chicago, U.S., is chosen as the new Pope. He left as a missionary to go to Peru as a young man, starting his journey with the Catholic Church. VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the…MORE