Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Police Identify Alleged Wilmer-Hutchins High School Shooter

Police Identify Alleged Wilmer-Hutchins High School Shooter

(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas ISD Police have released the identity of the person they believe fired shots at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, Tuesday, hitting four students. 17-year-old Tracy Haynes, Jr., turned himself into authorities, last night, and is charged with aggravated assault mass shooting. The affidavit says another student let Haynes into the school and shot one…MORE

CPI Rises Slightly in March

CPI Rises Slightly in March

WASHINGTON – (WBAP/KLIF) New figures are in for the March Consumer Price Index, decreasing point one percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in March, after rising point 2 percent in February. Over the last 12 months, the “all items” index increase 2.4 percent before seasonal adjustment. Index for energy fell 2.4 percent in March, as…MORE

Dallas Mavericks Call No-Camera Press Conference with Nico Harrison

Dallas Mavericks Call No-Camera Press Conference with Nico Harrison

(WBAP/KLIF) — WFAA News 8 -The Dallas Mavericks issued an invite to a hand-selected group of media members on Monday, offering them the chance to attend a “small media roundtable discussion” on Tuesday with Mavs CEO Rick Welts and General Manager Nico Harrison. The invite, sent out with less than 24 hours’ notice, beckoned individual…MORE

The Federal Government Pulls Funding for the Dallas-Houston Bullet Train Project

The Federal Government Pulls Funding for the Dallas-Houston Bullet Train Project

(WBAP/KLIF) – The US Department of Transportation is pulling millions of federal dollars earmarked to develop high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston. Amtrak had previously received a nearly $64 million dollar grant for the proposed 240-mile rail line, but will now spend the money on other projects. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the high-speed rail…MORE

El Salvador President Bukele Says He Won’t Be Releasing A Maryland Man Back To The US

El Salvador President Bukele Says He Won’t Be Releasing A Maryland Man Back To The US

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top advisers and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele say that they have no basis for the small Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month. Trump administration officials are emphasizing that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a notorious gang prison…MORE

Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion In Grants To Harvard Over Campus Activism

Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion In Grants To Harvard Over Campus Activism

BOSTON (AP) — The federal government says it is freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University. The institution says Monday it won’t comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as part of its campaign against antisemitism. The list at Harvard was updated Friday, and includes government and…MORE

Hamas Says It’s Sending A Delegation To Qatar To Continue Gaza Ceasefire Talks

Hamas Says It’s Sending A Delegation To Qatar To Continue Gaza Ceasefire Talks

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official says that the Palestinian militant group is sending a delegation to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar to continue the indirect ceasefire talks with Israel. The Hamas official said on Monday that teams have been discussing terms for a new ceasefire agreement over recent days in…MORE