Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Piers Morgan quits talk show after comments about Meghan
LONDON (AP) - British talk show host Piers Morgan on Tuesday quit "Good Morning Britain" after making contentious comments about Meghan following her bombshell interview about the royal family. The U....
Syndicated Author Mar 09, 2021

Norton Juster, ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ author, dead at 91
NEW YORK (AP) - Norton Juster, the celebrated children's author who fashioned a world of his own in the classic "The Phantom Tollbooth" and went on to write such favorites as "The Dot and the Line" an...
Syndicated Author Mar 09, 2021

COVID bill to deliver big health insurance savings for many
WASHINGTON (AP) - Several million people stand to save hundreds of dollars in health insurance costs, or more, under the Democratic coronavirus relief legislation on track to pass Congress. Winners in...
Syndicated Author Mar 09, 2021

Smithsonian obtains vial from 1st US COVID-19 vaccine dose
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has acquired the vial that contained the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the United States as part of its plans t...
Syndicated Author Mar 09, 2021

US offers residency to Venezuelans and will review sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration said Monday it is offering temporary legal residency to several hundred thousand Venezuelans who fled their country's economic collapse and will review U.S. ...
Syndicated Author Mar 08, 2021

Estimated 17.1 million watched royals interview
MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) – The Nielsen company estimates that CBS reached a strong audience of 17.1 million viewers for Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan.In the talk wit...
Syndicated Author Mar 08, 2021

Jury selection on pause for ex-cop charged in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd on Monday paused jury selection for at least a day while an appeal proceed...
Syndicated Author Mar 08, 2021

Biden order could change how colleges handle sex misconduct
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday ordered his administration to review Trump administration rules around campus sexual assaults that bolstered the rights of the accused and narrowed the ...
Syndicated Author Mar 08, 2021

GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won’t seek reelection in 2022
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri will not seek a third term in the U.S. Senate, he said Monday in a surprise announcement.Blunt, who turned 71 in January, was widely expected...
Syndicated Author Mar 08, 2021

Fully-vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) - Fully-vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials...
Syndicated Author Mar 08, 2021
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