Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

(CNN) — Severe storms have roared across the Gulf Coast, killing three people, spawning tornadoes, ripping up homes and plowing swaths through communities.Two people died in a Louisiana recreati...

(CNN) — A Tara Air plane carrying 23 people crashed Wednesday in a mountainous region of northern Nepal, officials said. Everyone on board is feared dead, Nepali Tourism and Aviation Minister An...

Bridget Reed Morawski WMAL A jackknifed tractor trailer closed multiple lanes near Georgia Avenue on the Outer Loop of the Capitol Beltway this morning after careening into the jersey barrier. The acc...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/02/WED-AM-ARL-Daycare-Raz1.wav Nicole Raz (WMAL) — Arlington County is working with daycare and preschool providers to update regulations f...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/02/wed-am-stv-va-import-2.wav Steve Burns (WMAL) — One thing the two parties can agree on – winning Virginia is of paramount importan...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Kurdish forces have rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl from ISIS in northern Iraq, according to regional Kurdish authorities.Kurdish special forces came to the aid of the girl...

Mars is recalling chocolate bars in 55 countries because some of them may contain pieces of plastic.The recall includes millions of Mars, Snickers and Milky Way chocolate bars produced in the Netherla...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comLA PLATA – (WMAL) The father of a high school senior who was banned from La Plata High School’s campus in October 2014 is filing a new motion to have the ban lifted so h...

COLUMBUS, OHIO — (CNN) Despite his immense popularity in Ohio, Gov. John Kasich trails Donald Trump there, a new poll finds. The Quinnipiac University survey released Tuesday shows GOP president...

CAIRO — (CNN) A 3-year-old Egyptian boy has been sentenced to life in prison for a crime he allegedly committed when he was 16-months-old. In what appears to be a bizarre case of mistaken identi...