Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

NEW YORK — (CNN) First China, now the United States.America’s manufacturing sector shrank for the second straight month in December. The industry’s key index — ISM — hit ...

DETROIT — (CNN) What a way to begin the new year. Ride hailing firm Lyft just banked a new strategic partner: General Motors.GM said Monday it is investing $500 million in Uber’s main comp...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) 2015 was a record year for background checks for guns.According to FBI data posted Monday, there were 23,141,970 background checks in 2015.That beats the prior record of 21,09...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Talk about a scary start to 2016. Fears of a crash landing in China’s economy sent stocks diving around the world on Monday, the first trading day of the year. The global ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Marco Rubio is sharpening the contrast between himself and his rivals — in both his own party and the opposing side — over issues of national security and foreign ...

MOSCOW — (CNN) Tensions continue to rise between Russia and Ukraine, and now food is the weapon of choice. Ukraine has stopped importing a range of goods from Russia including meat, fish and veg...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Donald Trump on Monday warned that President Barack Obama’s planned executive actions to expand background checks on gun purchases are a step toward even greater restricti...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — (CNN) Following the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia and relations between the two Middle Eastern powerhouses deteriorate, Saudi and Iranian official...

LONDON — (CNN) An English-speaking child, and a British-sounding militant who brings to mind ISIS’ previous propagandist, ‘Jihadi John,’ appear in the latest, chilling propagan...

BURNS, OR — (CNN) Two days after taking over a federal building, armed protesters in Oregon are refusing to budge until they get what they want. The problem is, it’s not exactly clear what...