Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether i...

DETROIT (AP) - The world's major automakers have made something abundantly clear: They believe electric vehicles will dominate their industry in the years ahead. Yet for that to happen, they'll need t...

ROME (AP) - The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church won't bless same-sex unions since God "cannot bless sin." The Vatican's orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...

BERLIN (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron says that France is suspending the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine use out of precaution. Macron told a news conference Monday that French aut...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia officials said Friday that the state expects to meet or possibly exceed President Joe Biden's commitment to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by May 1. "As w...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The city of Minneapolis on Friday agree to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody, even as jury selection ...

The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to prevent millions of migrating birds that pass through twice a year from s...

NEW YORK (AP) - Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing. The popular streaming service has been using popups to ask some users to verify their account via email or text, or to "veri...

WASHINGTON (AP) - One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address to make all adults eligible for vaccines by...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Appellate judges reviewing a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax expressed concern that journalists gave an overly credulous reaction to two women who...