Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Security officials blame faulty intelligence for Jan. 6 failures at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Testifying for the first time about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former security officials blamed faulty intelligence for the disastrous failure to anticipate the violent in...
Syndicated Author Feb 23, 2021

SPLC: At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020
NEW YORK (AP) - When rioters tore through the U.S. Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn't encounter a statue of the most famous rebel general, Robert E. Lee. T...
Syndicated Author Feb 23, 2021

Drug execs face Capitol Hill questions on vaccine supply
WASHINGTON (AP) - Executives from the major COVID-19 vaccine producers are set to answer questions from Congress on Tuesday about expanding the supply of shots needed to curb the pandemic that has kil...
Syndicated Author Feb 23, 2021

Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested at Dulles Airport on US drug charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wife of Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested on Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges, the Justice Department said. Emma Coron...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2021

Johnson & Johnson says it can provide 20M US doses
WASHINGTON– Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson says it will be able to provide 20 million U.S. doses of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March, assuming it gets the greenlight from fe...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2021

Cherokee chief: Time for Jeep to end use of tribe’s name
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - It is time for Jeep to stop using the Cherokee Nation's name on its Cherokee and Grand Cherokee SUVs, the chief of the Oklahoma-based tribe said. Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. said i...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2021

Mariners CEO Kevin Mather resigns after video comments
Seattle Mariners CEO Kevin Mather resigned Monday after video surfaced over the weekend of him expressing his views of the club's organizational strategy and opinions about some players. Mariners Chai...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2021

Obama and Springsteen teaming up for Spotify podcast series
NEW YORK (AP) - Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are teaming up for an eight-episode Spotify podcast series, swapping stories about their upbringings and even a White House singalong around a piano....
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2021

National Spelling Bee to return in mostly virtual format
The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the in-person competition limited to a dozen finalists who will gather on an ESPN campus at Walt Disney World i...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2021

Biden announces boosts in pandemic lending to smallest businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced changes Monday to target more federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and ventures owned by women and people of color. Biden say...
Syndicated Author Feb 22, 2021
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