Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely
The nation's top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies, and vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a ...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2021

Trump lawyers say Democratic impeachers just want vengeance
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Donald Trump defended him against impeachment Friday by accusing Democrats of waging a campaign of "hatred" against the former president and manipulating his words in the...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2021

Biden will try to close Guantanamo after ‘robust’ review
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will seek to close the prison on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay following a review process, resuming a project begun under the Obama administration, the White Ho...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2021

White House aide suspended for threatening reporter
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has been suspended for a week without pay after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his r...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2021

Airlines push White House to reject testing for US flights
WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of several major U.S. airlines met online Friday with White House officials to press their case against requiring coronavirus tests for passengers on domestic flights, saying...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2021

Biden: Governors and mayors need $350 billion to fight COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors at the White House on Friday as part of his push to give financial relief from the coronavirus pandemic to sta...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2021

Fox hosts Dobbs, Bartiromo strike back in voting fraud suit
Three Fox News hosts - Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro - are seeking the dismissal of claims against them and their employer as part of a $2.7 billion libel lawsuit brought by the voting ...
Syndicated Author Feb 12, 2021

Burt Reynolds’ remains find home at Hollywood cemetery
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Burt Reynolds finally reached his final resting place Thursday at a storied Hollywood cemetery.A small, private ceremony, with relatives taking part remotely via Zoom, was held Thur...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Plane slides off taxiway at Pittsburgh Airport; no injuries
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A plane with 77 people on board slid off a taxiway before takeoff at Pittsburgh International Airport, but no injuries were reported.Delta Air Lines Flight 2231 was about to depart w...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Chick Corea, jazz great with 23 Grammy Awards, dies at 79
NEW YORK (AP) - Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79....
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021
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