Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Maryland suspends jury trials as coronavirus cases rise
BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland has suspended jury trials until the end of April because coronavirus cases continue to rise in the state.The Baltimore Sun reports that state's chief judge issued the adminis...
Syndicated Author Dec 23, 2020

Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media networks
NEW YORK (AP) - An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has filed a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump's campaign, two of its lawyers and some conservative media ...
Syndicated Author Dec 23, 2020

Pfizer to supply US with additional 100M vaccines doses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the U.S. with an additional 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine under a second agreement.The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to del...
Syndicated Author Dec 23, 2020

No immediate ruling after hearing on fate of DACA program
HOUSTON (AP) - A federal judge did not immediately issue a ruling following a court hearing Tuesday on the fate of a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.Duri...
Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2020

Reversing course, feds say some US inmates get virus vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Bureau of Prisons says it has started to give the coronavirus vaccine to some high-risk inmates but won't say how many inmates have been vaccinated or how it selects thos...
Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2020

US population growth smallest in at least 120 years
The U.S. population grew by the smallest rate in at least 120 years from 2019 to 2020, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau - a trend that demographers say provides a glimps...
Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2020

Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America. The civ...
Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2020

WH virus coordinator Deborah Birx says she will retire
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, said Tuesday she plans to retire, but is willing to first help Joe Biden's team with its coronavirus response a...
Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2020

Acting defense chief visits Afghanistan during troop pullout
WASHINGTON (AP) - Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Tuesday, meeting top leaders during the American troop withdrawal. The Pentagon said Miller met...
Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2020

Iowa Democrat asks House to review 6-vote race, cites errors
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Democrat Rita Hart asked the U.S. House on Tuesday to investigate and overturn the race that Iowa says she lost by six votes, arguing that 22 ballots were wrongly excluded and o...
Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2020
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