Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane's first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. Amer...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2020

Senate GOP blocks Democratic push for Trump’s $2K checks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote,...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2020

Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is lashing out at congressional Republicans after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defense policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including W...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2020

French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98
PARIS (AP) - French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem acknowledging that he earned more fro...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2020

US home prices rise at fastest pace in more than 6 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home prices jumped in October by the most in more than six years as a pandemic-fueled buying rush drives the number of available properties for sale to record lows. That ...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2020

Fate of Trump’s $2,000 checks now rests with GOP-led Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the president's demand to increase the $600 sti...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2020

More COVID-19 vaccines in the pipeline as US effort ramps up
A huge U.S. study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate got underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the first shots to a nation anxiously awaiting relief from the catastrophi...
Syndicated Author Dec 28, 2020

Mormon church sued for alleged role in Boy Scouts sex abuse
PHOENIX (AP) - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was hit with several lawsuits Monday for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the lat...
Syndicated Author Dec 28, 2020

Judge rejects Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s bail bid
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Monday rejected a $28.5 million proposed bail package for Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, saying her incarceration is necessary to ensure she faces trial on charges she...
Syndicated Author Dec 28, 2020

House set for override vote on Trump’s defense bill veto
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-controlled House returned to the Capitol Monday to vote on an override of President Donald Trump's veto of a defense policy bill. A vote was expected Monday evening. I...
Syndicated Author Dec 28, 2020
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Contact WMAL
Studio Lines: 888-630-WMAL (9625)
News Room: 202-686-3020
Programming: 202-686-3100 Ext. 2358
Email Directory
Programming
Newsroom
Sales
Website Questions or Comments














