Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Crunch time for COVID-19 relief as bipartisan bills unveiled
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a detailed COVID-19 aid proposal on Monday in hopes it would serve as a model for its battling leaders to follow as they try to negotiate a f...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

Supreme Court won’t revive Kansas voter registration ID law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Kansas that sought to revive a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. A federal appeals court had declared the la...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

With his star dimmed, California’s Newsom could face recall
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a rough year. The next one might be even tougher as a recall effort appears to be gaining momentum, fueled partly by outrage over the first-term...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over Russian missile defense
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system, in a striking move against a longtime partner that set...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

Maryland’s 10 electors officially vote for Biden
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's electors cast their 10 votes for president on Monday for Democrat Joe Biden, who won Maryland's popular vote in November. The electors gathered in the Maryland State H...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior U.S. officials will begin receiving coronavirus vaccines this week as part of updated federal continuity of government plans that now include terrorism and pandemics as threat...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine
The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic - a day of opti...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
ATLANTA (AP) - What could be the main event in Georgia's twin U.S. Senate runoffs - early in-person voting - got underway Monday, with lines tending to be shorter than during the first days of early v...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

US blames Iran in abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Levinson
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence ...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2020

Lawsuit: Kansas must pay business over COVID-19 restrictions
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Wichita fitness studio's owner and his business are suing Kansas for compensation for being forced to shut down and reopen with restrictions this year because of the coronavirus ...
Syndicated Author Dec 11, 2020
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