Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Al Roker to take time off work to battle prostate cancer
NEW YORK (AP) - Weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed."It's a good n...
Syndicated Author Nov 06, 2020

Unemployment drops to 6.9% and US adds a solid 638,000 jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs in October, a solid pace though far fewer than needed to regain most of the jobs lost to the pandemic recession just as new viral cases are setting ...
Syndicated Author Nov 06, 2020

Trump set to make remarks from White House
President Donald Trump is set to make his first public appearance since the early morning hours after Election Day. The White House says Trump will deliver remarks at 6:30 p.m. Thursday from the press...
Syndicated Author Nov 05, 2020

Postal Service told to sweep processing centers
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to perform twice daily sweeps of processing centers in states with extended ballot receipt deadlines to check for mail-in votes...
Syndicated Author Nov 05, 2020

More than a dozen arrested as protesters demand vote count
Police arrested dozens of people in Seattle, Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon overnight during protests demanding a tally of all votes in the US election, and smaller groups backing President Donald T...
Syndicated Author Nov 05, 2020

Judges dismiss Trump election claims in Georgia, Michigan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed Trump campaign lawsuits Thursday. The rulings came as Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to w...
Syndicated Author Nov 05, 2020

ESPN announces 300 layoffs, citing ‘disruption’ amid virus
ESPN announced Thursday it is laying off about 300 employees and cutting about 500 jobs from its global workforce. The cuts amount to about 10% of the employees at the sports network and are due large...
Syndicated Author Nov 05, 2020

Judge rejects moving trial of ex-officers in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge on Thursday rejected defense requests to move the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, and also ordered that all four will be tr...
Syndicated Author Nov 05, 2020

Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter
WASHINGTON (AP) - The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated race at the top o...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

After judge’s order, Postal Service sweep finds 13 ballots
U.S. Postal Service inspectors found just 13 ballots - all in Pennsylvania - during an Election Day sweep of mail processing centers ordered by a federal judge.The ballots were found in two separate m...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020
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