Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

539K Signatures Submitted To Repeal Whitmer Emergency Powers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan group on Friday submitted more than 539,000 signatures in a bid to repeal a law that has given Gov. Gretchen Whitmer broad emergency powers during the coronavirus pand...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

Supreme Court To Review Arizona ‘Ballot Harvesting’ Law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Friday it will review a 2016 Arizona law that bars anyone but a family member or caregiver from returning another person's early ballot. The law itself, howeve...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

Harvey Weinstein Charged With 3 More Rape Cases In California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Harvey Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two more women. The former movie mogul now faces 11 sexual assault counts involving five women in California as he serves prison...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

Actor Rick Moranis sucker punched while walking in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Rick Moranis was sucker punched by an unknown assailant while walking Thursday on a sidewalk near New York's Central Park, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press.Su...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden awaiting results of coronavirus test
WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) -Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has been tested for the coronavirus in the wake of President Donald Trump's infection and is awaiting results.That's according to a sour...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

California Milestone: 4 Million Acres Burned In Wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California is poised to hit a fearsome milestone: 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) burned this year by wildfires that have killed 30 people and incinerated hundreds of homes...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

US Hiring Slows In September, Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.9%
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the econo...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

Trump, First Lady Positive For Virus; He Has ‘Mild Symptoms’
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is experiencing "mild symptoms" of COVID-19 after revealing Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning an...
Syndicated Author Oct 02, 2020

Amazon: Nearly 20,000 workers tested positive for COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon says that nearly 20,000 of its workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Amazon says in a corporate blog Thursday that it ...
Syndicated Author Oct 01, 2020

American Cyclist Suspended By Team After Pro-Trump Comments
GENEVA (AP) - American cyclist Quinn Simmons was suspended by the Trek-Segafredo team on Thursday after posting comments on social media in support of President Donald Trump. The 2019 junior road race...
Syndicated Author Oct 01, 2020
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