Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Anti-Inflammatory Drug May Shorten COVID-19 Recovery Time
A drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory medicine to a drug already widely used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients shortens their time to recovery by an additional day. Eli Lilly announced...
Syndicated Author Sep 14, 2020

WATCH: Netflix delves into the ‘human side’ of Challenger disaster
NEW YORK (AP) – Last year brought us the powerful TV miniseries “Chernobyl.” Now from Netflix comes a look at another disaster from 1986 – the Challenger space shuttle disaster...
Syndicated Author Sep 14, 2020

Amazon To Hire 100,000 To Keep Up With Online Shopping Surge
NEW YORK - Amazon will hire another 100,000 people to keep up with a surge of online orders.The company said Monday that the new hires will help pack, ship or sort orders, working in part-time and ful...
Syndicated Author Sep 14, 2020

TikTok Owner Picks Oracle Over Microsoft As US Tech Partner
Oracle said Monday that the Chinese owner of TikTok has picked the U.S. company to be its "trusted technology provider," beating out rival Microsoft in a deal that could help keep the popular video-sh...
Syndicated Author Sep 14, 2020

Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence has canceled plans to attend a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana following revelations that the event's hosts had expressed support for the QAnon co...
Syndicated Author Sep 12, 2020

Oxford, AstraZeneca to resume coronavirus vaccine trial
LONDON (AP) - Oxford University says trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after being paused due to a reported side-effect in...
Syndicated Author Sep 12, 2020

Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77
NEW YORK (AP) - Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as "Pressure Drop," ...
Syndicated Author Sep 12, 2020

Biden audio first shared by ‘Russian agent’ thrives online
WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaked recordings were hardly a political bombshell: The apparent conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine's then-president largely confirm Biden's account of his dealings in ...
Syndicated Author Sep 12, 2020

Iran executes man who President Trump asked be spared
TEHRAN (AP) - Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's authorities has executed a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old condemned man's l...
Syndicated Author Sep 12, 2020

Fairfax County Schools Respond To Hacking
Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– Virginia’s largest school system has been hacked and the attackers are seeking a ransom payment to keep them from disclosing stolen personal information. ...
Syndicated Author Sep 12, 2020
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