Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines
Governor Beefs Up Portland Patrols After Fatal Shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon state police will patrol Portland's nightly protests with help from officers from neighboring communities, seeking to tamp down on vandalism and violence following the fatal sh...
Aug 31, 2020
House To Subpoena Postmaster General Over Mail Delays
WASHINGTON - The House Oversight Committee intends to subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents on disruptions in mail delivery operations that are now central to questions over the agency...
Aug 31, 2020
State Police Returning To Portland Following Deadly Shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. - State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters and counter-protesters tha...
Aug 31, 2020
Biden Narrowly Edges Trump In Convention Television Ratings
NEW YORK - In the competition for attention at their makeshift conventions, Democrat Joe Biden has scored a victory over President Donald Trump.But it was close. The Nielsen company says that 23.8 mil...
Aug 28, 2020
House Readies Contempt Resolution As Pompeo Defies Subpoenas
WASHINGTON - The House Foreign Affairs Committee is moving to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt after he has repeatedly rejected the committee's subpoenas for records related to Ukraine ...
Aug 28, 2020
Laura Victims May Go Weeks Without Power; Deaths Climb To 14
LAKE CHARLES, La. - The Louisiana coastline devastated by Hurricane Laura began a long and gloomy recovery Friday as hundreds of thousands of people still without water and power confronted the possib...
Aug 28, 2020
VA State Police Issues Senior Alert For Missing 80-Year-Old Man
WMAL.COM WASHINGTON – Virginia State Police activated a statewide Senior Alert Friday evening. According to state police, Jerome Thomas Countee, 80, was last seen at 9 a.m. on Friday. He is from...
Aug 28, 2020
Top General Says No Role For Military In Carrying Out The Election Process
WASHINGTON - The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer told Congress in comments released Friday. The com...
Aug 28, 2020
Trump Pardons Alice Johnson, Who Praised Him In RNC Speech
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pardoned a woman on Friday who was a featured speaker on the final night of the Republican National Convention and had praised him as a compassionate leader. Trump ...
Aug 28, 2020
NBA Playoffs Resume Saturday As Sides Detail New Commitments
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - NBA players want change that makes their communities safer. They want people to vote - hopefully in their home arenas. And they want to keep playing basketball. Teams returned...
Aug 28, 2020
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