Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

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...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author 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 ...
Syndicated Author 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...
Syndicated Author Aug 28, 2020

More than 750,000 still without power in Laura’s aftermath
LAKE CHARLES, La. - Hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana were still without power or water Friday, a day after Laura sawed a devastating path through the state, while the hurricane's remna...
Syndicated Author Aug 28, 2020

Protesters Tried To Drown Out Trump Speech, Yelled At Sen. Paul
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House for a "noise demonstration and dance party" in an attempt to drown out President Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican p...
Syndicated Author Aug 28, 2020

Harris: Nationwide Mask Mandate Wouldn’t Carry Punishment
WASHINGTON - Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris said Friday "nobody's going to be punished" if she and running mate Joe Biden implement the nationwide mask mandate they have cal...
Syndicated Author Aug 28, 2020

Thousands Expected At March On Washington Commemorations
WASHINGTON - Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates will highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Bla...
Syndicated Author Aug 28, 2020

Nebraska Players’ Lawsuit Seeks To Restore B10 Fall Football
A group of Nebraska football players filed a lawsuit Thursday, hoping a jury will force the Big Ten Conference to reinstate a fall football season.The lawsuit in Lancaster County District Court conten...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2020

Walmart May Join Microsoft In Bid For Video App TikTok
Walmart said Thursday it may join Microsoft to buy the U.S. business of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has come under fire from the Trump administration.Microsoft and TikTok declined...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2020
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