Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

AUSTIN, Texas (AP/WMAL) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to his office, who said he is in good health and experiencing no symptoms. Abbott, who wa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Multiple federal agencies that operated in Afghanistan and worked with Afghan citizens have been hastily purging their websites, removing articles and photos that could endanger the ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Cuomo told CNN viewers Monday that he wasn't an adviser to outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, "I'm a brother." Then he detailed the advice he gave him - including to resign. Bo...

NEW YORK (AP) - Notices taped to the windows and front door of the Stop Inn, a diner in Queens, made it clear the eatery would comply with the city's new edict against the coronavirus: All patrons din...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban spokesman promised Tuesday that the insurgents who overran Afghanistan in recent days would respect women's rights and would not exact revenge, seeking to calm a wa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensur...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food aid available to needy families - the largest single increase in the prog...

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - Rescuers and scrap metal scavengers dug into the floors of a collapsed hotel Monday in this quake-ravaged coastal town, where 15 bodies had already been extracted. Jean Moise F...

`WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) - Striking a defiant tone, President Joe Biden said Monday that he stands "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan and that the Afghan government's...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Thousands of Afghans rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul's international airport Monday, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an A...