Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justic...

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. - Federal officials are investigating an Oklahoma zoo made famous in Netflix's "Tiger King" series after an animal rights group accused it of neglect. People for the Ethical Treatment...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Two employees were killed and another was critically injured Friday morning at a warehouse in central Illinois, all apparently shot by a coworker who was found fatally shot in his ...

WASHINGTON - After prodding from Democratic lawmakers, the Trump administration has agreed to give Congress - but not the public - complete data on the millions of small businesses that received loans...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Facebook says it will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to ta...

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Friday to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensur...

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a radical proposal to change the city charter that would allow the police department to be dismantled, following mass public c...

WASHINGTON - American consumers increased their spending by a record 8.2% in May, partly erasing record plunges the previous two months, against the backdrop of an economy that's likely shrinking by i...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland Senate Republican caucus said Thursday its members are opposed to holding a preferred mail-in election in November.The letter to the Maryland State Board of Election...