Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON - Building ramparts of secrecy around a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has moved from delay to denial in refusing outright...

CHICAGO - A Cook County judge on Friday shot down actor Jussie Smollett's attempt have the criminal charges against him dropped, telling the actor that the new charges against him do not violate his r...

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees. Democrats with knowledge of the process said Bide...

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has offered players 80% of their prorated salaries and a 72-game regular season starting July 14 in an effort to start the pandemic-delayed season, according to detail...

RAPID CITY, S.D. - A July 3 fireworks display planned at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial would be "ill advised" because of the abnormally dry conditions and risk of summer wildfires, a fire exper...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a bill that will allow college athletes in the state to earn money from endorsement deals. The law won't go into effect until July 2021. By then, bo...

LONDON - Twitter has removed a vast network of accounts that it says is linked to the Chinese government and was pushing false information favorable to the country's communist rulers. Beijing denied i...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has promised to use its "full range of tools" to pull the country out of a deep recession caused by a global pandemic, signaling that it would keep interest rates low ...

New York – Starbucks is reversing its position that had prohibited employees from wearing paraphernalia, such as T-shirts or pins, supporting the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Altho...

RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court has ruled that a South Carolina city's rules requiring tour guides to memorize facts about the city is unconstitutional.The unanimous ruling Thursday from the 4...