Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

ATLANTA - Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump a...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bonnie Pointer, founding member of the Pointer Sisters, has died.Publicist Roger Neal says Pointer died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles on Monday. She was 69.It was Bonnie Po...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – The kind of chokehold that led to the death of George Floyd in police custody could soon be completely outlawed in the District. D.C. police are only al...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. and Russia have agreed to start arms control talks this month as the only remaining treaty between the two largest nuclear powers is poised to expire in less than a year, Marshal...

LONDON - Attorneys representing Britain's Prince Andrew say they've been assured by the U.S. Department of Justice that he is not a target in the investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein...

MINNEAPOLIS - A judge on Monday set $1 million bail for a Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd's death. Derek Chauvin, 44, said almost nothing during an 11-minu...

The NFL and the players' union sent a planner to the 32 teams Monday outlining procedures for the full reopening of their practice facilities, which were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy entered a recession in February, a group of economists declared Monday, ending the longest expansion on record. The economists said employment peaked in February and...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The founder of CrossFit is apologizing for a Twitter post he made about racial inequality protests after Reebok cut ties with his company. On Saturday, the Institute of Health Met...

LONDON - Oil and gas company BP announced Monday that it will slash its global workforce by 10,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic slams the energy industry. Chief Executive Bernard Looney said that the...