Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for federal employees 40 and older to sue for age discrimination. The justices ruled 8-1 that federal workers have a lower hurdle to overcome than ...

WASHINGTON - Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed a...

Maria LeafWMAL.comWASHINGTON– In an effort to keep customers safe inside its stores, Walmart has announced it’s implementing new guidelines to promote social distancing.In a statement on t...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comMARYLAND (WMAL) – Everyone wants to know how bad the COVID-19 pandemic will get and when it will end, but nobody can say for sure."I wish that I could tell you when we're g...

WASHINGTON - Petroleum CEOs, including U.S. oil-patch loyalists to President Donald Trump, sought White House help Friday in calming roiling global oil markets amid threats to America's yearslong frac...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Authorities were searching Friday for the daughter and a grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend after a canoe they were paddling in the Chesapeake Bay didn't r...

The White House is stepping up precautions to protect the president and vice president from contracting the new coronavirus. Starting Friday, anyone who is expected to be in "close proximity" to eithe...

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is ramping up its courtship of Catholic voters ahead of a likely November matchup against a devout Catholic Democrat, former Vice President Joe ...

Manufacturing giant 3M pushed back Friday against criticism from President Donald Trump over production of face masks that are badly needed by American health care workers. 3M said the administration ...

NEW YORK – Production of Corona beer is being temporarily suspended in Mexico because of the coronavirus pandemic. Grupo Modelo, the company that makes the beer, posted the announcement on Twitt...