Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Tests Positive For Coronavirus
NEW YORK – CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on Friday that she tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing symptoms a day earlier. “I am OKAY,” Baldwin said in an Instagram...
Apr 03, 2020
NYC Mayor Urges National Enlistment Program For Doctors
NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called Friday for a national enlistment program for doctors and nurses to handle an expected surge in coronavirus cases in New York and other places aroun...
Apr 03, 2020
Trump Admin Moves Toward Promoting Broader Use Of Face Masks
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many, if not almost all, Americans wear face coverings when leaving home, in an effort to slow the spread of the new...
Apr 02, 2020
Memo: Some In US May Not Get Stimulus Checks Until August
WASHINGTON - The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under the new stimulus law in mid-April, but some people without direct deposit information may not get ch...
Apr 02, 2020
Coronavirus cases spike in the District; jail officers say they’re not getting PPEs
Heather CurtisWMAL.comMARYLAND (WMAL) – The District continues to see a spike in Coronavirus cases. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday there are 67 new cases bringing the total in the city to 653...
Apr 02, 2020
Trump Says He Expects Russia, Saudis To Cut Oil Production
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia will end an oil war and dramatically cut production.The price for U.S. benchmark crude surged 24%.A global glu...
Apr 02, 2020
Democratic National Convention Pushed Back To August
WASHINGTON – The Democratic National Convention has been pushed back to the week of August 17 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee.T...
Apr 02, 2020
Pelosi Creating House Committee To Oversee Economic Bailout
WASHINGTON - Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will establish a special House committee with subpoena power to oversee the government's spending of the more than $2.2 trillion approved to bolster...
Apr 02, 2020
Fauci Says He Feels Safe Despite Threats, Is Focusing On Job
WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, said Thursday he feels safe despite reports he's received online threats and has had uncomfortable personal encounters with ad...
Apr 02, 2020
Joe Biden Predicts Democratic Convention Delay Until August
Prospective Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he thinks his party's nominating convention will have to be pushed back from July into August because of the coronavirus threat. "It's going ...
Apr 02, 2020
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