Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a mammoth $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented respon...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans' illustrious restaurants. Today, he's cooking for himself, at home - laid off alo...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Planned Parenthood is joining other abortion providers in suing Texas over moving to ban abortions during the coronavirus outbreak. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Aust...

NEW YORK - Stocks are leaping to more big gains on Wednesday, as Congress moves closer to approving a $2 trillion rescue plan for the economy. The S&P 500 was up more than 3% in afternoon trading ...

LONDON - Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, royal officials confirmed Wednesday - touching off criticism over whether his wealth and status ga...

HARTFORD, Conn. - The U.S. Justice Department is getting involved in a federal civil rights lawsuit that seeks to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from competing as girls in interscholastic s...

WASHINGTON - The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a hea...

Maria Leaf WMAL.com Metro’s pandemic task force has announced it’s going to close 17 additional stations and selected entrances due to a 90 percent drop in riders. 17 more stations will cl...

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas' lieutenant governor said Monday night that the U.S. should get back to work in the face of the global pandemic and that people over the age of 70, who the Centers for Disease Co...

WASHINGTON - With lives and the economy hanging in the balance, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is hoping the country will be reopened by Easter, as he weighs how to refine nationwide social-di...