Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Maryland’s highest court reviewing Lee Malvo’s life term
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's highest court has agreed to take up the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison for his role in the 2002 sniper spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2021

Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurrica...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2021

Judge blocks Florida governor’s order banning mask mandates
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order banning th...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2021

Pentagon: Kabul attack involved 1 site, not 2
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says it has determined that the attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday involved only one location and not two as was previously reported. The Pentagon said there was one Isl...
Syndicated Author Aug 27, 2021

Virginia Republicans file suit over McAuliffe’s paperwork
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican Party of Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday asking the courts to remove Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe from the ballot for failing to sign an offici...
Syndicated Author Aug 26, 2021

Tropical Storm Ida in Caribbean; forecast to be hurricane
MIAMI (AP) - A depression has strengthened into a tropical storm in the Caribbean and is forecast to become a major hurricane by the time it reaches the northern U.S. Gulf Coast over the next several ...
Syndicated Author Aug 26, 2021

Maryland board votes to require masks in schools statewide
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland State Board of Education voted Thursday for an emergency regulation to require children and adults to wear masks in schools statewide to help stop the spread of COVI...
Syndicated Author Aug 26, 2021

School board to pay ACLU’s legal costs over bathroom lawsuit
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union after the nonprofit spent six years representing a student who sued o...
Syndicated Author Aug 26, 2021

Russia: 2 suicide attacks outside Kabul airport; 13 dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Russia's Foreign Ministry says a second explosion has gone off outside Kabul airport. The twin suicide attacks killed at least 13 people and wounded another 15.U.S. officials...
Syndicated Author Aug 26, 2021

Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent
Congress provided hundreds of millions of dollars to shore up the nation's election system against cyberattacks and other threats, but roughly two-thirds of the money remained unspent just weeks befor...
Syndicated Author Aug 25, 2021
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