Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

2 dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Fred
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Authorities combing areas of North Carolina flooded by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred said Thursday that two people have been found dead and about 20 were unaccounted for. Me...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

In unfriendly skies, unruly passenger fines top $1 million
Rowdy airline passengers have now racked up a record $1 million in potential fines this year, a toll of the tumult in the sky as travelers have returned after most were grounded by the pandemic in 202...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities
The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes. T...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

Man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive po...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

Chief in charge of intel before Capitol riot returns to post
WASHINGTON (AP) - Yogananda Pittman, the Capitol Police official who led intelligence operations for the agency when thousands of Donald Trump loyalists descended on the building last January, is back...
Syndicated Author Aug 18, 2021

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected
U.S. Census Bureau computer servers uninvolved with the 2020 census were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but hackers' attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, accord...
Syndicated Author Aug 18, 2021

Pentagon: 2,000 evacuated from Afghanistan now
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says that 2,000 people - including 325 American citizens - were evacuated from Afghanistan in 18 flights over the past 24 hours, just days after the Taliban's stunningly swif...
Syndicated Author Aug 18, 2021

Data of more than 40 million exposed in T-Mobile breach
NEW YORK (AP) - The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver's licenses or other identification of just over 40 million former and prospective customers that applied for T-Mobile cre...
Syndicated Author Aug 18, 2021

US health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the va...
Syndicated Author Aug 18, 2021

U.S. families mid-adoption trying to get Afghan children out
After five frustrating years mired in bureaucratic delays, Bahaudin Mujtaba and wife Lisa had hoped to finally bring the 10-year-old Afghan boy they're adopting to their home in Florida this year for ...
Syndicated Author Aug 17, 2021
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