Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Dems Launch Justice Department Probe, Seek Stone Interviews
WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee is launching a wide-ranging probe of Attorney General William Barr and the Justice Department, demanding briefings, documents and interviews with 15 official...
Syndicated Author Feb 28, 2020

A year after House vote, Dems challenge McConnell on guns
WASHINGTON (AP) – Frustrated Democrats are lambasting Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell as they mark a year of Senate inaction since the House passed landmark gun control legislation. Hou...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2020

Maryland governor outlines preparations for new virus
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he is submitting a $10 million supplemental budget to help make preparations for the new coronavirus disease. The governor outlined steps the...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2020

Weeklong stock market rout deepens as virus worries spread; indexes lose 4%
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 1,200 points Thursday, deepening a weeklong global market rout caused by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will wreak havoc on the global economy. Bond...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2020

Democrats focus on Super Tuesday even as S. Carolina looms
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Bernie Sanders will swing through North Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts in the coming days. Elizabeth Warren will make stops in Texas and Arkansas. Amy Klobuchar will be i...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2020

Biggest explosion seen in universe came from black hole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe. Scientists reported Thursday that the blast likely came from a black hole in a cluster of gala...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2020

Judge nixes Ohio license policies called discriminatory
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A federal judge is stopping Ohio from using two state policies that block some refugees and children of immigrants from getting driver’s licenses.Civil rights groups be...
Syndicated Author Feb 27, 2020

Multiple people dead in Milwaukee shooting at Molson Coors
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Multiple people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said.The dead include the shooter, said Barrett, who did not gi...
Syndicated Author Feb 26, 2020

President Trump names VP Pence to lead US response to Coronavirus threat
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the new Coronavirus threat brings.He has put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of overseei...
Syndicated Author Feb 26, 2020

Colorado Set To Become 22nd State With No Death Penalty
DENVER - Colorado is close to becoming the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty.Lawmakers in the Democrat-majority House on Wednesday approved the repeal bill and sent it to Democratic Gov. Ja...
Syndicated Author Feb 26, 2020
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Contact WMAL
Studio Lines: 888-630-WMAL (9625)
News Room: 202-686-3020
Programming: 202-686-3100 Ext. 2358
Email Directory
Programming
Newsroom
Sales
Website Questions or Comments














