Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, is set to take office on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the stroke of midnight.Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation from office will be effective a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has announced that he and husband Chasten have become parents.Buttigieg, the first openly gay Cabinet secretary confirmed by the Senate, poste...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine strongly urged Tuesday that schoolchildren continue wearing masks in school at least for the beginning of the academic year to avert more drastic coronaviru...

LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - Haitian officials raised the death toll from a deadly weekend earthquake by more than 500 on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to search and rescue eff...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP/WMAL) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to his office, who said he is in good health and experiencing no symptoms. Abbott, who wa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Multiple federal agencies that operated in Afghanistan and worked with Afghan citizens have been hastily purging their websites, removing articles and photos that could endanger the ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Cuomo told CNN viewers Monday that he wasn't an adviser to outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, "I'm a brother." Then he detailed the advice he gave him - including to resign. Bo...

NEW YORK (AP) - Notices taped to the windows and front door of the Stop Inn, a diner in Queens, made it clear the eatery would comply with the city's new edict against the coronavirus: All patrons din...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban spokesman promised Tuesday that the insurgents who overran Afghanistan in recent days would respect women's rights and would not exact revenge, seeking to calm a wa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensur...