Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

FBI Director Warns Of Ongoing Russian ‘Information Warfare’
WASHINGTON - FBI Director Chris Wray said Wednesday that Russia is engaged in "information warfare" heading into the 2020 presidential election, though he said law enforcement has not seen ongoing eff...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2020

Buttigieg Clings To Narrow Lead As Iowa Results Trickle In
NEW YORK - Pete Buttigieg clung to a slight lead over Bernie Sanders in a new batch of vote totals released by the Iowa Democratic Party on Wednesday, two days after the state hosted its first-in-the-...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2020

GOP’s Romney Says He Will Vote To Convict Trump
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will vote to convict President Donald Trump, becoming the first and likely only Republican in the Senate's impeachment trial to break ranks and favor removing h...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2020

Pete Rose Asks For Reinstatement, Cites Astros And Steroids
ORLANDO, Fla. - Pete Rose again asked Major League Baseball to end his lifetime ban, saying the penalty is unfair compared with discipline for steroids use and electronic sign stealing. Rose's lawyers...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2020

Macy’s to close 125 stores, shed 2,000 corporate jobs
NEW YORK (AP) – Macy’s says it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of onli...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2020

Disney Plus Has 26.5M Subscribers; Costs Weigh On Profit
NEW YORK - The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that profit fell 23% in its latest quarter to $2.13 billion as it absorbed losses - and a big revenue boost - from its new streaming service, Disney Plus.Th...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2020

Senate So Far Split Neatly Along Party Lines On Impeachment
WASHINGTON - The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday's virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or thre...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2020

Bloomberg Doubles Ad Spending After Chaos Of Iowa Caucuses
WASHINGTON - Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is doubling the already massive amount of money he will spend on advertising, an effort to lift his Democratic presidential bid and capitalize on the chaotic...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2020

No Good Vibrations For Beach Boys, Split By Hunting Concert
NEW YORK - One of the co-founders of The Beach Boys has joined a boycott of his own music to protest it being used by another band member at an animal hunting convention.Brian Wilson has denounced a p...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2020

Golf Rulers Says Increased Hitting Distance Must Be Slowed
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Golfers at all levels keep hitting the ball farther, and the game's governing bodies plan to do something about it by going after the one area they can control - equipment. The ...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2020
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