Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate alone Wednesday and signaled that it expects to keep low rates unchanged through next year. The Fed's decision follows three rate cuts...

The U.S. Coast Guard's leadership has failed to conduct prompt, thorough and impartial investigations of harassment and bullying allegations, according to a congressional investigation released Wednes...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A judge on Wednesday upheld the South Carolina Republican Party's decision not to hold a 2020 presidential primary, a move taken by several states in erecting hurdles for the long-sho...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Wednesday hit Iran with new sanctions that target several transportation firms as it continues its "maximum pressure campaign" against the Islamic Republic ove...

WASHINGTON - Flight training has been suspended for more than 300 Saudi Arabian students at three bases in Florida in the wake of the deadly shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer on Friday, the U.S. N...

NEW YORK - A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, "they," has an accolade all its own.The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their word of the y...

NEW YORK - Exxon Mobil won Tuesday in a closely watched lawsuit over the costs of climate change, with a judge saying there was no proof the energy giant duped investors about the toll that regulation...

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr leveled blistering criticism at how the Russia investigation was conducted, saying Tuesday that it was based on a "bogus narrative" that the Trump campaign m...

NEW YORK - Netflix says that 26.4 million households worldwide watched "The Irishman" in its first week of streaming.That figure includes those who watched at least 70% of Martin Scorsese's 3 1/2 hour...

Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. In its ruling, the Superior Court affi...