Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Nearly 900 buildings destroyed by massive California fire
GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) - California's largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands on Tuesday as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have de...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Prosecutor: Man admitted killing Chicago cop during traffic stop
CHICAGO (AP) - A man charged with killing a Chicago police officer admitted to investigators that he pulled his handgun out of his waistband during a traffic stop and opened fire, a prosecutor told a ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won't be recognized internationally after ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Liz Cheney’s Trump vote prompts new Wyoming censure effort
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Some local Republican Party officials in Wyoming have announced they will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a party member because of her vote to impeach Donald Trump."In the immor...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Bills Big win for $1T infrastructure bill: Senate shows it can act
WASHINGTON (AP) - With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on Tuesday, a rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans joining ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he would resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, citing sex assault at 17
NEW YORK (AP) - One of Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 17. Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit in Manhattan f...
Syndicated Author Aug 09, 2021

Will gyms go the way of arcades and movie rental stores?
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra's routine until last year's government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationar...
Syndicated Author Aug 09, 2021

Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) - As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for st...
Syndicated Author Aug 09, 2021

Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart to perform at 9/11 benefit show
NEW YORK (AP) - Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon and Amy Schumer are part of a star-studded group of comedians that will perform for one night only at Madison Square Garden to mark the 20th a...
Syndicated Author Aug 09, 2021
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