Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Total Lunar Eclipse Meets Supermoon Sunday Night
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one.The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. At th...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

Travel Industry Fears Damage From A Long Government Shutdown
America's busiest airport, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International, is a blur of activity on the best of days. But an extra layer of anxiety gripped the airport Friday, the eve of a three-day holid...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

Lawsuits Ramp Up Pressure On Family That Owns Opioid Company
The legal pressure on the prominent family behind the company that makes OxyContin, the prescription painkiller that helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic, is likely to get more intense. The Sackle...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

Zimbabwe In ‘Total Internet Shutdown’ Amid Violent Crackdown
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe on Friday faced a "total internet shutdown," a media group said, after a days-long violent crackdown on people protesting a dramatic fuel price increase. Badly injured peop...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

Glen Wood, Auto Racing Pioneer And Patriarch, Dies At 93
Glen Wood, the courtly and innovative patriarch of the famed Wood Brothers Racing team who had been the oldest living member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, died Friday. He was 93. He died on Friday in St...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

US, North Korea Hold Talks Aimed At 2nd Trump-Kim Summit
WASHINGTON - The U.S. and North Korea held highly anticipated talks Friday aimed at resuming stalled efforts to end the North's nuclear weapons program by arranging a second summit between President D...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

Pentagon IDs 3 Americans Killed In Syria Suicide Bomb Attack
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has identified three of the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group in Syria this week.They are Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonatha...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

On The Road To Make An Affordable Car, Tesla Cuts Jobs
Tesla will cut 7 percent of its workforce as it tries to lower prices and break out of the niche-car market to produce an electric vehicle that more people can afford.Tesla's cheapest model right now ...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

Death Toll In Colombia Bombing Rises To 21 As Threats Linger
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian authorities said Friday that a one-armed explosives expert belonging to the country's last remaining rebel group carried out a car bombing against a police academy that le...
Syndicated Author Jan 18, 2019

Three Chicago Police Officers Found Not Guilty of Cover-Up in Laquan McDonald’s Shooting Death
CHICAGO- A judge has found three Chicago police officers not guilty of covering up details in the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager. Former Detective David March, former Officer Joseph...
Syndicated Author Jan 17, 2019
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