Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

DENVER (AP) - Two small airplanes collided in the air near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the other's pilot to deploy a parachute. Remarkably, both planes landed safely...

McDonald's is raising pay at 650 company-owned stores in the U.S. as part of its push to hire thousands of new workers in a tight labor market.The fast-food giant is also encouraging its franchisees -...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up...

U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday - just as planned new guidelines say it's OK for people of any age to get a coronavirus shot at the s...

NEW YORK (AP) - A man suspected of shooting three bystanders in New York's Times Square was arrested Wednesday in Florida, four days after the gunfire wounded people including a 4-year-old girl out to...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has begun an internal review to determine how to remove any extremists from within federal law enforcement following the arrest of current and former police of...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. budget deficit surged to a record of $1.9 trillion for the first seven months of this budget year, bloated by the billions of dollars being spent in coronavirus relief packa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden met Wednesday with the four congressional leaders at the White House for the first time and said he wants to reach a compromise on an infrastructure plan, but exp...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for the possibility of a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin, according to...

NEW YORK (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres is calling time on her longtime-running talk show, according to reports. The daytime host, who has seen a ratings hit after allegations of running a toxic workplace, ha...