Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Technology Rebound Sets Nasdaq On Course For Record High
NEW YORK (AP) - Technology companies are soaring Thursday as investors remain optimistic about the sector even though much of the market has been shaken by fears about the trade war with China. The Na...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2018

A New Bill Aims To Send Masked Antifa Activists To Jail For 15 Years
(CNN) — Antifa activists could be jailed for up to 15 years for wearing masks under a bill introduced by a US congressman. If passed, Bill HR 6054 would punish anyone wearing a mask or disguise ...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2018

FBI Agent Angrily Rejects Charges of Bias at Chaotic Hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - An FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages fueled suspicions of partisan bias said at a bitterly contentious and occasionally chaotic hearing in Congress on Thursday that his work h...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2018

US Inflation Reaches 2.9 Percent In June, Highest In 6 Years
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices rose in June from a year earlier at the fastest pace in more than six years, lifted by more expensive gas, car insurance, and higher rent.The Labor Department said Thursda...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2018

Japan Floods: Death Toll Rises To 200 As UN Offers Assistance
TOKYO- Landslides and flooding caused by torrential rain in Japan have killed 200 people in what has become one of the deadliest natural disasters to hit the country since the earthquake and tsunami o...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2018

Trump Says NATO Allies Agreed To Boost Defense Spending
BRUSSELS – President Donald Trump said Thursday in an unscheduled news conference that all NATO members have agreed to increase their defense spending after he told them he was “extremely ...
Syndicated Author Jul 12, 2018

Good Charlotte To Headline Benefit Concert For 5 Slain At Gazette
NEW YORK - The city of Annapolis will hold a benefit concert featuring Maryland-based rockers Good Charlotte to honor the five Capital Gazette employees killed in an attack in their newsroom.May...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2018

Papa John’s Founder Apologizes For Using N-Word On Conference Call
John Schnatter, the founder and public face of Papa John’s pizza, apologized Wednesday for using the N-word on a conference call in May.Forbes reported earlier that he used the racial slur...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2018

Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox Ups Sky Bid To Beat Rival Comcast
LONDON - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox increased Wednesday its bid to take full control of lucrative European pay TV service Sky in a prolonged battle with U.S. rival Comcast.Fox...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2018

Report: NASA Needs Backup Plan As US Crew Launches Slip
NASA needs a backup plan for getting astronauts to space, given additional delays on the horizon for new commercial crew capsules.The U.S. Government Accountability Office made the recommendatio...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2018
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