Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

US formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Tuesday formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.A seven-page mem...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

Meat producer ransomware attack disrupts global production
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A ransomware attack on the world's largest meat processing company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipelin...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

Florida governor OKs limits on transgender student athletes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Republican governor signed a bill Tuesday barring transgender females from playing on public school teams intended for student-athletes born as girls, plunging the s...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

Biden honors forgotten victims of Tulsa race massacre
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - President Joe Biden is leading Tuesday's remembrance of one of the nation's darkest - and largely forgotten - moments of racial violence, marking the 100th anniversary of the destr...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

US sees 2 busiest days for air travel since March 2020
The Memorial Day weekend has produced the two busiest days for U.S. air travel since early March 2020. About 1.96 million people passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday, and 1.90 mi...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

Chauvin faces hearing on federal charges in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death is scheduled to make an initial appearance Tuesday in federal court to face charges alleging he vio...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

Officer who tackled Boston Marathon bomber retires
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - A suburban Boston police officer who became a national hero in 2013 when he tackled one of the Boston Marathon bombers retired from the only job he says he ever wanted. Waterto...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

Justices reject Johnson & Johnson appeal of $2B talc verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products. The justices did ...
Syndicated Author Jun 01, 2021

CDC loosens mask guidance for summer campers
NEW YORK (AP) - Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, federal health officials said Friday.Children who aren't fully vaccinated should still wear masks outside wh...
Syndicated Author May 28, 2021

Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers target 150 orgs with phishing
BOSTON (AP) - The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week u...
Syndicated Author May 28, 2021
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