Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON (AP) - The recovery of America's job market hit a pause last month as many businesses - from restaurants and hotels to factories and construction companies - struggled to find enough worker...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's population fell by more than 182,000 people in 2020, marking the first year-over-year loss ever recorded for the nation's most populous state.State officials ann...

NEW YORK (AP) - The voice on the phone is steady and clear. "It is unnatural to kill anything," the man says. "But once you've done it the first time, it becomes easier each time."That chilling insigh...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas has become the latest Republican-dominated state to advance sweeping new limits on voting, despite no evidence of any problems with last year's vote and a coalition of state...

About 1.64 million people were screened at U.S. airports Thursday, the busiest day for air travel since March 2020, the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.The previous pandemic high for air travel...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma has secured a $2.6 million refund for the purchase of a malaria drug once touted by President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for COVID-19, a state official said F...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Transgender girls would be banned from participating in female sports teams in high school or college in two bills introduced by Republican lawmakers in Ohio, which became the la...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man's const...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fans of the sweet, melodic sounds of New Orleans' legendary vocalist Aaron Neville won't have many opportunities to hear him live from now on. In posts Tuesday on his official websi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has deployed a dozen additional warplanes to bolster the protection of American and coalition troops making a final withdrawal from Afghanistan as Taliban insurgent...