Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

NHL fines Rangers $250K for criticizing player safety call
The New York Rangers in less than 72 hours lost their best player to injury, fired their president and general manager, and had another player suspended. They are also out a quarter-million dollars in...
Syndicated Author May 06, 2021

General says US may train Afghan forces in other countries
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military may continue to train Afghan security forces, but do it in other countries after American forces leave Afghanistan, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday, cal...
Syndicated Author May 06, 2021

Biden to push his big infrastructure plan in Louisiana
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will push the case for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan in the reliably Republican state of Louisiana - directly challenging GOP lawmakers who say that low t...
Syndicated Author May 06, 2021

Challenger hits Liz Cheney, says GOP must work with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Elise Stefanik stated her case Thursday for replacing Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 House Republican leader, implicitly lambasting Cheney's battles with former President Donald T...
Syndicated Author May 06, 2021

Florida gov signs sweeping elections bill into law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday that he and other Republicans said would place guardrails against fraud, even as they acknowledged...
Syndicated Author May 06, 2021

US unemployment claims fall to a pandemic low of 498,000
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 498,000, the lowest point since the viral pandemic struck 14 months ago and a sign of the job market's growing stre...
Syndicated Author May 06, 2021

Broadway readies imminent ticket sales for a fall reopening
NEW YORK (AP) - Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales in the coming days to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening of the Gre...
Syndicated Author May 05, 2021

Firing of Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reversed
ATLANTA (AP) - The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who's charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks was reversed after a review panel found the city failed to follow its ...
Syndicated Author May 05, 2021

Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not an indefinite one
Former President Donald Trump won't return to Facebook - at least not yet. Four months after Facebook suspended Trump's accounts for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the c...
Syndicated Author May 05, 2021

Peloton recalls treadmills after a child dies
NEW YORK (AP) - Peloton is recalling its treadmills after one child died and 29 other children suffered from cuts, broken bones and other injuries from being pulled under the rear of the treadmill. Th...
Syndicated Author May 05, 2021
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