Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

(CNN) — White House officials are struggling to fill vacancies in the West Wing and beyond as a handful of senior aides map out their exits ahead of what could become a mass staff exodus around ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Sec...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, retired Friday less than a year after returning from her last and longest spaceflight. She's spent more time off the planet...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana mortuary business must pay a woman $50,000 after her husband was cremated against his wishes. The Great Falls Tribune reports a jury found a mortician at Miser Mort...

NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's said Friday it will switch to paper straws at all its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and test an alternative to plastic ones in some of its U.S. restaurants la...

(CNN) — Ellen DeGeneres is heading out on the road for the first time in 15 years.But don’t run to buy your ticket just yet.The daytime talk-show host will only be hitting three cities thi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Apple says it has reached a multi-year deal with Oprah Winfrey to create original programs for its streaming service.Apple said Friday the programs will be released worldwide as par...

 WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman is going to jail.Paul Manafort was ordered into custody Friday after a federal judge revoked his house arrest, citing n...

  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he won't sign a "moderate" immigration bill written by House Republicans. His comment deals an apparent damaging blow to GOP lawmakers hoping to push le...

  BEIJING - China's government said Friday it will retaliate for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff hike on Chinese goods by immediately imposing penalties of the "same scale" on American goods...