Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Florida governor signs law preempting local COVID edicts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to suspend all remaining COVID-19 restrictions imposed by communities across his state, signing into law on Monday freshly passed legislation g...
Syndicated Author May 03, 2021

President Biden to speak at Coast Guard Academy commencement
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during this month's graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.The address, scheduled for May 19, wi...
Syndicated Author May 03, 2021

Apple’s app store goes on trial in threat to ‘walled garden’
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - On Monday, Apple faces one of its most serious legal threats in recent years: A trial that threatens to upend its iron control over its app store, which brings in billions of ...
Syndicated Author May 03, 2021

Verizon sells internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5B
AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Wireless company Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the once-pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Managem...
Syndicated Author May 03, 2021

Alaska ends state COVID-19 disaster declaration
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday ended the state's COVID-19 disaster declaration, saying the state is in such a good position he doesn't need emergency powers bestowed by t...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Determined volunteers still search for missing capsized ship
COCODRIE, La. (AP) - The volunteers gather around a map, suntanned fingers tracing over the bayous, lakes and islands where they'll search. They talk about where they've already been and where they'll...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Disneyland reopens as California emerges from virus depths
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Disneyland reopened to excited visitors Friday, marking a dramatic turnaround in a state that was so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases just four months ago that patients were b...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Hold on! 240-pound fish, age 100, caught in Detroit River
DETROIT (AP) - Now that's a whopper - a very old whopper! A 240-pound (108.8 kilograms) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wi...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Judge: Case against McCloskeys won’t go back to grand jury
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A judge on Friday denied a defense request to return to a grand jury the case against a St. Louis couple accused of waving guns at racial injustice protesters last year. A St. Louis g...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Former reality TV star Josh Duggar faces child porn charges
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Former reality TV star Josh Duggar faces charges of downloading and possessing child pornography under a federal indictment unsealed Friday.Federal prosecutors announced the ...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021
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