Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

LOS ANGELES - Former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin, who has struggled with mental health issues after a 2013 bullying scandal that shook the NFL, was taken into Los Angeles police c...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House was on lockdown for about an hour Friday after a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier. The U.S. Secret Service tweeted that the vehicle "did not breach the sec...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida sheriff says the deputy who was on duty at a high school where 17 people were massacred waited outside the building for about four minutes without ever going in.Brow...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The nation’s largest privately-owned bank says it will stop producing credit cards for the National Rifle Association in response to customer feedback.The Nebraska-bas...

UPDATE: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has accepted the state parole board's recommendation and is sparing the life of convicted killer Thomas "Bart" Whitaker   WASHINGTON — If executions set for A...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The sheriff of the Florida county where a shooter killed 17 people at a high school last week has ordered all deputies who qualify to begin carrying rifles on school grounds. ...

WASHINGTON — Talk-show host Tavis Smiley is suing his former employer, the Public Broadcasting Service, for breach of contract after he was fired over sexual harassment allegations. The Washingt...

So far this year, 14 law enforcement officers across the United States have died after they were shot in the line of duty. Six of them died in just one week, said Craig Floyd with the National Law Enf...

LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) – Two Maryland teenagers have been charged with making threats after they talked about bringing guns to school. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said it r...

SAN DIEGO — The federal government has started work on a border wall in California to replace a decaying decades-old barrier. The work that began Wednesday in the city of Calexico is the first w...