Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Montgomery County Board of Education Decides on 2018-19 School Calendar
Caroline TuckerWMAL.comROCKVILLE (WMAL) – The Montgomery County School Board received at least 2,000 comments about proposals for next year’s school calendar. There were four proposa...
Syndicated Author Nov 14, 2017

Local Reps Detail Sexual Harassment Within Congress
Steve BurnsWMAL.comWASHINGTON – (WMAL) At a hearing Tuesday to review the House’s sexual harassment training and reporting practices, two D.C.-area representatives gave clear indications t...
Syndicated Author Nov 14, 2017

Shootings at Multiple Sites in Northern California; Kids Wounded at School
5:02 PM UPDATE: RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — The assistant sheriff in Northern California says a gunman opened fire “without provocation” in a rural town, killing four people and w...
Syndicated Author Nov 14, 2017

Virginia Governor Named “Public Official of the Year”
Maria LeafWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL)– Outgoing Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has been named as one of Governing Magazine’s Public Officials of the Year.McAuliffe tells the magazine that...
Syndicated Author Nov 14, 2017

Barbie’s First Hijab: Meet the New Ibtihaj Muhammad Doll
(CNN Money) — For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel, which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its “Shero” collection will be modeled af...
Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2017

Sen. Strange Says a Write-In Bid ‘Highly Unlikely’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Luther Strange says it’s “highly unlikely” he will launch a write-in candidacy to retain his Senate seat despite the scandal enveloping Re...
Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2017

Senate Bill Easing Financial Rules Gains Bipartisan Support
WASHINGTON (AP) – A bipartisan group of senators has announced an agreement on legislation to provide banks and credit unions relief from some of the stricter regulatory requirements appr...
Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2017

Lawyers Focus on Why Freddie Gray Wasn’t Buckled in Van
BALTIMORE (AP) — The highest-ranking Baltimore police officer who responded to the arrest of a black man who later died in custody didn’t give a reason to investigators about why he...
Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2017

Recovered Video Leads to New Charges in Penn State Fraternity Death
(CNN) — Twelve more members of Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity have been charged in the death of pledge Timothy Piazza after prosecutors were able to recover deleted surveilla...
Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2017

Roy Moore Calls New Allegations a ‘Witch Hunt’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama says the latest allegations against him are a “witch hunt.” Moore’s campaign sent out a statement befo...
Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2017
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