Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines
Austin: US adds 500 troops in Germany, despite Trump pledge
BERLIN (AP) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that he is expanding the U.S. military presence in Germany by 500 troops and has stopped planning for large-scale troop cuts ordered b...
Apr 13, 2021
Stone Mountain Park denies permit for Confederate event
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) - The Stone Mountain Memorial Association has denied a gathering permit from the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who were looking to host their annual Confederate Memorial Day s...
Apr 13, 2021
Nielsen, networks clash on stats showing fewer viewers
NEW YORK (AP) - People have been stuck at home for a year due to COVID-19 restrictions, with movie theaters closed, concert venues closed, restaurants closed, sports attendance restricted - yet televi...
Apr 13, 2021
16 states back Alabama’s challenge to Census privacy tool
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Sixteen other states are backing Alabama's challenge to a statistical method the U.S. Census Bureau is using for the first time to protect the privacy of people who participated i...
Apr 13, 2021
US agency says women can get abortion pill via telemedicine
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor's office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday in the latest reversal in an...
Apr 13, 2021
Minnesota police chief, officer quit after Black driver’s death
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city's chief of police resigned Tuesday.Officer Kim Potter a...
Apr 13, 2021
Defense begins case in ex-cop’s trial over Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The defense began its case Tuesday at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin, seizing on a 2019 confrontation between police and George Floyd in which Floyd suffered dange...
Apr 13, 2021
US to leave troops in Afghanistan beyond May, 9/11 new goal
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has decided to leave American troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline negotiated with the Taliban by the Trump administration, and has set the 20th annive...
Apr 13, 2021
US investigating possible air bag failures in GM vehicles
DETROIT (AP) -The U.S. government's highway safety agency is investigating complaints that the air bags may not inflate in a crash on thousands of General Motors vehicles.The National Highway Traffic ...
Apr 13, 2021
US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is recommending a "pause" in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.The Centers for Disease...
Apr 13, 2021
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