Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

US Treasury: 156 million coronavirus relief payments issued
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Treasury Department said Wednesday it has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief plan, including 25 million payments that were ...
Syndicated Author Apr 07, 2021

EU agency: Rare clots possibly linked to AstraZeneca shot
LONDON (AP) - The European Union drug regulator said Wednesday that it found a "possible link" between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and a rare clotting disorder but declined to impose any new a...
Syndicated Author Apr 07, 2021

Man, a steal! Rare Superman comic sells for record $3.25M
NEW YORK (AP) - One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, record-setting price.The issue of Action Comics #1 went for $3.25 million in a...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021

NCAA may consider single site for part of future tourneys
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA used the single-site concept for its marquee championship out of necessity.Now it could become part of the tournament's future.A day after crowning a national champion for...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021

McConnell warns biz off political speech, says it’s ‘stupid’
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it's "quite stupid" for corporations to speak out against the Georgia voting law, intensifying his warnings for big business to ...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021

Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states
Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states - a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sendin...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021

US weighs Beijing Olympics boycott with partners, allies
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department said Tuesday the Biden administration is considering a possible boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China's human rights record. Departmen...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021

MLB officially moves All-Star Game to Denver’s Coors Field
Major League Baseball officially announced the new venue Tuesday after pulling the Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objections to extensive changes to Georgia's voting laws. Coors Field last hosted...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021

Doormen fired for failing to intervene in anti-Asian attack
NEW YORK (AP) - Two New York City apartment building workers have been fired for failing to help an Asian American woman as she was being violently attacked on the sidewalk outside, the building's man...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021

Education Department reviewing campus sex assault rules
The Education Department on Tuesday moved forward with plans to revise federal rules around campus sexual assault, paving the way for an overhaul of a Trump-era policy that President Joe Biden has vow...
Syndicated Author Apr 06, 2021
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