Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

April the giraffe at the Animal Adventure Park is finally giving birth!

UPDATE: 4:40PM A suspect in custody. Here’s the statement from Fairfax County Police:Fair Oaks Police District - Detectives have a man in custody for striking and killing a 75-year-old woman tod...

BOWIE, Md (WMAL/AP) — Twenty riders are stuck in mid-air on the Joker’s Jinx roller coaster at Six Flags America. No one is reported as being injured. Prince George’s County Fire is ...

ANNANDALE, Va. — Through a joint investigation with the Northern Virginia Community College Police, Dylan M. Mahone, 20, of Annandale, was arrested last night in connection with three hate-motiv...

Delray Beach, FL — (CNN) The teenager who rocketed to fame last fall with her “Cash me ousside, how bout dat?” catchphrase appeared in a Delray Beach courtroom Wednesday morning. Dan...

Washington — (CNN) North Korean monitoring service 38 North said Wednesday the country’s Punggye-ri nuclear site is “primed and ready” for a sixth nuclear test. “The acti...

Orlando, FL — (CNN) Gustavo Falcon, the brother of one of Miami’s most notorious 1980s drug traffickers, Augusto “Willie” Falcon, was arrested Wednesday night after evading aut...

New York City — (CNN) Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African-American woman appointed to the New York Court of Appeals, was found dead in the Hudson River. She was 65. Police responded to a 911 ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) The Department of Veterans Affairs is unveiling a first-of-its-kind website aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers.The agency says it will ...

Chicago — (CNN) Shares in United Airlines slipped by 4% Tuesday as the company scrambled to address a video showing a passenger being forcibly dragged off an overbooked flight. United Continenta...