Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

US begins flying Haitian migrants home from Texas
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - Some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who crossed from Mexico into a Texas border camp were flown back to their poverty-stricken homeland Sunday by the United States in an ef...
Syndicated Author Sep 19, 2021

Mourners in California honor 3 Marines killed in Afghanistan
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Mourners in California said prayers and their final goodbyes Saturday to three Marines killed in last month's bombing in Afghanistan.Family and friends of Lance Cpl. Kareem Ni...
Syndicated Author Sep 19, 2021

Witnesses say explosion targets Taliban, 2nd in as many days
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -Witnesses say an explosion targeted a Taliban vehicle in the provincial city of Jalalabad, the second such deadly blast in as many days in an Islamic State stronghold.The Tali...
Syndicated Author Sep 19, 2021

Jury finds Robert Durst guilty of best friend’s murder
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years ago in a case that took on new life after the New York real estate heir participated in ...
Syndicated Author Sep 17, 2021

Atlanta, other U.S. cities make pitch for 2026 World Cup
ATLANTA (AP) - After being slowed by the pandemic, the race among 17 U.S. cities to land a coveted spot hosting the 2026 World Cup is back on. Two FIFA inspectors were in Atlanta Friday to get a look ...
Syndicated Author Sep 17, 2021

Sotheby’s puts rare U.S. Constitution copy for auction
NEW YORK (AP) - A very special document will be auctioned off later this year - a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution. Sotheby's announced Friday - appropriately on Constitution Day - that in November ...
Syndicated Author Sep 17, 2021

Biden, world leaders push climate action, vow methane cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden tried on Friday to hammer out the world's next steps against rapidly worsening climate change with a small group of other global leaders and announced a new U.S.-...
Syndicated Author Sep 17, 2021

Man sentenced to 12 years in $200 million phone-fraud scheme
SEATTLE (AP) - A Pakistan resident has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a conspiracy to "unlock" phones from AT&T's network, a scheme the company says cost it more than $200 million. Muham...
Syndicated Author Sep 17, 2021

US panel backs COVID-19 boosters only for elderly, high-risk
WASHINGTON (AP) - An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are...
Syndicated Author Sep 17, 2021

Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were ...
Syndicated Author Sep 17, 2021
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