Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

SOUTH CAROLINA — (CNN) The judge in the murder trial of former North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager on Monday declared a mistrial after jurors were unable to reach a v...

VIRGINIA — (CNN) The Supreme Court on Monday tackled two racial gerrymander cases in a fresh attempt to determine how race can be taken into consideration when states draw district lines.The jus...

ATLANTA — (CNN) A county judge has sentenced metro Atlanta father Justin Ross Harris to life in prison for the murder of his 22-month-old son, Cooper, who died in June 2014 after Harris left him...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Former American prisoner of war Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is asking President Barack Obama to grant him a pardon for charges he faces after leaving his post in Afghanistan in 20...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump met on Monday with Al Gore — one of the most vocal advocates of fighting climate change.Before the meeting, Trump spokesman Jason Miller tol...

John Matthews WMAL.com RALEIGH, NC — (WMAL) North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory released a video Monday, in which he conceded the November election to Democrat challenger Roy Cooper, the state&#...

By Ahiza Garcia WASHINGTON — (CNN) It’s official: MLB uniforms are getting new branding. The league announced on Monday that it signed a 10-year deal with Under Armour and Fanatics. Under ...

By Ben Westcott PEARL HARBOR, Hi.– (CNN) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday he would visit Pearl Harbor in late December with US President Barack Obama, just over 75 years af...

By David Wright WASHINGTON — (CNN) Dr. Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday. “I...

John Matthews WMAL.com GLENDALE, AZ — (WMAL) The Redskins spent much of the second half Sunday trading leads with Arizona before ultimately falling, 31 – 23, but coach Jay Gruden was most ...