Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

By Andrew Carey and Laura Smith-SparkWASHINGTON — (CNN) Tens of thousands of residents of the Israeli port city of Haifa were allowed to return home Friday, as firefighters who have been battlin...

By Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON – Students in Montgomery County Public Schools have spoken out against the school system’s cell phone use policies, and the board of education has liste...

By Keith O’Shea and Catherine E. ShoichetWASHINGTON — (CNN) Dylann Roof is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.In his order, U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel said...

Grace Palo WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Memorial Peace Cross in Prince George's County, a 40-foot-tall marble-and-cement cross, is being questioned in federal court next month regarding whet...

Grace Palo WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser plans on signing new anti-tobacco laws that will increase the smoking age to 21 and regulate electronic cigarettes like tradition...

By Tom Foreman, Tom LoBianco and David Gracey WASHINGTON — (CNN) Jill Stein’s bid to seek a vote recount in three key Rust Belt states is gaining steam as pressure builds among liberals to...

Joelle Fredman WMAL.com Is your Thanksgiving celebration complete without Black Friday shopping? According to The George Washington University Marketing professor, Lynda Maddox, it might just not be. ...

A bitter pay dispute at Lufthansa will disrupt flights for a fourth consecutive day after pilots extended their strike through Saturday. The strike began Wednesday and was originally planned for 24 ho...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) She was one of America’s moms, a television mother many people grew up watching. Florence Henderson died Thursday from heart failure at the age of 82. Henderson had not...

ALEPPO — (CNN) They stand tall and proud in front of a crumbling skyline, the exhaustion of their cause written on their faces. Some wear jeans and T-shirts and sneakers. Others wear the uniform...