Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats say they are pushing toward a vote on expanded gun control measures as the nation reels from its second mass shooting in a week. But prospects for any major reform a...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The push to complete a jury for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death resumed Tuesday, with just one more needed ahead of opening statemen...

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) - A fire swept through a suburban New York assisted living home and caused a partial collapse early Tuesday, killing one resident and sending two firefighters and multiple res...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A shooting at a crowded Colorado supermarket that killed 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive, sent terrorized shoppers and workers scrambling for safety and s...

LONDON (AP) - Britain plans to cut the size of its army and boost spending on drones, robots and a new "cyber force" under defense plans announced by the government on Monday.Defense Secretary Ben Wal...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia will immediately open coronavirus vaccine eligibility to all residents aged 16 and older, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday.The state becomes one of the few in t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his o...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia is giving taxpayers a few more weeks to file their state income tax returns.Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that the state Department of Taxation is extending the ori...

NEW YORK (AP) - Elsa Peretti, who went from Halston model and Studio 54 regular in the 1960s and '70s to one of the world's most famous jewelry designers with timeless, fluid Tiffany & Co. collect...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A woman who currently works in the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he looked down her shirt and made suggestive remarks to her and another aide, according to a newspaper ...