Category Archives: WMAL News Now

  RICHMOND — A federal judge says Virginia prisons must recognize the Nation of Gods and Earths as a religion and allow its followers to congregate and possess their central texts. U.S. Dis...

  WASHINGTON (AP) – A government audit is faulting Medicare after investigators discovered that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients ap...

    COLLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – The University of Maryland marching band will at least temporarily stop playing the state’s official song, which includes a reference to “Nort...

 HOUSTON — Swollen rivers in east Texas aren’t expected to crest until later this week, but federal officials are already predicting Tropical Storm Harvey will drive 30,000 people int...

 BALTIMORE — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining the military.The federal lawsuit was fi...

 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will unveil a new plan Monday morning to roll back limits on a controversial program that provides local law enforcement agencies with surplus militar...

  SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea kept up its bellicose rhetoric against the United States on Monday as South Korean officials said Pyongyang may be preparing its sixth nuclear weapon test...

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE 7:51 AM: Providing some idea of the number of victims that Harvey is leaving it its wake, FEMA Administrator Brock Long said he expects the storm will drive about 30,000 people in...

HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Harvey is wreaking havoc on America’s vital energy facilities. That’s going to mean higher gas prices at the pump. U.S. gasoline futures spiked 7% Sunday nig...

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government on Sunday again stressed its position that it will not pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. Trump tweeted Sunday morning: With Mexico...