Category Archives: WMAL News Now

PORTLAND — (AP) Oregon is on track to become the first state to allow residents to skip a gender identity on their driver’s licenses and identification cards. Transgender residents say the...

KANSAS — (CNN) Chelsea Manning will be released from military prison next week, according to a statement from her attorneys Tuesday. A former Army intelligence analyst and transgender woman, Man...

 AUSTRALIA — (CNN) A 2-month-old made history in Australia – becoming the first baby to be breastfed in Parliament.The little girl, named Alia Joy, is the newborn daughter of Queensla...

WASHINGTON — (AP) Justice Department officials have been weighing new guidance that would encourage prosecutors to charge suspects with the most serious offenses they can prove. It’s a dep...

JESSUP, Md. (AP) – Officials have turned down a request for early release from former Episcopal bishop who struck and killed a cyclist while driving drunk in Baltimore.Maryland Parole Commission...

New York City — (CNN) Teenager Carter Wilkerson just dethroned Ellen DeGeneres’ famous Oscar selfie for the most retweeted tweet.Last month, Wendy’s challenged the teen to get 18 mil...

Los Angeles — (CNN) ABC has reached an agreement to bring “American Idol” back from the dead. The agreement comes a little more than a year after the series went off the air after 15...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) One week after Jimmy Kimmel’s impassioned words about his newborn son’s health crisis and the country’s health care system, the late night host returned Mon...

FT. LAUDERDALE — (CNN) Screams and commotion took over Fort Lauderdale’s airport Monday as travelers clashed with Spirit Airlines employees and police. About 300 Spirit flights have been c...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said Monday that she alerted the White House earlier this year that former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn could be &#...