Category Archives: WMAL News Now

ATLANTA — It’s been nearly 152 years since the Confederate Army surrendered to Union forces, ending the American Civil War.Some Southern states still commemorate those who died fighting fo...

AUSTIN, TX — (AP) A run of legal defeats over its voting laws means Texas could risk becoming the first state forced back into federal oversight since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key part...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military says a pilot has ejected from a fighter jet operating from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in seas south of the Philippines.The U.S. Seventh Fleet says t...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) One of the top officials at the Justice Department overseeing the FBI’s probe of potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian meddling in the presidenti...

RALEIGH, N.C. — (AP/WMAL) An audit shows North Carolina elections officials found that about 500 ineligible voters cast ballots in the 2016 general election, but that was not enough to change th...

RALEIGH, N.C. — AP – Transgender residents of North Carolina have withdrawn their request for an appeals court to review their ongoing legal battle against the state. The appeal had challe...

PARIS — (AP) The Paris prosecutor says the Champs-Elysees attacker had a note defending the Islamic State group with him when he opened fire on police officers. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Francoi...

HYDERABAD, INDIA — (AP) Officials say that at least 20 people have been killed and several others seriously injured after a truck driver lost control and plowed into a group of protesting farmer...

NEW YORK — (CNN) If you want to understand the divisions roiling the Democratic party, look no further than its ongoing “unity tour.”Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and new Democratic Na...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Defense Secretary James Mattis has privately told Congress the Trump administration’s Pentagon budget request isn’t sufficient to cover the cost of rebuilding the ...