Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Alzheimer’s – The Disease That Could Bankrupt Medicare
CHICAGO — (CNN) Every 66 seconds this year, an American will develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association annual report, released Tuesday.By the year 2050, t...
Syndicated Author Mar 07, 2017

STUDY: Blacks More Likely To Be Wrongfully Convicted Of Crimes
ANN ARBOR, MI — (CNN) All Marvin Anderson ever wanted to be was a firefighter. Instead, at 18 years old, he was wrongfully convicted of rape, sodomy, abduction and robbery.When a Virginia judge ...
Syndicated Author Mar 07, 2017

GOP Leaders Getting Pushback From Within For Their Obamacare Replacement Plan
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Freedom Caucus member and former Chairman Jim Jordan said Monday that he was still unimpressed with the House GOP’s bill to repeal and replace Obamacare and had not seen...
Syndicated Author Mar 07, 2017

WATCH: Was North Korea Practicing For An Attack On U.S. Bases In Japan?
WASHINGTON — (CNN) A North Korean military unit tasked with striking US bases in Japan was involved in Monday’s launch of four ballistic missiles, according to state media KCNA. The missil...
Syndicated Author Mar 07, 2017

WATCH: Fed Court OKs Removal Of New Orleans Confederate Monuments
NEW ORLEANS — (CNN) New Orleans can remove three Confederate monuments that are displayed in prominent locations, a US federal court ruled on Monday. A lawsuit had been filed by three historic p...
Syndicated Author Mar 07, 2017

House GOP releases bill replacing Obamacare
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans have released their long-awaited bill dismantling much of former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. House committees planned votes on the legislat...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2017

Pope Francis Says: Put Down Your Cell Phone, Pick Up The Bible
ROME — (CNN) Are you following God on Twitter? If not, Pope Francis says you should be. In an address after his Angelus blessing Sunday at St. Peter’s Square, the Pope posed a question: Wh...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2017

Bodies To Fall At The Worldwide Leader Of Sports
BRISTOL, CT — (CNN) ESPN will lay off some of the personalities who appear on TV, radio and online. The cuts will only affect “talent” — not rank-and-file employees, according ...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Virginia Transgender Rights Case
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is handing a transgender teen’s case back to a lower court without reaching a decision.The justices said Monday they have opted not to decide whether fe...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2017

WATCH: FBI Urges Justice Dept. To Refute Trump Wiretapping Claims
WASHINGTON — (CNN) The FBI asked the Justice Department on Saturday to refute President Donald Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump’s phones...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2017
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