Category Archives: WMAL News Now

By Patrick Oppmann and Rene Marsh WASHINGTON — (CNN) When Jet Blue flight 387 touches down in Cuba on Wednesday, it will be the first direct commercial flight between the US and the island in ov...

By Ryan Browne WASHINGTON — (CNN) A top US general said Tuesday that ISIS fighters defied their leader’s orders to fight to the death in a recent battle, instead retreating to the north. G...

By Jackie Wattles WASHINGTON — (CNN) It pays to have a conscience. Just ask the person who landed a $22 million payday for helping federal regulators put an end to a “well-hidden” se...

By Moni Basu WASHINGTON — (CNN) They appear after shark attacks, marathons, earthquakes and even terrorist attacks like the one in Paris last year. And they have appeared en masse most recently ...

By Ahiza Garcia WASHINGTON — (CNN) The biggest names in tennis are competing for millions of dollars at the U.S. Open. But there’s another fierce contest on the courts — for the chan...

By Deena Zaru WASHINGTON — (CNN) Larry the Cable Guy said that while he is still on the fence about who he is voting for in November, he thinks Hillary Clinton “will be the end of the coun...

By Kevin Liptak WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama on Tuesday reduced the prison sentences of more than 100 Americans convicted of drug crimes, the second large batch of commutations this...

By Naomi Lim WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump Jr. defended his father’s immigration position Tuesday ahead of the Republican presidential candidate’s detailed policy speech this week,...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) ISIS spokesman Mohammad al-Adnani has been killed, the terror group’s Amaq news agency and a statement from the group said. His death marks the highest-profile killing y...

By Catherine TreyzWASHINGTON — (CNN) The US Department of Agriculture has temporarily closed six offices in five states after receiving several anonymous threats, USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick ...