Category Archives: WMAL News Now

By Ariane de VogueWASHINGTON — (CNN) Students returning to school this fall are likely to face some confusion as school boards struggle with the issue of access to bathrooms for transgender indi...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comhttps://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/08/Steve-Burns-for-web-VA-GOP-.mp3RICHMOND, Va. – (WMAL) In what could be considered a blow to more conservative, anti-e...

HILO, HAWAII — (CNN) A crew of intrepid astronauts has emerged after a year on Mars… kind of. Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome set in a Mars-like environment 8,200 feet (2,...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) Los Angeles Airport police have confirmed that reports of shots fired in the facility were a false alarm as the airport authority confirms that all terminals have been cleare...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Obama administration expects to reach its target of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees within this fiscal year — October 1 — as early as Monday, according to a ...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Donald Trump challenged Hillary Clinton Sunday to release “detailed medical records” and said he would have “no problem” releasing his own. “I thin...

By Jeremy Diamond and Dana Bash WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump’s campaign has hired a former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who was fired amid the Bridgegate scandal, a source...

By Susan Scutti WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Food and Drug Administration has recommended screening the entire US blood supply for the Zika virus, it announced today, noting that screening donated blo...

By Allie Malloy and Betsy Klein WASHINGTON — (CNN) Vice President Joe Biden announced Friday a $2.45 billion loan to Amtrak from the Department of Transportation, the largest loan in the departm...

By Patrick Gillespie WASHINGTON — (CNN) Janet Yellen is getting closer to raising interest rates. The Chair of the Federal Reserve signaled that a rate hike this year is still on the table. R...