Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Jeb Bush faces many challenges in his bid to become the Republican presidential nominee: a position on immigration that’s unpopular among many primary voters, a last nam...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Intelligence officials assigned to review emails from Hillary Clinton’s server for classified information have so far recommended that 305 documents be referred to agenc...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Traffic fatalities are up 14% so far in 2015, according to new data from the nonprofit National Safety Council.That puts the year on pace to be the deadliest for drivers since...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker can’t escape the divisive battles with union workers that have defined his tenure as governor — not even in Iowa.The Republican preside...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday he would have been blasted in the wake of the Bridgegate scandal if he had done the same as Hillary Clinton, and wiped a private ema...

JAKARTA — (CNN) Searchers struggling with rugged, densely forested terrain to reach debris that’s believed to be from an Indonesian airliner gave up Monday after bad weather made it imposs...

DES MOINES — (CNN) A helicopter landed here just after noon on Saturday, causing a short but violent windstorm. Large trees shivered; small ones bent nearly sideways. Dust swirled up from the pa...

DES MOINES — (CNN) It was Donald Trump’s show, but several other presidential contenders played major supporting roles through a surreal opening weekend at the Iowa State Fair. Here are fi...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) Thousands of firefighters battled raging flames fueled by extended drought and scorching heat in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and California. The wildfires left a trail of destr...

JOHANNESBURG — (CNN) After serving 10 months for shooting his girlfriend to death, paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be freed from prison and go into house arrest Friday. Pistorius was sent...