Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Hillary Clinton is facing new criticism of her family’s wealth and financial entanglements a week after she released financial records that omitted a company Bill Clinto...

NEW YORK — (CNN) It goes by the name flakka. In some parts of the country, it is also called “gravel” because of its white crystal chunks that have been compared to aquarium gravel. ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a request from Justice Department lawyers to allow President Barack Obama’s controversial immigration actions to go into effect...

WASHINGTON (WMAL) — A regular at a D.C. restaurant left staff with a shock, and a $2,000 tip.The anonymous guest visited Blue 44 on Memorial Day because the executive chef James Turner had plann...

TEHRAN (CNN) — Iran’s trial of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian began in Tehran on Tuesday under a cloak of secrecy and international condemnation.Rezaian’s mother Mary an...

Alex BeallWMAL.comSTERLING (WMAL) — A Virginia agency is investigating last Thursday’s rock blast in Sterling, which originated in a quarry. The fly rock from the blast injured one person ...

SHANGHAI — (CNN) Wealthy Chinese are getting even richer really fast.A new billionaire was created almost every week in China in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report by UBS and Price...

BAGHDAD — (CNN) Iraq forces have launched a major military operation to liberate Iraq’s Anbar and Salaheddin provinces from ISIS, Iraqi state media and a key Shia militia group said Tuesda...

John MatthewsWMAL.comSILVER SPRING — (WMAL) Score one for “Free-Range Parenting.”A Silver Spring couple under watch for possible child neglect because their children were allowed to ...

AUSTIN, TX — (CNN) Deluge.That’s the best way to describe the nightmare Houston residents coped with Tuesday, after over 11 inches of rain fell in some spots overnight and into the next da...