Category Archives: WMAL News Now

BOSTON (AP) - Potential jurors stared intently at Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as jury selection in his federal death penalty trial began Monday under tight security. Tsarnaev, fl...

John Hinckley won't face charges in the death of former President Ronald Reagan's press secretary, James Brady — whose death last summer was ruled a homicide, even though it happened m...

(CNN) — The United States is hitting North Korea with a new set of economic sanctions after determining the country was behind last month's computer hack at Sony.The President has signed an...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians took the last formal step Friday to join to join the International Criminal Court, seeking to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel related to the recen...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Mario Cuomo had a loud and liberal voice that inspired a generation of politicians to turn to public service, and a story of humble beginnings that he wove into calls for soc...

SEATTLE (AP) — A year into the nation's experiment with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference many feared, but wi...

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — After nearly a week of searching for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, rescue teams battling monsoon rains had their most successful day yet on Friday, more tha...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hard to imagine Hillary Rodham Clinton not running for president again – and easy to image the result of such a decision: political chaos. "It would be sho...

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is kicking off the new year Hawaiian-style. Obama started Thursday snorkeling with his wife and daughters at a popular snorkeling spot outside of Honolulu,...

LONDON (AP) — Bono says he may never play guitar again due to injuries suffered in a New York City cycling accident. The U2 singer suffered multiple injuries, including fractures to his left eye...