Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Verizon sells internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5B
AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Wireless company Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the once-pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Managem...
Syndicated Author May 03, 2021

Alaska ends state COVID-19 disaster declaration
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday ended the state's COVID-19 disaster declaration, saying the state is in such a good position he doesn't need emergency powers bestowed by t...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Determined volunteers still search for missing capsized ship
COCODRIE, La. (AP) - The volunteers gather around a map, suntanned fingers tracing over the bayous, lakes and islands where they'll search. They talk about where they've already been and where they'll...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Disneyland reopens as California emerges from virus depths
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Disneyland reopened to excited visitors Friday, marking a dramatic turnaround in a state that was so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases just four months ago that patients were b...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Hold on! 240-pound fish, age 100, caught in Detroit River
DETROIT (AP) - Now that's a whopper - a very old whopper! A 240-pound (108.8 kilograms) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wi...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Judge: Case against McCloskeys won’t go back to grand jury
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A judge on Friday denied a defense request to return to a grand jury the case against a St. Louis couple accused of waving guns at racial injustice protesters last year. A St. Louis g...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Former reality TV star Josh Duggar faces child porn charges
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Former reality TV star Josh Duggar faces charges of downloading and possessing child pornography under a federal indictment unsealed Friday.Federal prosecutors announced the ...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

US closes in on 100 million Americans fully vaccinated
Disneyland reopened Friday and New York's mayor predicted the big city will be up and running again at full strength by July 1, as the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 closed in o...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

SD Governor plans to sue for fireworks at Mount Rushmore
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will take her effort to see fireworks shot over Mount Rushmore on Independence Day to federal court in a lawsuit against the National Parks Servi...
Syndicated Author Apr 30, 2021

Biden reaches 26.9 million–lowest since 1993 for yearly Presidential speech
NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 26.9 million people watched President Joe Biden's first address to Congress across 16 television networks, the smallest audience for the yearly presidential speech since a...
Syndicated Author Apr 29, 2021
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