Two extravagant comedies, "Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel," dominated nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards with nine nods each, while "Boyhood" remained… Read more
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WATCH: Even As Gas Prices Tumble, Lawmakers Downplay Efforts To Increase Gas Taxes
The new Republican-controlled Congress is facing an old problem: where to find the money for highway and transit programs.With gasoline prices at their lowest in years when th…… Read more
WATCH: Mexico To Issue Birth Certificates To Mexicans Living Here As A Hedge Against Deportation
The Mexican government on Thursday will start issuing birth certificates to its citizens at consulates in the United States, seeking to make it easier for them to apply fo…… Read more
NEW DETAILS: FBI Says Ohio Man Plotted To Blow Up Capitol, Kill Lawmakers
A 20-year-old Ohio man's Twitter posts sympathizing with Islamic terrorists led to an undercover FBI operation and the man's arrest on charges that he plotted to blow u…… Read more
Europe’s Muslims Feel Heat of Backlash After Paris Terror
Firebombs and pig heads thrown into mosques. Veiled women subjected to insults in the street. The Internet awash with threats against Muslims. Europe's Muslims are feeling the heat of a fierce ba… Read more
Ohio Man Plotted Attack on U.S. Capitol, FBI Says
The FBI has arrested an Ohio man who was allegedly plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol, according to a law enforcement official and a complaint filed in Ohio.… Read more
Accidental Fire, Explosion at Strip Mall in Falls Church Injures Three
A fire marshal has found that an explosion that hurt three people at a northern Virginia shopping center was accidental.… Read more
Ohio Bartender Accused of Threatening to Kill John Boehner
House Speaker John Boehner returned to the Capitol on Wednesday without commenting to reporters after disclosures that a bartender at a country club near his Ohio home is charged with threatening to k… Read more
WATCH: Prison Bus Strikes Freight Train in West Texas Killing At Least 10 People
At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in West Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing train, a county sher… Read more
WATCH: Yemen’s Al Qaida Branch Claims Paris Attack, Vows More Violence
Yemen's al-Qaida branch on Wednesday confirmed it carried out last week's deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper to avenge cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, as it called for u… Read more
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Category Archives: WMAL News Now
WATCH: ‘Birdman,’ ‘Budapest Hotel’ Top Oscar Nominations, Others Missed the Cut
Two extravagant comedies, "Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel," dominated nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards with nine nods each, while "Boyhood" remained… Continue Reading
WATCH: Even As Gas Prices Tumble, Lawmakers Downplay Efforts To Increase Gas Taxes
The new Republican-controlled Congress is facing an old problem: where to find the money for highway and transit programs.With gasoline prices at their lowest in years when th…… Continue Reading
WATCH: Mexico To Issue Birth Certificates To Mexicans Living Here As A Hedge Against Deportation
The Mexican government on Thursday will start issuing birth certificates to its citizens at consulates in the United States, seeking to make it easier for them to apply fo…… Continue Reading
NEW DETAILS: FBI Says Ohio Man Plotted To Blow Up Capitol, Kill Lawmakers
A 20-year-old Ohio man's Twitter posts sympathizing with Islamic terrorists led to an undercover FBI operation and the man's arrest on charges that he plotted to blow u…… Continue Reading
Europe’s Muslims Feel Heat of Backlash After Paris Terror
Firebombs and pig heads thrown into mosques. Veiled women subjected to insults in the street. The Internet awash with threats against Muslims. Europe's Muslims are feeling the heat of a fierce ba… Continue Reading
Ohio Man Plotted Attack on U.S. Capitol, FBI Says
The FBI has arrested an Ohio man who was allegedly plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol, according to a law enforcement official and a complaint filed in Ohio.… Continue Reading
Accidental Fire, Explosion at Strip Mall in Falls Church Injures Three
A fire marshal has found that an explosion that hurt three people at a northern Virginia shopping center was accidental.… Continue Reading
Ohio Bartender Accused of Threatening to Kill John Boehner
House Speaker John Boehner returned to the Capitol on Wednesday without commenting to reporters after disclosures that a bartender at a country club near his Ohio home is charged with threatening to k… Continue Reading
WATCH: Prison Bus Strikes Freight Train in West Texas Killing At Least 10 People
At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in West Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing train, a county sher… Continue Reading
WATCH: Yemen’s Al Qaida Branch Claims Paris Attack, Vows More Violence
Yemen's al-Qaida branch on Wednesday confirmed it carried out last week's deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper to avenge cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, as it called for u… Continue Reading