Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Border Wall Challenge
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that rejected environmental groups' challenge to sections of wall the Trump administration is building along the U.S. border with Mexico.T...
Syndicated Author Jun 29, 2020

Gilead’s $2,340 Price For Coronavirus Drug Draws Criticism
The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the ...
Syndicated Author Jun 29, 2020

Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost ...
Syndicated Author Jun 29, 2020

Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Clinic Law
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justic...
Syndicated Author Jun 29, 2020

PETA Alleges Neglect By Zoo From Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’
WYNNEWOOD, Okla. - Federal officials are investigating an Oklahoma zoo made famous in Netflix's "Tiger King" series after an animal rights group accused it of neglect. People for the Ethical Treatment...
Syndicated Author Jun 26, 2020

2 Dead, 1 Hurt In Illinois Warehouse Shooting; Suspect Dead
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Two employees were killed and another was critically injured Friday morning at a warehouse in central Illinois, all apparently shot by a coworker who was found fatally shot in his ...
Syndicated Author Jun 26, 2020

Trump Administration To Give Congress Full Virus Loan Data
WASHINGTON - After prodding from Democratic lawmakers, the Trump administration has agreed to give Congress - but not the public - complete data on the millions of small businesses that received loans...
Syndicated Author Jun 26, 2020

Facebook To Label All Rule-Breaking Posts – Even The President’s
OAKLAND, Calif. - Facebook says it will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to ta...
Syndicated Author Jun 26, 2020

House Adopts Bill To Make DC 51st State; Senate GOP Opposes
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Friday to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensur...
Syndicated Author Jun 26, 2020

Council Advances Plan To Dismantle Minneapolis Police Dept
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a radical proposal to change the city charter that would allow the police department to be dismantled, following mass public c...
Syndicated Author Jun 26, 2020
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