Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Summer Swelter: Persistent Heat Wave Breaks Records, Spirits
(AP) — From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer ...
Syndicated Author Jun 24, 2022

Settlement Would Forgive $6B for Defrauded College Students
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges, according to a propos...
Syndicated Author Jun 24, 2022

In Colorado, a GOP Rarity: An Abortion Rights Candidate
DENVER (AP) - Joe O'Dea stood before hundreds of social conservatives and uttered words they were unaccustomed to hearing from a Republican U.S. Senate candidate: "I know my position on abortion isn't...
Syndicated Author Jun 23, 2022

Supreme Court Limits Reach of Federal Gun Crime Law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the reach of a federal statute that requires stiff penalties for crimes involving a gun.The 7-2 decision united both conservative and l...
Syndicated Author Jun 22, 2022

Britt Wins Tumultuous Alabama Senate Race Scrambled by Trump
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Katie Britt won the Republican nomination for Senate in Alabama Tuesday, defeating six-term Rep. Mo Brooks in a primary runoff after former President Donald Trum...
Syndicated Author Jun 22, 2022

Biden to Call for 3-Month Suspension of Gas and Diesel Taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months - a move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump that also ...
Syndicated Author Jun 22, 2022

House Approves ‘Red Flag’ Gun Bill Unlikely to Pass Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved a "red flag" bill Thursday that would allow families, police and others to ask federal courts to order the removal of firearms from people at extreme risk of harmi...
Syndicated Author Jun 10, 2022

Poll Reveals Issues That Will Dictate 2022 Midterm Elections
A poll released by ABC News/ Ipsos found that the majority of Americans are most concerned about the economy, inflation and gas prices heading into this Fall's midterm elections. In what has been a di...
Syndicated Author Jun 06, 2022

Police: Tulsa Gunman Targeted Surgeon He Blamed for Pain
TEXAS (AP) – A gunman who killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa medical office blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after a recent back operation and bought an AR-style rifle...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2022

Mastriano Willing to Talk to Jan. 6 Committee, Spoke to FBI
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, has offered to sit for an interview with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2022
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