Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he is against reparations for slavery in part because it would be hard to know whom to pay. The Kentucky Republican told reporters at his weekl...

SAN DIEGO - A century-old tree with a long trunk and bushy branches that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" has fallen in a coastal San Diego park....

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is not seeking conflict with Iran and its military buildup in the Persian Gulf is aimed entirely at deterring Iranian aggression and threats to U.S. interests and...

CHICAGO - Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren't a fluke.Obesity rates d...

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook already rules daily communication for more than two billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency, too.The social network unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday t...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is threatening to remove millions of people living in the country illegally on the eve of formally announcing his re-election bid.In a pair of tweets Monday night, ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - U.S. officials say the Pentagon is sending about 1,000 additional American troops to the Middle East, as commanders try to bolster security for forces and allies in the region from...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A 15-year-old Kansas boy got a large knife to the face, and doctors say he's extremely lucky. Jimmy Russell said her son, Eli Gregg, was playing Thursday evening outside of their h...

BOSTON - A Parkland school shooting survivor says Harvard University revoked his acceptance over racist comments he made online and in text messages about two years ago. Kyle Kashuv says the Ivy Leagu...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is easing previously announced cuts in hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Central American nations of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. But it says ...