Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Trump in Iraq on First Visit to Troops in Troubled Region
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) - President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday, leaving behind a partially shuttered U.S. government to greet American troops helping hold off extre...
Syndicated Author Dec 26, 2018

A Strong Economy Translates Into Big Sales This Holiday
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans buoyed by a strong economy pushed holiday sales growth to a six-year high.Retail sales rose 5.1 percent between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 from a year ago, according to Mastercard Sp...
Syndicated Author Dec 26, 2018

US Home Price Growth Slowed In October
WASHINGTON - U.S. home price growth slowed in October, a likely consequence of higher mortgage rates having worsened affordability and causing sales to fall.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city ...
Syndicated Author Dec 26, 2018

Medical Checks Ordered After 2nd Detained Child Migrant Dies
HOUSTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the...
Syndicated Author Dec 26, 2018

US Judge Orders North Korea To Pay $500M In Student’s Death
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million on Monday in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly af...
Syndicated Author Dec 24, 2018

Ex-Disney Actor Charged With 6 Counts In Underage Sex Case
SALT LAKE CITY - Former Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been charged with six felony counts after authorities said he tried to have sex with a 13-year-old boy. Westmoreland, 48, was on th...
Syndicated Author Dec 24, 2018

Not Very Merry: US Stocks Plunge Before Christmas
President Donald Trump's attacks on the Federal Reserve spooked the stock market on Christmas Eve, and efforts by his Treasury secretary to calm investors' fears only seemed to make matters wor...
Syndicated Author Dec 24, 2018

Family Works For Months To Spread Holiday Cheer With Their Miniature Display
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio (WEWS) — Two months of work, 14 trains and 356 miniature houses. The Hoert family of Middleburg Heights calls it "Hollydays Village at the Hoert Resort." The elaborate d...
Syndicated Author Dec 24, 2018

Official: Trump Agrees To Visit Turkey In 2019, No Date Set
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish official says U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's invitation to visit the country that straddles Asia and Europe. Presiden...
Syndicated Author Dec 24, 2018

Firefighters Do Yard Work For Pearl Harbor Veteran
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN/KWBA) — Most law enforcement officials and first responders go above and beyond during calls everyday. But Saturday, the Tucson Fire Department did something extra. La...
Syndicated Author Dec 24, 2018
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