Category Archives: WMAL News Now

ORLANDO, Fla. - A tropical storm that rapidly formed off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula has gained new strength and could become a dangerous Category 2 hurricane with an expected midweek strike on the Gul...

STOCKHOLM - Two American researchers have been awarded the Nobel Prize for economics for studying the interplay of climate change and technological innovation with economics. William Nordhaus of Yale ...

WASHINGTON - Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an internation...

NEW YORK - Therapy dogs can bring more than joy and comfort to hospitalized kids. They can also bring stubborn germs. Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore were suspicious that the dogs might...

WASHINGTON - The federal government is moving to take control of the Trump Tower condo of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. That property is one of several that Manafort agreed to forfeit ...

Vitamin D supplements do not improve bone mineral density or prevent fractures or falls in adults, finds a large study that advises health professionals to stop recommending the supplements to most pa...

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headed off to North Korea on Friday under pressure to produce tangible progress at persuading the country to get rid of its nuclear weapons as President Don...

WASHINGTON- The remaining undecided Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, says he will support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The West Virginia senator announced his decision moments after the remaining...

HOUSTON - Mattress Firm, Inc., the nation's largest mattress retailer, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, saying its rapid expansion of stores in recent years - with locations often very close...

DUBLIN – Folks in Ireland are more than just a little excited now that the nation’s first Krispy Kreme has opened. How excited? Well, more than 300 people were lined up at 7 a.m. at the do...