Category Archives: WMAL News Now

NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of low-level marijuana convictions could be erased with the OK of Brooklyn's top prosecutor, under a new plan for wiping records clean of offenses no longer being prosecut...

URBANA, Ill. - Former President Barack Obama says President Donald Trump is "a symptom, not a cause" of what's dividing the country. Obama says during a speech Friday at the University of Illinois tha...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday that he is pushing for "irrevocable progress" in efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons by the end of this year as h...

LONDON (AP) - Hackers obtained the credit card details of some 380,000 British Airways travelers during a two-week data breach this summer that leaves the customers vulnerable to financial fraud, the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - One after another, President Donald Trump's top lieutenants stepped forward to declare, "Not me." They lined up to deny writing an incendiary New York Times opinion piece that was pu...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - President Donald Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh's progress toward winning confirmation to the Supreme Court but decried the "anger and the meanness on the other side," blas...

NEW YORK - Twitter is permanently banning right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his "Infowars" show for abusive behavior. Twitter says Jones won't be able to create new accounts on Twitter or ...

AUSTIN, Texas - Democrat Beto O'Rourke's campaign says an "impostor" was behind a text message purportedly seeking volunteers to give people in the country illegally rides so they could cast votes dur...

NEW YORK - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that CBS chief Les Moonves is negotiating with independent directors of CBS' board for a possible exit. CBS has appointed two law firms to investigate M...

LOS ANGELES - The organization that bestows the Academy Awards says it is suspending plans to award a new Oscar for popular films at the 2019 ceremony amid widespread backlash to the idea. The Academy...