Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Jury selection starts for Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK (AP) - The weekslong process of selecting a jury for the federal sex trafficking trial of financier Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend, a British socialite, began Thursday with a video introduct...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2021

SpaceX crew launch bumped to next week; astronaut on mend
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX's next crew flight is off until at least next week, as NASA debates whether to bring astronauts back from the International Space Station before launching their repl...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2021

American Girl Dolls, Risk, sand make it to Toy Hall of Fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - American Girl dolls and the strategy board game Risk were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday in recognition of their influence on the toy industry. Sand, wh...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2021

Youngkin, Northam pledge smooth power transition in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin met with outgoing Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday for a lunch with their wives at the executive mansion in Richmond, and in...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2021

Rittenhouse juror dismissed after joke about Blake shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A juror in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial was dismissed Thursday after a court security officer reported that the man told a joke about the police shooting of Jacob Bla...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2021

US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules iss...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2021

Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier is arrested
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Russian analyst who provided information for a dossier of research used during the Trump-Russia investigation was charged Thursday with lying to the FBI when questioned about his w...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2021

Yahoo pulls out of China, citing ‘challenging’ environment
HONG KONG (AP) - Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment.The withdrawal was largely symbolic, as many of the company's services wer...
Syndicated Author Nov 02, 2021

Indians begin removing scripted name from stadium scoreboard
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Indians began removing the team's scripted logo atop the giant scoreboard at Progressive Field on Tuesday as they transition their name to the Guardians.Crews started dismantling ...
Syndicated Author Nov 02, 2021

US panel urges kids 5-11 get COVID shots, final OK due soon
An influential advisory panel on Tuesday recommended kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, putting the U.S. on the brink of a major expansion of vaccinations. A final ...
Syndicated Author Nov 02, 2021
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