Category Archives: WMAL News Now

UNDATED (AP) – Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the countr...

WASHINGTON — One in 59 US children has autism, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The new estimate is a prevalence rate of 1.7%, up from one in ever...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the "Cosby Show" star of...

WASHINGTON (AP) -The Senate has narrowly confirmed Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state. The outgoing CIA director secured support from 57 senators, with 42 voting no and one senator absent. It's one ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Avicii's family has released a second statement about their late son this week, saying the famed DJ "could not go on any longer" and that "he wanted to find peace." The Grammy-nominate...

NEW YORK — Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass thinks demand for oil is about to go up. “Crude is going to go from a glut to a shortage in the next two years,” Bass, the founder and chief i...

BOSTON (AP) - Boston has approved a plan to change the name of Yawkey Way, the street outside Fenway Park named in honor of a former Red Sox owner some have said was racist. The city's Public Improvem...

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation to protect the special counsel from being fired, a rare bipartisan step that sends a warning signal to President Dona...

WASHINGTON — Two women are accusing Larry Nassar’s former boss at Michigan State University of sexually abusing them under the guise of performing a medical procedure, according to a motio...

DETROIT — Car buyers these days love SUVs. They don’t, however, love actual cars like hatchbacks and sedans –as Ford has learned.Ford said on Wednesday the only passenger car models ...