Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples' Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal hol...

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) - Two people were fatally shot Friday at a Maryland senior living facility just outside of Washington, D.C., and one suspect is in custody, police said.The shooting happened ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic has kept its grip on the economy, with many companies struggling to f...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is poised to sue government contractors and other companies who receive U.S. government grants if they fail to report breaches of their computer systems or mis...

ZURICH (AP) - President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual working meeting before year's end, according to a senior Biden administration official.The agreement for ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles leaders on Wednesday approved one of the nation's strictest vaccine mandates - a sweeping measure that requires the shots for everyone entering bars, restaurants, nail s...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -The NFL Players Association said Wednesday it sent a formal request to the league for information about Washington's practice facility being searched by federal authorities last wee...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A student opened fire inside a Dallas-area high school during a fight, injuring four people before he fled, authorities said Wednesday.The shooting happened at Timberview High ...

LONDON (AP) - The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine maintenance, the company said.Santosh Janardhan, Faceboo...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Two Maryland counties on either side of the Chesapeake Bay are calling for a new, bigger bridge between them.The Anne Arundel County Council passed a resolution 6-1 Monday night ...