Category Archives: WMAL News Now

 OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – A lawyer for a Canadian man recently freed with his American wife and children after years of being held hostage in Afghanistan says his client has been arrested and...

 BEL AIR, Md. (AP) – A man accused of fatally shooting three co-workers and wounding three other people has been indicted in Maryland.The Harford County State’s Attorney’s offic...

 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Sen. Al Franken has officially resigned from the Senate.The Minnesota Democrat formally resigned Tuesday afternoon. It comes nearly a month after he announced his pl...

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah says he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the U.S. Senate.Hatch, 83, says he’s always been a fighter...

WASHINGTON — Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain plans to return to Washington soon, sources close to the senator tell CNN.McCain was diagnosed with a brain tumor in July. In December, it was an...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. dollar started 2018 on the wrong foot, hitting its lowest point since mid-September.In fact, the greenback lost value for almost all of 2017. It plummeted despite factors t...

WASHINGTON — A US service member was killed on Monday in the Achin District of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, the US military said. The service member’s name is not being immediat...

Nashville, TN. — Carrie Underwood says a “gruesome” fall that left her injured last November was more severe than what has previously been made public. The country superstar broke he...

WASHINGTON — Gretchen Carlson, a vocal critic of the recently ousted leadership of the Miss America organization, has been named the new chairman of the group’s board of directors. Multipl...

PAKISTAN — Pakistan’s government held an emergency security meeting on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of “lies and deceit” in a New Year’s Day ...