Category Archives: WMAL News Now

  WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Republicans say that Texas GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold won’t seek re-election next year. The lawmaker is under pressure from sexual misconduct allegations that s...

  BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Rupert Murdoch says selling much of the 21st Century Fox entertainment businesses to Disney allows what remains of his family’s business to focus on American ...

 (CNN) — Omarosa Manigault Newman, the White House aide whose resignation was announced on Wednesday, denied reports that she left the White House after a dramatic confrontation with White ...

WASHINGTON — Arctic temperatures are continuing to rise while sea ice declines, a new report has found, with the region showing no sign of returning to its “reliably frozen” state. T...

WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill promise they won’t shut down the government on December 22 when funding lapses, but how will they pull it off with just a handful of legislative da...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Teen drinking, smoking and drug use overall are stable, but the percentage of teens using marijuana is increasing, according to a new report from the University of Michigan’...

LAS VEGAS — More than two months have passed since 58 country music fans were gunned down in the Las Vegas massacre, and survivors as well as victims’ families are still searching for some...

NEW YORK — PBS has suspended distribution of “Tavis Smiley” amid “troubling allegations” against the news show’s namesake host. The organization said Wednesday that...

Cleveland, OH — Bon Jovi, The Cars, Dire Straits, The Moody Blues, and Nina Simone are the 2018 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday. Gospel pion...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on a controversial plan to repeal Obama-era net neutrality protections. The repeal is expected to ...