Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Amazon has halted the sale of almost every model of “hoverboards.” The company had a huge selection of the self-balancing scooters up until last Friday when it rem...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has denied Pete Rose’s request for reinstatement, the league announced Monday. MLB said Rose, 74, was informed of Manfred&...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face a military court on charges of desertion and endangering fellow soldiers, the U.S. Army announced Monday. Gen. Robert Abrams, the comman...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) One of the Navy’s newest ships had to be towed more than 40 miles to port after it broke down Friday less than a month after it was commissioned into service. The littor...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Christmas thieves steal gifts at gunpoint. The gifts were for sick children. The charity organizer is devastated because the robbery comes just days before their big holiday p...

DES MOINES — (CNN) Iowa’s top executive became the longest-serving governor in American history on Monday — and the 2016 GOP field took note less than 50 days before the key state vo...

SEATTLE — (CNN) Seattle’s city council is voting Monday on a proposal that would allow Uber drivers to unionize.The proposal would apply to all taxi drivers in Seattle, including for-hire ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The U.S. ban on exporting oil may not live to see its 40th birthday.There’s growing momentum to kill the restriction and a deal could be reached before the end of the ye...

DES MOINES — (CNN) Twitter appears to be the political weapon of choice for the two leading Republican presidential candidates. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Sunday engaged in their third straigh...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) On the day the federal government is due to run out of money, Congress did what it does best — punted the deadline for a few more days to avoid a shutdown. Negotiators c...