Category Archives: WMAL News Now

FLY THE FRIENDLY SKIES? Stuck Airline Passengers Spend Night In Unheated Military Barracks
CHICAGO — (CNN) A London-bound United Airlines flight from Chicago made an unexpected stop Friday night, providing some passengers with the layover from hell. According to data from the website ...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2015

WATCH: Search For Escaped Killers Goes Into 2nd Week; Accused Accomplice Goes To Court
DANNEMORA, NY — (CNN) Nine days and hundreds of tips later, the convicted killers are still out there. Despite the efforts of 800 law enforcement officials, popping open trucks, peering into car...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2015

WATCH: Two Teens Lose Limbs In Separate Shark Attacks On Same North Carolina Beach
OAK ISLAND, NC — (CNN) A 13-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy each lost an arm Sunday in separate shark attacks at the same North Carolina beach. Oak Island Mayor Betty Wallace told CNN that the...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2015

WATCH: Embattled NAACP Leader Cancels Meeting Scheduled To Discuss Her Racial Status
SPOKANE, WA — (CNN) The Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP postponed a Monday meeting where its leader, Rachel Dolezal, was expected to address accusations that she lied about her race. &...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2015

Voice of Apollo 11 Jack King Dies at 84
Cocoa Beach, Fla. (CNN) — Jack King, who as a launch commentator for NASA was the voice of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, died Thursday, the space agency said in a news release. He w...
Syndicated Author Jun 12, 2015

New Charges for Suspects in Boston Terror Plot
BOSTON — (CNN) Federal prosecutors announced new charges Friday against two men accused in the Boston terror attack plot foiled last week when officers killed suspect Usaamah Rahim.David Wright ...
Syndicated Author Jun 12, 2015

WATCH: Naked Tourists Blamed for Malaysia Earthquake Fined, Released
KUALA LUMPUR - (CNN) Four foreign hikers who posed naked on Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia were freed Friday after they were fined and sentenced to time served.The backpackers — from Britain, Canada...
Syndicated Author Jun 12, 2015

WATCH: Race of Spokane’s NAACP Leader Under Question
SPOKANE, Wa. (CNN) — The race of one of the most prominent faces in Spokane, Washington’s black community is under question after her estranged mother claimed she is white but is “be...
Syndicated Author Jun 12, 2015

NY Escaped Killers: Prison Employee Helped in Jailbreak, Husband Under Investigation
DANNEMORA, NY — (CNN) A married couple employed at an upstate New York maximum-security prison may have aided a pair of convicted murderers before their brazen escape, authorities said Friday.Pr...
Syndicated Author Jun 12, 2015

WATCH: U.S. Could Establish More Bases on Front Lines in Iraq
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said Thursday that the U.S. military strategy in Iraq could require opening multiple bases near the front lines of ba...
Syndicated Author Jun 11, 2015
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