Category Archives: WMAL News Now

(NEW YORK) — It must be that soothing voice. Morgan Freeman has been voted the "Most Liked Celebrity" in the country for 2014. The 77-year-old Million Dollar Baby actor was the clear f...

(PESHAWAR, Pakistan) — At least one student survived Tuesday's tragic Taliban attack at a Pakistan school by playing dead, the BBC reported. Shireen Khalid Wadud told the BBC that her frien...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday took his most definitive step yet toward running for president, announcing plans to "actively explore" a campaign and f...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Robin Williams' suicide seared into the world's collective mindset more than anything else this year, based on what people were searching for on Google. The reacti...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Metro says train service has been restored on the blue, orange and silver lines between Farragut West and L'Enfant Plaza after a water main break flooded part of Metro Cen...

SYDNEY (AP) — Tearful Australians laid mounds of flowers at the site where two of 17 hostages were killed Tuesday when police swooped into a cafe to rescue them from a gunman — an Iranian-...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A top Pakistani official says that 84 students have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar.Pervez Khattak, the ch...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's easy for Congress to meddle with the District of Columbia's decision to legalize recreational use of marijuana, but taking on the states is a different matter.A ...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Robert Griffin III isn't done yet with the Washington Redskins.A fifth starting quarterback change this season — this one mandated by Colt McCoy's aggravated ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unhappy Republicans say Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has given President Barack Obama a present this holiday season – a gift certificate good for confirmation of 12 judicial ap...