Category Archives: WMAL News Now

By Eugene ScottWASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump has spent the tail end of this holiday week continuing to have phone conversations with foreign leaders.The President-elect’s transition team...

By Andrew Carey and Laura Smith-SparkWASHINGTON — (CNN) Tens of thousands of residents of the Israeli port city of Haifa were allowed to return home Friday, as firefighters who have been battlin...

By Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON – Students in Montgomery County Public Schools have spoken out against the school system’s cell phone use policies, and the board of education has liste...

  NEW YORK — (CNN) There is an unspoken list of requirements for blockbuster holiday ads: Adorable children, a tender piano score, a moment of crystallizing melancholy and maybe a cute dog....

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Carrier Corp. in Indiana said Thursday that it’s had talks with the incoming administration hours after President-elect Donald Trump tweeted he is working to keep th...

EL SALVADOR — (CNN) A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Central America on Thursday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a depth of 10.3 kilometers (6.4 mile...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Kellyanne Conway publicly sounded alarm bells Thursday in a series of tweets highlighting the anger among President-elect Donald Trump’s base of supporters with Mitt Rom...

NIGERIA — (CNN) Nigerian security forces have killed at least 150 people in a series of attacks against the largely peaceful pro-Biafra secessionist movement, according to a report by Amnesty In...

 Joelle FredmanWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) With Thanksgiving here after just a few weeks after the election, going home to the family can seem like walking into a political debate.While the...

NEW YORK — (CNN) The package was delivered to the 10th-floor hospital room and addressed to Jadon and Anias McDonald, the twins born conjoined at the head whose separation surgery has inspired m...