Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A Russian warship approached within 315 yards of a U.S. Navy warship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea earlier this month in what U.S. officials say was a series of unsafe mane...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Red Cross is apologizing after a poster depicting pool safety rules was circulated on Twitter and flamed for being “super racist.” The poster, which shows a cr...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Volkswagen’s deliberate cheating on emissions tests will cost it a record $14.7 billion. And that’s just the start of its problems. The settlement is only a prelim...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The overwhelming majority of Americans believe the economy is rigged. Seventy-one percent think the U.S. economic system is “rigged in favor of certain groups,” ac...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Readers of Politico awoke Tuesday morning to a story detailing the long-awaited findings of Republicans on the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Others read a version on the...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) One of the lead architects in Britain’s decision to leave the European Union said Tuesday the country should officially announce its departure from the post-war bloc ...

John Matthews WMAL.com FREDERICKSBURG, VA — (CNN) It may be an all-time newspaper blooper. The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star posted this headline in its Tuesday newsprint edition, “McAuli...

  Eric Gonzales McKINNEY, Texas — (CNN) The attorney for Dajerria Becton, who was forced face down at a McKinney pool party last year, says she is moving forward on two lawsuits even though...

Matt EganLONDON — (CNN) A record $3 trillion was wiped out from global markets on Friday and Monday.That means more money was vaporized as a result of the Brexit crash than in any previous two-d...

NEW YORK — (CNN) A top lieutenant to Ted Cruz is joining Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, filling a hole in its communications shop.Jason Miller, who guided communications and paid me...