Category Archives: WMAL News Now

BET Announces Prince Tribute Lineup
WASHINGTON — (CNN) BET is trying to make good on its promise to show up the Billboard Music Awards’ Prince tribute. On Tuesday, which happens to be the late superstar’s birthd...
Syndicated Author Jun 07, 2016

Frito-Lay Recalls Rold Gold Products
WASHINGTON –(WMAL) Frito-Lay has issued a recall of several pretzel products due to an undeclared peanut allergen discovered in multiple Rold Gold batches. A Frito-Lay supplier recalled several ...
Syndicated Author Jun 07, 2016

Airbnb Host Banned for Denying Transgender Woman Room
Heather Kelly Airbnb’s discrimination woes are growing. The company is already being sued for ignoring racial discrimination. The suit claims Airbnb ignored reports from users who were refused a...
Syndicated Author Jun 07, 2016

4 detained after car bomb kills 11 in Istanbul
Gul Tuysuz, Euan McKirdy, and Tim Hume Four people have been detained in connection with a car bomb attack targeting a police bus that killed 11 people Tuesday in Istanbul, state media report. The bla...
Syndicated Author Jun 07, 2016

Tropical Storm Colin Hits Florida
Joe Sterling and Joshua Berlinger ATLANTA — (CNN) Tropical Storm Colin brought heavy rains and wind gusts as it made landfall early Tuesday in Florida. And there could be more rough weather to c...
Syndicated Author Jun 07, 2016

Charge For Man Shot Near White House By Secret Service
Washington — (CNN) The man who was shot by a Secret Service agent last month after allegedly brandishing a gun near the White House is facing a potentially long prison sentence.Jesse Olivi...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2016

‘Mona Lisa’ stays dry in Paris floods as Louvre shuts its doors
Jim Bittermann and Angela Dewan PARIS — (CNN) The “Mona Lisa” will stay dry on an upper floor in the Louvre as art museums in Paris scramble to protect their world-famous artworks fr...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2016

Mount Everest: Six confirmed dead as this year’s climbing season ends
Sugam Pokharel THE HIMALAYAS — (CNN) Six people died during this year’s climbing season on Mount Everest, officials said Friday. The body of Goutam Ghosh, an Indian mountain climber who we...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2016

This solar-powered TV brings global news to rural Africa
Sophie Morlin-Yron NAIROBI, KENYA — (CNN) In rural Kenya, people walk for miles in the blistering sun after work just to watch television in the nearest town. At 7pm, in the village restaurants,...
Syndicated Author Jun 03, 2016

Germany declares 1915 Armenian killings a “genocide”
Sheena McKenzie ATLANTA — (CNN) The German parliament has passed a symbolic resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as a “genocide.” The resolution wa...
Syndicated Author Jun 02, 2016
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