Category Archives: WMAL News Now

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ten people aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship approaching New Orleans have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Saturday night.The Norwegian Breakaway had departed New Orle...

A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures.Drugstores are normally busy this time of ...

MOSCOW (AP) - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak in a video call Tuesday as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukra...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A three-judge panel overseeing a recount in a close Virginia Beach state House race upheld the Republican candidate's victory on Friday, a decision that also reaffirms the G...

WASHINGTON (AP) - America's employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding 210,000 jobs, the lowest monthly gain in nearly a year.But Friday's report from the Labor Department also show...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alec Baldwin told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing Thursday that he did not pull the trigger on a prop gun he was holding on a New Mexico film set when it went off, k...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Many parts of the country were hit by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages in November, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.In a survey of business conditions around the c...

CHICAGO (AP) - A man who worked with Jussie Smollett testified Wednesday that the former "Empire" actor recruited him and his brother to fake a homophobic and racist attack on him in downtown Chicago ...

OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder and terrorism for a shooting that killed four fellow students and injured others at a Michigan high school, authorities said Wed...

ATLANTA (AP) - Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation's first Black woman governor.Witho...