Category Archives: Local News

Steve BurnsWMAL.comWASHINGTON – (WMAL) Like San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston before it, D.C. is now proposing a ban on smokeless tobacco products in its sports venues, Nats Park included. L...

Steve Burns WMAL.com ARLINGTON – (WMAL) Public comments can start rolling in today on what commuters would like out of expanded transit options coming to the I-66 Corridor. Tolls are set to be i...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) For the second time in four days, the Washington Monument is closed following an elevator malfunction. There was an interruption in service at the 490-foot level on Friday aft...

Dave SweetWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) The gunman responsible for the murder of Virginia State Trooper Chad Dermyer had 143 unused rounds of ammunition in his possession when state troopers shot ...

ASHBURN, VA (CNN) — The CIA “inadvertently” left “explosive training material” on a school bus after a training exercise.Not exactly welcome news for parents.Though it &#...

Bridget Reed Morawski WASHINGTON (WMAL) — This years’ crop of stinkbugs will be lighter than usual, according to local entomologists. Dr. Michael Raupp, an entomologist with the University...

Kendra Yoshinaga WASHINGTON (WMAL)– A petition calling for American University to revise its sexual assault response policies has gained more than 73,000 signatures. The petition comes after a s...

RICHMOND — (CNN) A man pulled a gun and shot a Virginia State Police trooper during a training exercise at a Greyhound bus station in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday. Both the trooper and the su...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/03/THU-PM-BILL-GEORGETOWN.mp3 Bill Thompson and Kendra Yoshinaga WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL)– D.C.’s Alcohol Licensing Board will end ...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will need more than a billion dollars a year in additional funding to restore and maintain the Metror...