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After Budget Battle and Police Station Debacle, Can Officials in Prince George’s Work Together?
https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/07/thu-am-stv-pg-anger-2.mp3Steve BurnsWMAL.comUPPER MARLBORO — (WMAL) The political finger-pointing keeps coming in Prince George’s ...
Jul 30, 2015
WATCH: UVA Fraternity Members Sue Magazine Over Gang Rape Story
NEW YORK — (CNN) Three members of a University of Virginia fraternity sued Rolling Stone magazine Wednesday for a discredited story accusing frat members of gang raping a woman.The suit also nam...
Jul 30, 2015
Leesburg Town Council Votes to Expand Courthouse
https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/07/WED-PM-Leesburg-Demolition-Wrap-2.mp3Heather Curtis and Daniela BersonWMAL.comLEESBURG — (WMAL) The Leesburg Town Council voted 6-1 on T...
Jul 29, 2015
Chicken Wing Eating Contest Comes to Georgetown
Daniela BersonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Safeway supermarket in Georgetown is holding a chicken wing eating contest in honor of National Chicken Wing Day.A group of competitive eaters from ...
Jul 29, 2015
George Washington University is Ditching SATs
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Bombed the SAT? It doesn’t matter, if you’re applying to George Washington University.The college just became one of the largest and most prestigious to make stand...
Jul 28, 2015
Larry Hogan Shares Post-Chemo Picture
Daniela BersonWMAL.comANAPOLIS — (WMAL) Maryland Governor Larry Hogan came out of chemotherapy treatment in good spirits on Tuesday, sharing a photo on Facebook without his hair.He called his ne...
Jul 28, 2015
Smithsonian Raises $550,000 to Preserve Neil Armstrong Space Suit
WASHINGTON — (CNN) The 46 years since Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon have not lessened the sense of wonder of that that moment. But the decades have deteriorated Armstrong’s iconic spa...
Jul 28, 2015
LISTEN: A New Tactic For Martin O’Malley – Criticizing Clinton By Name
https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/07/OMalley-on-Clinton-for-web.mp3CONCORD, NH — (CNN) Martin O’Malley did something new on Monday: He used Hillary Clinton’...
Jul 28, 2015
Newly Released Email Shows Baltimore Officials Ill-Prepared To Handle Riots
BALTIMORE — (CNN) Baltimore leaders knew that protests could erupt the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral, but were ill-equipped to handle the riots that followed.Those are some of the details ...
Jul 28, 2015
Korean Couple Stabbed at Religious Retreat in Urbana
Daniela BersonWMAL.comURBANA, MD — (WMAL) One person is dead and another is severely wounded after a stabbing attack in Frederick County.A Korean couple was attacked by a man wielding a kitchen ...
Jul 27, 2015
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