Category Archives: Local News

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin each raised more than $11 million in the last two months, but Youngkin loaned his campaign an additional $...

EASTON, Md. (AP) - A Confederate monument is set to be moved from a courthouse lawn on Maryland's Eastern Shore after local officials voted Tuesday night to relocate it to a Virginia battleground.The ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A panel of Maryland lawmakers approved an emergency measure on Tuesday to require masks in K-12 schools to help stop the spread of COVID-19.The 10-7 vote by the General Assembly'...

Maria LeafWMAL.comWASHINGTON– The Virginia Department of Health says five Afghans who recently arrived in Virginia from Afghanistan have now been confirmed to have the measles. Cases have been d...

Arlington County Police Department9/11 at the PentagonLISTEN: Arlington County Fire Department Capt. Justin Tirelli shares his story of responding to the Pentagonhttps://www.wmal.com/wp-content/upload...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - A man who threatened to kill a member of Congress from Maryland over Republicans' claims of a rigged presidential election was sentenced on Thursday to serve eight consecutive...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland is authorizing COVID-19 booster shots for all residents 65 and older who live in congregate care settings, Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday.Residents in nursing homes, as...

Heather Curtis WMAL.comGov. Larry Hogan walked through debris littered streets of Annapolis and Edgewater on Thursday looking at buildings torn apart by a tornado on Wednesday afternoon that formed as...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin rolled out the most sweeping policy proposal of his campaign so far Monday, a so-called "day one game plan" that envisioned subst...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's highest court has agreed to take up the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison for his role in the 2002 sniper spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C...