Category Archives: Local News
Virginia Republicans file suit over McAuliffe’s paperwork
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican Party of Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday asking the courts to remove Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe from the ballot for failing to sign an offici...
Aug 26, 2021
School board to pay ACLU’s legal costs over bathroom lawsuit
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union after the nonprofit spent six years representing a student who sued o...
Aug 26, 2021
Northam: More than 6K Afghan refugees arrive in Virginia
More than 6,000 Afghan refugees have arrived in Virginia and more are expected, Gov. Ralph Northam said Tuesday.Northam said he appreciates all of the humanitarian work being done in Virginia right no...
Aug 24, 2021
With pandemic a focus, McAuliffe urges vaccine mandates
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democrat Terry McAuliffe urged all Virginia employers on Monday to require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers who are eligible, sharpening a policy debate in the closely watch...
Aug 23, 2021
Internal probe says Ashli Babbitt’s death “was lawful and within department policy”
WASHINGTON (AP) - An officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as she began to climb through the broken part of a door leading into an area known as the Sp...
Aug 23, 2021
UVA: Students who didn’t meet vaccine mandate disenrolled
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - More than 200 University of Virginia students who didn't comply with the school's COVID-19 vaccine requirement have been disenrolled ahead of the fall semester.The school d...
Aug 20, 2021
Fairfax County Public Schools mandate vaccines or regular testing for employees
Heather CurtisWMAL.comThe Fairfax County Public School system's the latest in the D.C. metro area to mandate vaccines for teachers and other employees or regular testing. The deadline to get vaccinate...
Aug 20, 2021
Montgomery County Police: 1 of 4 shot outside recreation center dies
GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) - One of four people shot during a fight at a Maryland recreation center basketball court has died and a teen has been charged with murder, police said.Montgomery County police of...
Aug 19, 2021
DC military base locked down until armed man detained
WASHINGTON (AP) - A military base in the nation's capital was locked down for about two hours Friday, after an armed man ran onto the grounds during a local police investigation of gunshots on the str...
Aug 13, 2021
Greenbelt City Council votes to put question on reparations before voters in Nov.
Heather CurtisWMAL.comVoters in the city of Greenbelt will be asked in the 2021 city election whether they want to create a 21 member commission to review, discuss and make recommendations about local...
Aug 12, 2021
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