Category Archives: Local News

WATCH: Hung Jury In Freddie Gray Case A ‘Major Setback’ For Prosecutors
BALTIMORE — (CNN) CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has a term for where he thinks the prosecution in the case of Baltimore police Officer William Porter is right now. “Up a creek,...
Syndicated Author Dec 17, 2015

Nearly $400 Million Federal Dollars Earmarked for New FBI Headquarters
Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) Construction of a new FBI headquarters took a huge step forward Wednesday. Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, who serves as vice chairwoman of the Senat...
Syndicated Author Dec 16, 2015

LISTEN: Public Pushes Back On Plan To Build Basketball Arena At St. E’s
https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/12/Nikki-for-web-Mystics.mp3 Nicole Raz WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) — The DC Council is accepting testimony until the end of the year on the...
Syndicated Author Dec 16, 2015

Congressional Leaders Reach Deal On Spending Bill – But Will It Pass?
WASHINGTON — (CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan told Republican lawmakers Tuesday that congressional leaders reached an agreement on a massive $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government through Septem...
Syndicated Author Dec 16, 2015

WATCH: Deadlocked Jury In Freddie Gray Death Case Set To Try Again
BALTIMORE — (CNN) When the jurors in the trial of William Porter went to bed Tuesday night, they were deadlocked over the fate of the Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gra...
Syndicated Author Dec 16, 2015

Tensions High Over a Gun Store Near an Elementary School in Fairfax After Gun Burglary
https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/12/Guns.mp3Nicole RazWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) There was already tension around Nova Firearms opening a location just a three-minute walk...
Syndicated Author Dec 15, 2015

LISTEN: Heavy Traffic Expected For Montgomery Officer’s Funeral
https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/12/Nikki-for-web-cop-funeral.mp3Nicole RazWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) — There may be more traffic than usual midday Tuesday in the Gaithersbu...
Syndicated Author Dec 15, 2015

WATCH: Maryland Man Charged With Trying To Help ISIS
BALTIMORE — (CNN) A Maryland man has been accused of receiving almost $9,000 to finance a terrorist attack in the United States, the FBI said Monday in a criminal complaint.Mohamed Elshinawy, 30...
Syndicated Author Dec 15, 2015

WATCH: Baltimore On Edge As Cop’s Fate Is Decided
BALTIMORE — (CNN) Charm City braced for possible unrest as jurors began deliberations in the first of six trails related to the death of Freddie Gray, who died after suffering a spinal cord inju...
Syndicated Author Dec 15, 2015

Pelosi, Ryan Are In A Showdown To Avert A Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Congress is again staring at a deadline — the government will shut down if it doesn’t pass a spending bill by Wednesday at midnight. But again deep divisions over ...
Syndicated Author Dec 14, 2015
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