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Heather CurtisWMAL.comSome good news for cooped up Washingtonians and struggling businesses in the District. Phase 2 COVID-19 restrictions will be loosened on May 1 as the city’s daily case rate...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A judge on Friday placed the prosecution of two U.S. Park Police officers accused of fatally shooting an unarmed motorist in Virginia under federal jurisdiction.State and local ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation's capital the 51st state...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Demand for COVID-19 vaccine in Maryland remains high, but Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday the state is needing to get more creative to use all of its vaccine supply.Maryland has ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced a plan Monday to help downtown Baltimore by relocating about 3,300 state employees to the city's central business district.The state will move 700 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Ralph Northam urged Virginians to continue getting vaccinated against the coronavirus Monday, a day after the state opened up eligibility for a shot to everyone 16 and older....

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democratic former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has a commanding lead in fundraising as he seeks another term in the governor's mansion, according to campaign finance reports file...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Liberty University has filed a civil lawsuit against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking millions in damages after the two parted ways acrimoniously last year.The Associ...

WASHINGTON — (WMAL) – A road rage incident near the National Cathedral ended up with a man being struck in the head with a bullet – one of several fired by a woman in a dark blue cou...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors will not charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. ...