Category Archives: Local News

Daniela BersonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) After nine months of preparation and assembly, one of three new escalators at the Bethesda Metro Station is in service.The new addition is the second lo...

 CAPITOL HILL — (CNN) The sides facing off over the Iran nuclear deal are pulling out all the stops in an epic Capitol Hill battle.Anti-deal advocacy groups flush with cash are flooding con...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/07/child-murder-wrap-2.mp3 Heather Curtis WMAL.com GAITHERSBURG — (WMAL) The mother of a five-year-old was arrested and charged with first ...

Daniela BersonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Prince George’s County Fire Department will receive more than $3.5 million in federal funding through a U.S. Department of Homeland Security p...

BALTIMORE — (CNN) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday announced the closure of Baltimore City Jail, a men’s detention facility that has been plagued by scandals and corruption investigat...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON – (WMAL) The over budget and behind schedule Silver Spring Transit Center won’t be opening August 23, which was the target date set by Washington Metropo...

Daniela BersonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) The Kennedy Center is expanding with help from aerospace company Boeing.Boeing donated $20 million to help improve the performing arts center, a project...

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 ...

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...

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...