Category Archives: Local News

Roger Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, has died. He was 93.CBS News says Mudd ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland will ease restrictions on restaurants and other businesses later this week, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday, citing improving COVID-19 health metrics and increasing vaccin...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia GOP appears to be headed back to the drawing board in its ongoing struggle to sort out how to choose its nominees for this year's statewide contests.After months of d...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Standardized tests for students in Maryland have been scaled back and pushed until this fall.The Washington Post reports that the tests had been planned for this spring.The decis...

Washington has informed Alex Smith the team is releasing the veteran quarterback, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of a...

Washington will not have cheerleaders for the first time since the NFL's longest-running cheerleading team was founded in 1962, with a coed dance team taking its place.The move is part of the organiza...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A second wave of nearly 100 midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy is going to move to a hotel because of a COVID-19 outbreak at the school.The Capital Gazette reported Tuesday t...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to expanding a state tax credit for low-income workers to include immigrants, including some living in the country illega...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a measure that would provide certain home health care workers paid sick leave.The final product was a compromise agreement that fe...

Many of Maryland's most populous districts are set to welcome some students back for in-person instruction Monday, marking the start of varying local plans in response to Gov. Larry Hogan's push to re...