Category Archives: Local News

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Amazon is asking Virginia for nearly $153 million in state incentive payments, which would be the first tranche of funds to be paid out since the tech giant agreed in 2018 to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is deciding whether women will face restrictions in getting a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit contin...

WASHINGTON (AP) - One man was killed and three other people were critically injured Tuesday in a shooting outside of a funeral for a homicide victim in the nation's capital, according to police.Metrop...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced Tuesday she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease but vowed to continue her work in Congress, saying, "I'm not going to le...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland General Assembly wrapped up its 90-day legislative session at midnight Monday.Here's a look at some of the legislation that lawmakers passed:ABORTIONLawmak...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Commanders have settled a lawsuit with the District of Columbia attorney general's office over fans' season-ticket deposit money.Attorney general Brian L. Schwalb...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Acting Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland Butler told lawmakers Monday he is committed to moving the agency "into a new era," as some senators have questioned whether so...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A new abortion provider is opening this year in Democratic-controlled Maryland - just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a ne...

DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) - Prosecutors plan next week to release the video that led authorities in Virginia to charge seven deputies and three state mental hospital employees with second-degree murder ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers are working to shift between $300 million and $400 million in the state budget to add more help to implement the state's K-12 education funding law, known as t...