Category Archives: Local News

WASHINGTON - The former attorney general of Virginia, whose name had been tossed around for months for an immigration role, will be joining the Trump administration, according to a White House officia...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – The Archdiocese of Washington is hoping to move forward past the clergy sexual abuse scandal with the help of a new leader. Atlanta Archbishop Wilton ...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – A teenager training to be a volunteer firefighter set fires instead, and Friday he learned his fate. A judge sentenced Tyree Torney, 19, to eight years ...

RIVERDALE, Md. – A missing Maryland teen has been found dead in a Riverdale creek, where authorities say she beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed with a machete by teens involved with MS-13. P...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – Commuting into the District’s already pricey when you factor in gas, tolls and parking, but it may get worse. The D.C. Council voted this week t...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – Virginia Railway Express riders are still finding themselves late for work in May even though fixes were made after major delays in April.On time perfor...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been sent to jail – again – for refusing to testify to a grand jury.A judge on Thursday ordered Manning back to t...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – The high profile killing of a Silver Spring man by a Montgomery County Police Officer prompts changes to investigations of fatal officer-involved shoo...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Gov. Larry Hogan says he’s agreeing to spend $255 million for extra education funding to begin implementing a plan to improve education in Maryland. But he’s express...

ARLINGTON, Va. – A state panel has unanimously approved a request from a northern Virginia county to rename a highway that currently honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.The Commonwealth...