Category Archives: Local News

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – Some Poolesville residents say their 70-year-old high school isn’t cutting it anymore, so they want the county to build the community a new one....

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – Another federal judge has dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s plans to add a question to the 2020 census asking people to list their citi...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A judge has delayed the trial of a man charged with killing five people at a Maryland newspaper office. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Michael Wachs pushed back th...

By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP/WMAL) - Pope Francis on Thursday named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington D.C., choosing a moderate, and the first African-Americ...

NEW YORK - Six states and the District of Columbia sued the Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, saying it weakened nutritional standards in school breakfasts and lunches when it relaxed the requir...

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia lawmakers will take up Gov. Ralph Northam’s vetoes and suggested amendments during a one-day session. Northam’s proposals to be considered Wednesday include ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Baltimore's acting mayor told legislators Tuesday that the city "is in good hands" until the mayor decides whether to return after abruptly announcing a leave of absence to "focus on ...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – The cherry blossoms reached peak bloom Monday, and while they’re pretty, the crowds along the Tidal Basin aren’t. Luckily, there are other p...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – The driver of a tanker truck that overturned on the northbound lanes of the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway just south of the American Legion Bridge...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL)- A daycare worker tasked with taking care of people’s children violated them instead according to Fairfax County Police. “The arrest we are about ...