Category Archives: Local News

GREENBELT, Md. (AP/WMAL) – A former Catholic schools administrator is charged in a scheme to embezzle more than $500,000 from the Archdiocese of Washington according to the United States Attorne...

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 3 hours before the start of what many expect to be his last game at Nationals Park as a member of the Washington Nationals, Bryce Harper stood at his locker and let his eye...

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - An Army staff sergeant is facing possible execution after being convicted of capital murder in the deaths of his wife and a police officer who responded to the woman's 911 call.A ...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comhttps://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2018/09/26164436/WED-PM-DC-Speed-Cams-Wrap-1.mp3WASHINGTON (WMAL) – A record 1 million speed camera tickets were issued in the District...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he will sign a spending bill to avert a looming government shutdown set to begin Monday.Speaking at the United Nations, Trump told reporters Wednesd...

John Matthews WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Protest by video projector has really become a thing in Washington. Imitating a method adopted by demonstrators outside D.C.’s Trump Internationa...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - New gun-control laws are taking effect in Maryland next week, and some state lawmakers already are talking about strengthening them in the next legislative session after high-pro...

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia and the Army Corps of Engineers have finalized an agreement to build a 500-foot jetty on Tangier Island to help protect a navigation channel and harbor.Gov. Ralph Northa...

(CNN) — A 74-year-old man has been discovered alive five days after his senior living apartment complex in Washington, DC, caught fire — but nobody knew he was missing. “The resident...

LANDOVER, Md. - A week removed from what he called "an embarrassment," Adrian Peterson turned in his first 100-yard game in more than 10 months.Peterson ran for 120 yards and a pair of 2-yard scores, ...