Category Archives: Local News
Liberty sues Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking millions in damages
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Liberty University has filed a civil lawsuit against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking millions in damages after the two parted ways acrimoniously last year.The Associ...
Apr 16, 2021
Lawsuit filed over delays at Virginia Employment Commission
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Five women are suing the leader of the Virginia agency that handles unemployment benefits, alleging "gross failures" to provide needed help as required by law amid the coronavirus...
Apr 15, 2021
DC Police Searching For Woman Following Shooting Near The National Cathedral
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) – A road rage incident near the National Cathedral ended up with a man being struck in the head with a bullet – one of several fired by a woman in a dark blue cou...
Apr 15, 2021
Prosecutors: No charges for officer in Capitol riot shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors will not charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. ...
Apr 14, 2021
Northam endorses predecessor McAuliffe for Virginia governor
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that he is backing Terry McAuliffe in the race to succeed him, handing his predecessor one of the contest's most coveted ...
Apr 08, 2021
Officials: Petty officer shot 2 sailors, then killed on base
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two U.S. Navy sailors at a Maryland business park Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where he was shot and killed, police and U.S. ...
Apr 06, 2021
5 Democrats running for Virginia governor to meet for debate
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The five Democrats seeking the party's nomination for Virginia governor are set to meet for the first televised debate of the primary season. Former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, Del...
Apr 06, 2021
Authorities: Navy medic shoots 2, is shot and killed on base
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland business park Tuesday, then fled to a nearby military base where he was shot and killed, police and U.S. Navy of...
Apr 06, 2021
Latest attack pushes US Capitol Police further toward crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Capitol Police are struggling.One officer was killed and another injured when a driver slammed into them at a barricade Friday afternoon. The attack comes after officers wer...
Apr 05, 2021
Maryland audit faults procurement of 500K virus tests
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's administration failed to follow state procurement regulations when it bought 500,000 COVID-19 tests from a South Korean company last year, and the fir...
Apr 02, 2021
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