Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal judge heard hours of arguments Thursday but did not immediately rule on whether to dismiss a lawsuit over the Virginia Senate's decision to censure conservative Amanda C...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - All Maryland residents 16 and over can now preregister for an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine at mass vaccination sites as the state prepares to broaden eligibility as th...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland Senate has advanced a far-reaching police reform measure already passed by the House of Delegates. Senators debated the bill late Wednesday night and into Thursday m...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of...

A player for the Washington Nationals tested positive for COVID-19, and four teammates and a staff member have been quarantined on the eve of the start of the regular season after contact tracing, gen...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a $3.7 billion deal Tuesday with Amtrak and CSX Transportation that officials say will break loose a major East Coast chokepoint and allow for...

Hereford High School senior Vita Shats had seen it weekly. The Confederate flag on T-shirts. The swastikas in bathrooms. She'd seen a fellow student with a Confederate flag on his belt, flaunting it i...

Virginia Beach police have turned over their investigation of an officer-involved shooting of a former college football player to Virginia State Police after the Black man's death amid a rash of weeke...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to open a community vaccination center in Prince George's County, Maryland officials announced Tuesday. The center will open at...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled his first slate of judicial nominees, a racially diverse and mostly female field that is a sharp departure from the largely white and male pic...