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Montgomery County Council Calls On General Assembly To Replace State Song
WMAL.com.WASHINGTON (WMAL) - The Montgomery County Council introduced a resolution Tuesday to urge the Maryland General Assembly to replace Maryland's State Song, "Maryland My Maryland," and discourag...
Jul 14, 2020
Plan: Richmond’s Lee Statue Would Be Cut Apart, Reassembled Elsewhere
RICHMOND, Va. - The state of Virginia plans to remove the large statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Richmond's Monument Avenue by cutting it into three sections and then reassembling it elsewh...
Jul 13, 2020
Washington’s NFL Team Drops ‘Redskins’ Name After 87 Years
WASHINGTON - The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it is dropping the "Redskins" name and Indian head logo, bowing to recent pressure from sponsors and decades of criticism that they are offen...
Jul 13, 2020
2 Arrested, 2 Wanted After 11-Year-Old Was Killed In DC On July Fourth
WASHINGTON - Two men have been arrested and two others are wanted in connection with the killing of an 11-year-old boy who was shot during a Fourth of July cookout in Washington, police said Friday. T...
Jul 10, 2020
MCPD: Woman Charged with First-Degree Murder, Admits To Starving Young Daughter
Juan Herrera WMAL.com. WASHINGTON (WMAL) - Montgomery County police announced on Thursday that Kiearra Tolson, 23, was charged with the first-degree murder of her 15-month-old daughter. According to a...
Jul 09, 2020
Crews Continue Work To Remove Richmond’s Confederate Statues
RICHMOND, Va. - Work crews were back at work Thursday removing Confederate monuments from Virginia's capital city, a process that began last week after Mayor Levar Stoney ordered all city-owned Confed...
Jul 09, 2020
Virginia Eliminates Huge Backlog Of Untested Rape Kits
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia has eliminated a backlog of thousands of untested rape kits, becoming only the seventh state in the country to do so, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said Wednesday.Her...
Jul 08, 2020
Richmond Removes Statue Of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
RICHMOND, Va. - Work crews have taken down a monument to Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, the third major statue to be cleared away in less than a week as the Confederacy's former capital rushes to rem...
Jul 07, 2020
Nationals, Astros Cancel Workouts Because Of Testing Delays
WASHINGTON - Baseball's two World Series finalists canceled workouts Monday because of COVID-19 testing delays that one executive worried could endanger the baseball season. The defending champion Was...
Jul 06, 2020
Gun Sales In Virginia Reached Historic Levels In June
RICHMOND, Va. - Sales of firearms in Virginia soared to historic levels last month. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Sunday that the rise in purchases is happening amidst the uncertainty of the co...
Jul 06, 2020
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