Category Archives: Local News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A Maryland official who regulates tobacco is announcing a ban on disposable flavored electronic cigarettes in the state. Comptroller Peter Franchot said Monday federal regulations tha...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – MS-13 member Carlos Brizuela, 29, was sentenced Friday to 32 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release after he pleaded gui...

RICHMOND, Va. - Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are advancing legislation to ban the sale of assault weapons and the possession of high-capacity magazines despite fierce opposition from gun owners. A...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's capital city recorded a 10% increase in its homeless population during a winter survey, according to preliminary data from the count. The number of people sleeping in shelte...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Three Democratic state attorneys general are suing a U.S. government official, seeking to force him to recognize Virginia’s vote this week to ratify the Equal Rights A...

  WASHINGTON (AP) - There were questions about quid pro quos and whistleblowers, the Constitution and an unpublished book.Senators in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial posed dozens ...

McLEAN, Va. - A SWAT team officer shot and wounded a Virginia man who brandished an "assault style weapon" at authorities who were serving a drug-related search warrant Tuesday night, according to the...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Investigators didn't find any evidence of a fight between a Maryland police officer and the handcuffed man he is accused of fatally shooting in the front passenger seat of his patr...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A rehabilitation project on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge will be complete by this summer, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday.In addition to wrapping up work on the westbound right lane, ...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia House has approved legislation to undo Republican-backed restrictions on abortion. The new Democratic majority voted Tuesday to undo requirements that included a 24-hour w...