Category Archives: Local News

RICMOND, Va. – A Virginia school board is seeking to convince an appeals court that its transgender bathroom ban didn’t discriminate against former student Gavin Grimm. The Gloucester Coun...

RICHMOND, Va. – Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is joining a global law firm’s privacy and cybersecurity think tank. Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Tuesday that McAuliffe will be ...

WASHINGTON (WMAL) - Local groups across the District were eager to show their team spirit ahead of the Washington Nationals’ clash against the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the World Series on Tue...

FREDERICK, Md. – A Maryland teen accused in a deadly altercation at an agricultural fair has been charged with manslaughter. News outlets report the 15-year-old and his 16-year-old brother have ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - The body of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will lie in state in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office said in a news releas...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Funeral arrangements have been announced for a Maryland police officer who authorities say died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while on duty. A Montgomery County Police...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – The 7th District congressional seat held by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings will go unfilled until at least the beginning of 2020. Under Maryland law, G...

GREENBELT, Md. – A former Maryland state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to illegally using campaign funds for her personal benefit.Tawanna Gaines faces a sentence of up to 20 years, following her p...

BALTIMORE - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the powerful chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inqui...

WASHINGTON - Bottle of beer in hand, Ryan Zimmerman stood alone in the Nationals Park home clubhouse for a few moments, taking in the scene while his teammates celebrated reaching Washington's first W...