Category Archives: Local News

John MatthewsWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) It has yet to charge its customers a single penny to ride, but D.C.’s Streetcar program appears set to cost the city even more money than expected....

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia lawmaker held up an image of a hammer and sickle behind a freshman Democratic legislator affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America during a finance committe...

Steve Burns WMAL.com https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2018/02/27062626/tue-am-stv-dc-overruns.mp3 WASHINGTON – (WMAL) Consistent cost overruns on big projects like the new arena in Anacostia...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is seeking to block a subpoena issued in a federal lawsuit filed by 11 people injured during a violent clash between white natio...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A teacher's strike is keeping public schools closed for a third day in West Virginia. The state Department of Education's website shows all school districts are closed in all 55 co...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – Montgomery County is weighing in on a legal battle over union dues. This comes as an Illinois man will argue before the Supreme Court Monday that requ...

John Matthews WMALcom ROCKVILLE — The Valentine’s Day shootings that killed 17 people at a Parkland, Florida high school have prompted local school boards across the country to review thei...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House was on lockdown for about an hour Friday after a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier. The U.S. Secret Service tweeted that the vehicle "did not breach the sec...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Amnesty International has criticized the Washington Metro’s rejection of an ad campaign featuring depictions of U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Pu...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A Maryland sheriff has called for all county schools to have bulletproof doors, metal detectors and X-ray machines. The Capital reports Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ron Bate...