Category Archives: Local News

Grace Palo WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser plans on signing new anti-tobacco laws that will increase the smoking age to 21 and regulate electronic cigarettes like tradition...

Joelle Fredman WMAL.com Is your Thanksgiving celebration complete without Black Friday shopping? According to The George Washington University Marketing professor, Lynda Maddox, it might just not be. ...

  Alicia AbelsonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) You don’t need to eat a turkey to have a Thanksgiving Feast.The Nation’s oldest vegetarian society, the Vegetarian Society of D....

 Grace PaloWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) Thanksgiving is a day to pause and give thanks for what we have and appreciate those in our lives. That’s why the Washington DC Veterans Affairs...

 Joelle FredmanWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) With Thanksgiving here after just a few weeks after the election, going home to the family can seem like walking into a political debate.While the...

. Grace Palo WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) D.C. police officials arrested and charged four individuals on Tuesday with running an illegal marijuana operation and distribution of marijuana. The dr...

Steve Burns WMAL.com WASHINGTON – (WMAL) There’s a new setback for the planned light rail line through Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, after a federal judge ruled planners s...

By Caroline Tucker WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The principal at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School sent out a letter to parents this afternoon to tell them that some students became sick after taking pres...

By Caroline Tucker WASHINGTON –(WMAL) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has chosen Antwan Wilson to be the next leader of D.C. Public Schools. The search began in July to replace outgoing Chancellor Kaya...

Joelle Lang-FredmanWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) George Washington University says it is pleased with a new policy that allows applicants to opt out of submitting standardized test scores as part ...