Category Archives: Local News

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — (CNN) Sounding more like a newspaper owner than a Fortune 500 CEO, Jeff Bezos decried Donald Trump’s attacks against the media on Tuesday night.Bezos is, of cours...

John MatthewsWMAL Newshttps://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/05/Heather-Curtis-for-web-MOCO.mp3ROCKVILLE — (WMAL) As far as Robin Ficker is concerned, the 8.7 percent property ta...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comhttps://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/05/Steve-Burns-for-web-MGM-.mp3OXON HILL, MD — (WMAL) With the main surfboard-shaped building getting enclosed, the inte...

Grace Palo WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The north side of the White House was placed on a security lockdown on Monday because of a suspicious package, a Secret Service official said. The partial...

 Alicia AbelsonWMAL.comAlexandria, VA — (WMAL) A Woodbridge man could spend up to 48 years in prison for helping another man who was trying to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant....

  Heather Curtis WASHINGTON (WMAL) — A district man robbed and kidnapped a person from a Red Line train and then sexually assaulted the individual according to Metro Transit Police. The vic...

Heather Curtis WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Uber’s expanding its ride-splitting service UberPOOL to every area in the D.C. region with regular Uber service while Metro’s Safe Track plan is un...

 Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) It’s official. Property taxes in Montgomery County will go up 8.7 percent in the fiscal year 2017, which starts in July, after the Montgomer...

  Correction: The students were on two tour vans, not buses. Bridget Reed Morawski WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Over two dozen people have been taken to area hospitals for minor injuries after their...

  Bridget Reed Morawski WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Some people go to the mountains for the long holiday weekend, while others set sail for the beach. Others choose to honor the men and women who h...