Category Archives: Local News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland voters are deciding two statewide ballot questions with significant financial ramifications for future years, including whether to allow sports betting and if the legisl...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday extended the deadline for registering to vote in Virginia by 48 hours after the state's online voter registration system went down because of an accid...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings as senators dig deeper into the conservative judge's outlook on abortion, hea...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Police in northern Virginia announced charges Tuesday against a dozen alleged members and associates of the MS-13 street gang for four separate slayings in 2019, including thr...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will face senators' questions over her approach to health care, legal precedent and even the presidential election during a second day of conf...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Returning to school in the nation's capital during the pandemic has proven to be an ongoing experiment in learning - and not just for students.Tall, three-sided partitions were set u...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com MARYLAND (WMAL) – A two-year-old boy who fell out of a third floor apartment window in Takoma Park Sunday afternoon has died from his injuries. When first responders got ...

WMAL News WASHINGTON – George Washington University has announced that classes will remain mostly online for the upcoming spring semester. According to a statement from the school, the decision ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - In Virginia, the gerrymander goes all the way back to the first congressional elections, when then-Gov. Patrick Henry drew up a district to try to keep James Madison, father o...

WMAL NewsWASHINGTON - The Smithsonian National Zoo has confirmed that its 6-week-old giant panda cub is a growing boy.According to a release from the zoo, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institut...