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By Barbara Britt – WMAL.comBALTIMORE, MD – February 22, 2022The Maryland State Board of Education (MDSE) today voted to begin the process to end the statewide school mask mandate in Maryla...

By John Matthews – WMAL.comWASHINGTON, DC – February 22, 2022WASHINGTON – (WMAL)  If you find yourself stuck in Beltway traffic gridlock Wednesday afternoon, you can blame ̵...

Photo: Gov. Youngkin’s Office.By Heather Curtis – WMAL.comRICHMOND, VA – February 16, 2022Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a bill into law Wednesday requiring school systems t...

NEW YORK (AP) - The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.The verdict capped a monthlong...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Westminster Kennel Club's annual dog show has become the latest event to be postponed or canceled in New York as the number of coronavirus cases surges.The club's board of governor...

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak Thursday as the Russian leader has stepped up his demands for security guarantees in Eastern Europe.The two leaders will d...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Staffing and capacity challenges at several Maryland hospitals due to a surge of COVID-19 cases should prompt Gov. Larry Hogan to reinstate a public health emergency, the industry's t...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - He was an accomplished amateur boxer who'd rather dance. But Harry Reid was fond of reminding his opponents that he knew how to fight, too.That skill took him far - from poverty in Se...

John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NF...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A county prosecutor said Tuesday that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges stemming from allegations of unwanted kissing by two women, one of them a ...