Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Police in Richmond, Virginia, said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of multiple ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Federal authorities on Wednesday reached a settlement with immigration advocates that restricts the use of a privately run detention center in Virginia that saw a massive corona...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Amber Heard's lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million verdict against her in the defamation case filed by ex-husband Johnny Depp, arguing that the verdict was n...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brittney Griner's appeal to President Joe Biden in a handwritten letter continued to garner reaction Tuesday after the WNBA All-Star acknowledged she feared never returning hom...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The newly enacted Virginia budget will boost the reimbursement rate to providers of Medicaid dental services by 30%, a move advocates say will help expand the number of providers....

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan directed the state police Tuesday to suspend the state's "good and substantial reason" standard for permits to carry handguns after the U.S. Supreme Cou...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - New restrictions on crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay will take effect this year after the blue crab count plummeted to its lowest level since surveys began in 1990.Tighter harvest ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Most of the legislation passed earlier this year by the divided Virginia General Assembly and signed into law by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin will take effect Friday.That includ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A pair of lawsuits that for years has plagued Virginia's largest school system with allegations that it ignored students' accusations of sex assaults are back in front of fede...

THURMONT, Md. (AP) - Crews battled a fire at an overnight summer camp in western Maryland on Wednesday morning, but no injuries were reported, officials said.Firefighters were initially dispatched abo...