WAMU: Local News

Jan 31 2025 10 ep. 4 mins 364

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News features from the Washington, DC Metro Area.

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Friday News Chat: Investigating the Reagan National crash, Trump’s executive orders on funding and staffing

Jan 31 2025 3 mins

A federal agency is investigating the deadly collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people.

Before fatal plane crash, D.C. region leaders warned of safety issues at DCA

Jan 31 2025 4 mins

The National Transportation Safety Board is in the early stages of its investigation into the tragedy.

Threats of mass deportation put local restaurant industry on edge

Jan 30 2025 4 mins

The start of deportation raids under the new administration are rattling an industry that relies heavily on immigrant workers, some of whom are in the U.S. without legal status.

D.C. – area residents among those killed in Wednesday’s plane collision

Jan 29 2025 4 mins

Local and national authorities are responding to a crash at DCA between a passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Trump promised to move 100,000 federal workers out of the D.C. region. What might that look like?

Jan 29 2025 4 mins

The first Trump administration tried relocations on a much smaller scale.

Friday News Chat: President Trump begins reshaping the federal workforce

Jan 24 2025 4 mins

Donald Trump's executive actions on the federal workforce could have huge impact on the D.C.-region.

Get Out There: Winter Restaurant Week

Jan 24 2025 3 mins

This week on Get Out There, we eat our way through Winter Restaurant Week.

Filmmaker RaMell Ross on growing up around D.C., “Nickel Boys” and what it means to fly

Jan 23 2025 6 mins

Ross spoke to WAMU about playing ball in the suburbs of D.C., finding vision through photography and the Black experience in film.

What rising rates of children getting vaccination exemptions means for D.C.-area families

Jan 22 2025 4 mins

The number of parents claiming religious exemptions for vaccinations for their young kids is one the rise. How could this impact your family?

Inauguration announcer for Presidents Eisenhower to Biden looks back on decades long career

Jan 20 2025 3 mins

Charlie Brotman was the voice of 16 presidential inauguration parades, for 11 different presidents - from Eisenhower to Biden.