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Beginning June 1, anyone looking to purchase tobacco products in San Francisco must be at least 21 — not 18, the legal age in the majority of the country.The San Francisco Board of Supervisors u...

Jesse Matthew Jr., the former cabdriver accused of killing two Virginia college students, has pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal, prosecutors said Wednesday.Under the deal, Matthew will serve four ...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL)– Nothing means spring in D.C. more than blooming cherry blossom trees, and the wait to see them is ending. The National Park Service predicts peak bloom, ...

Ben Carson doesn’t “see a political path forward” in the Republican presidential nomination process, and will not attend Thursday’s Republican presidential debate, he said in a...

[Breaking news update at 1:12 p.m. ET]A plane part measuring 35 inches by 22 inches was discovered by an American tourist, Blaine Gibson, and a local fisherman on a sandbank in Mozambique, an aviation...

Mitt Romney will speak Thursday on “the state of the 2016 presidential race,” he said in a press release.The 2012 Republican nominee will speak at 11:30 a.m. ET on Thursday at the Universi...

The liberal wing of the Supreme Court on Wednesday was sharply critical of a Texas law requiring that doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals and clinics upgrade their facilities to hospi...

(CNN) — A train derailment in upstate New York has caused a hazardous spill, resulting in the evacuation of some homes near the town of Ripley. The 15-car Norfolk Southern train derailed late Tu...

(CNN) — Super Tuesday is wrapped, and the votes are tallied. Here’s a look at what each vote cost each candidate. Cost estimates come from CMAG/Kantar Media and represent spending on TV ad...

(CNN) — The United Nations Security Council could slap North Korea with the broadest array of sanctions the county has ever received. The vote is expected to occur Wednesday morning. The United ...