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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP/WMAL) - A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin and whose case has become a rallying cry for some conservatives posted $2 mil...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers renewed criticism Friday of Gov. Larry Hogan's April procurement of 500,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea after The Washington Post reported the first batch ...

BOSTON (AP) - A long-lost trove of Bob Dylan documents including the singer-songwriter's musings about anti-Semitism and unpublished song lyrics has sold at auction for $495,000. Boston-based R.R. Auc...

ROME (AP) - The Vatican is investigating how Pope Francis' official Instagram account "liked" a photo of a scantily-clad Brazilian model. A Vatican official said Friday the "like" didn't originate fro...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's public schools are closed. Will restaurants and bars be next? The day after he announced that New York City schools would close to in-person learning, Mayor Bill de Bla...

Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Friday following another choppy day of trading as worries about the worsening pandemic undercut growing optimism about a coming coronavirus vaccine. The S&am...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing that Congress funnel $455 billion of unspent small business lending funds toward a new COVID-19 aid package. The Republican leader's offer Friday co...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to close out major unfinished business, the Trump administration issued regulations Friday that could lower the prices Americans pay for many prescription drugs. "The drug com...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Joe Biden is calling on Congress to enact billions of dollars in emergency COVID-19 assistance before the year's end, according to a senior aide who warned Friday that "there's...

CANTON, Ga. (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence is campaigning Friday in Georgia as the state's two Republican senators try to beat back Democratic challenges in runoff races on Jan. 5 that will determin...