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A total of 66 players have opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly half of them linemen. Twenty offensive linemen and 11 on defense opted out before Thursday's deadlin...

WASHINGTON - The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has rejected a request from the Trump campaign to either add an additional general election debate or move up the calendar for the conte...

NEW YORK - A new book by former President George W. Bush will highlight immigration. Crown announced Thursday that Bush's "Out Of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants" will be published March ...

ATLANTA - Democrats are asking a federal judge to order Georgia election officials to take steps to prevent long lines at the polls on Election Day. A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Atlant...

NEW YORK - If Taiwan or Greenland is in your travel plans, U.S. public health officials say you can go ahead and pack your bags. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday revised its ...

WASHINGTON - Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly...

Maria LeafWMAL.comWASHINGTON– Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has served as the head of the National Governors Association for the past year, but now his term is over.It was dominated by the Coron...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – Federal prosecutors have charged 11 alleged members of the MS-13 street gang with sex trafficking and other charges after they say a 13-year-old runaway was repeatedly bea...

WMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) - Tune in to watch President Donald Trump's Coronavirus briefing live. A link to the conference is available below.Copyright 2020 by WMAL.com. All Rights Reserved. Photo: AP

A group of 16 Republican senators has endorsed giving more money to airlines to avoid layoffs right before the November election, giving a boost to a lobbying effort by airlines and their unions.The G...