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MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday moved to postpone the state's presidential primary for two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting a court challenge and adding to con...

The first national data on COVID-19 in U.S. children suggest that while the illness usually isn't severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment. The Centers for Disease Control...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened Monday, just a day after he was admitted for what were s...

The NFL draft will be conducted in a virtual format, with team personnel working from their homes. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, NFL Commissioner Roger Go...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for federal employees 40 and older to sue for age discrimination. The justices ruled 8-1 that federal workers have a lower hurdle to overcome than ...

WASHINGTON - Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed a...

Maria LeafWMAL.comWASHINGTON– In an effort to keep customers safe inside its stores, Walmart has announced it’s implementing new guidelines to promote social distancing.In a statement on t...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comMARYLAND (WMAL) – Everyone wants to know how bad the COVID-19 pandemic will get and when it will end, but nobody can say for sure."I wish that I could tell you when we're g...

WASHINGTON - Petroleum CEOs, including U.S. oil-patch loyalists to President Donald Trump, sought White House help Friday in calming roiling global oil markets amid threats to America's yearslong frac...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Authorities were searching Friday for the daughter and a grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend after a canoe they were paddling in the Chesapeake Bay didn't r...