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President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday it is awarding $1.3 million to two companies trying to develop rapid COVID-19 tests that could detect whether a person is positive for the new ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. launched airstrikes in Iraq Thursday, American officials said, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and w...

NEW YORK - The U.S. lag in coronavirus testing is "a failing," a top federal health official said Thursday, and public health experts say they still don't have a good understanding of how widely the n...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal judge has ordered Chelsea Manning released from jail after being incarcerated since May for refusing to testify to a grand jury.U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga ordered t...

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump said Thursday he is temporarily halting his trademark rallies - as his campaign bows to the coronavirus outbreak that is rapidly reshaping the nation's political land...

NEW YORK - The escalating coronavirus emergency sent the stock market Thursday into its worst slide since the Black Monday crash of 1987, extending a sell-off that has now wiped out most of Wall Stree...

Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s administration has announced a number of upgraded safety measures. Hogan announced he’...

WASHINGTON - A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first time that someone known to have t...

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening day ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. defense leaders on Thursday threatened a retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Shia militia in Iraq, saying they know who launched the rockets in Iraq that killed and wounded U.S...