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WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) - President Joe Biden is nominating eight new leaders for U.S. attorney positions across the country, including in the office overseeing the prosecutions of hundreds of defendants...

TOKYO (AP) - For Quinn, a midfielder for the Canadian women's soccer team, the opening match of the Tokyo Games carried more emotional weight than their previous Olympic appearances. Quinn became the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta varia...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain COVID-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic hope the move will help persuade the ma...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats are raising new concerns about the thoroughness of the FBI's background investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the FBI revealed that it had rec...

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame's long journey from Greece to these delayed Olympics.The cauldron sat atop a peak inspired by ...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians.The ballclub announced the name change Friday - effective at the end of the 2021 seaso...

Maria LeafWMAL.comWASHINGTON– Of the close to 500 children that have come to Montgomery County, Md from the US-Mexico border so far this year, only a fraction have been registered for classes in...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Justice Department said Thursday it will not open a civil rights investigation related to COVID-19 deaths in Michigan's nursing homes.The notification to Gov. Gretchen Whitme...

 DOVER, Del. (AP) - A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative political commentator Candace Owens against USA Today and another media organization over fact-checking coronavi...