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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of new gun restrictions during the first stage of a bill they hope to rush into law by the end of next week. Th...

Baltimore's mayor Catherine Pugh is taking an indefinite leave of absence as a political scandal about "self-dealing" book sales intensifies. In a Monday statement, Pugh's office says she has been "ad...

CHICAGO - R. Kelly's attorney accused the state's attorney Monday of succumbing to pressure from attorney Michael Avenatti in bringing sex-abuse charges against the R&B singer in Illinois, saying ...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering bringing on a "border" or "immigration czar" to coordinate the president's immigration policies across various federal agencies, according to three...

NEW YORK- Kellogg is selling Keebler cookies and other brands for $1.3 billion, about $2.6 billion less than it spent on that brand alone 17 years ago. Food producers are trying to find new brands wit...

EL PASO, Texas - As many as 2,000 U.S. inspectors who screen cargo and vehicles at ports of entry along the Mexican border may be reassigned to help handle the surge of Central American families comin...

NEW YORK - New York City police say they're investigating sexual assault allegations against magician David Blaine. Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea confirmed Monday at an unrelated news conference tha...

NEW YORK - U.S. health officials report that the number of measles cases through the first three months of this year have surpassed the count for all of 2018.There have been 387 cases through March, t...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – The cherry blossoms reached peak bloom Monday, and while they’re pretty, the crowds along the Tidal Basin aren’t. Luckily, there are other p...

WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee will prepare subpoenas this week seeking special counsel Robert Mueller's full Russia report as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 dead...