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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Gov. Larry Hogan has vetoed a measure to raise Maryland’s minimum wage to $15, as well as a measure to give local school boards the ability to decide whether school s...

BARRON, Wis. - A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, in a move that spares the girl held captive in a remote cabin for three months fr...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A man convicted on state murder charges in a deadly car attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a case that sti...

BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. - Police in West Virginia have detained a driver who authorities say had an explosive powder and threatened to kill President Donald Trump and blow up the Pentagon.News outlets r...

WASHINGTON - The wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was welcomed Wednesday at the White House as she rallies international support for the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro.President Do...

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.The company previously allowed such material even though it...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May told Conservative lawmakers Wednesday that she will step down once the U.K.'s exit from the European Union is delivered - a dramatic concession meant to bri...

Juan Herrera WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) - The National Park Service announced it will be doing interim repairs on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway this weekend in anticipation for a larger repaving pr...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is facing sharp pushback over a proposal to cut federal funding to the Special Olympics. Celebrities, politicians and activists have taken to social media to rebuke DeV...

WASHINGTON - The Air Force said on Wednesday that it needs $4.9 billion in extra funding over the next three years to rebuild and repair two key bases heavily damaged by natural disasters. "We despera...