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WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers joined scores of scientists, health and environmental officials and environmental activists Tuesday in denouncing an industry-backed proposal by the Environmental Pro...

NEW YORK (AP) - Goldman Sachs said Tuesday that Lloyd Blankfein, the firm's chief executive officer and chairman for the last 12 years, will retire later this year. Blankfein will be replaced by David...

BERLIN (AP) - A Dutch company that presented the world's first lab-grown beef burger five years ago said Tuesday it has received funding to pursue its plans to make and sell artificially grown meat to...

(CNN) — Australian researchers have developed an experimental blood test they say is the first blood test capable of detecting melanoma — an aggressive form of skin cancer — in its e...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Charlottesville's leaders have decided their city's parks aren't ready for Emancipation and Justice. Still struggling over how to handle Confederate symbols, the Charlottes...

NEW YORK - Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen are pushing back against allegations the comedian duped guests on his new show by posing as a disabled veteran. The network says in a statement Monday that Ba...

PHOENIX - Arizona State University is awarding its 2018 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. He will receive the award on Oct. 17 in Phoenix from the unive...

HONOLULU - An explosion sent lava flying through the roof of a tour boat off Hawaii's Big Island, injuring at least 13 people Monday, officials said. A 20-year-old woman suffered major leg trauma, and...

  WASHINGTON (WMAL) — It seems like a one-in-a-million chance for someone to receive a winning scratch-off ticket, but for one Fairfax resident, that wasn’t the case. Humberto Mercado...

WASHINGTON (WMAL) – President Trump stated in a tweet “We cannot exclusively focus on the past” regarding U.S.-Russian relations following Monday’s summit held at Helsinki, Fin...