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Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina– The two struck a striking figure: the Pope in his white cassock and his snazzy new ride with its white gleam. This photo was taken Wednesday at the Vatican as Po...

Washington, D.C. — Richard Cordray is stepping down from his post leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray said Wednesday that he plans to resign as director at the end of the m...

PUERTO RICO — On the same day Puerto Rico’s governor celebrated power generation on the island reaching 50% of capacity, the lights went out in the San Juan metro area. The source of Wedne...

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump may claim he would never insult Kim Jong Un, but North Korea clearly thinks differently. A furious commentary published in a state-run newspaper Wednesday ...

CHICAGO — Cards Against Humanity, an irreverent card game company known for its attention-seeking pranks, says it bought land on the U.S.-Mexico border to block President Trump from building his...

John MatthewsWMAL.comCOLUMBIA, MD — Howard County police are looking for a brazen woman who climbed through a drive-thru window at a Columbia McDonald’s early in the morning of Sunday, Nov...

LOUSIVILLE, KY — Papa John’s is trying to repair the damage caused by its CEO’s controversial comments about the NFL protests.Two weeks ago, CEO John Schnatter triggered fierce criti...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — It has all the markings of a coup: a solemn soldier addressing the nation on state television in a beret and fatigues, armored vehicles in the capital and jittery, puzzled cit...

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Celebrations broke out across Australia after a two-month national postal survey came out “overwhelmingly” in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. Results re...

JACKSON, AL — Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore says he’s being hounded by the news media over sexual allegations against him, while briefly addressing the controversy Tuesday ...