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EASTON, Md. (AP) - A Confederate monument is set to be moved from a courthouse lawn on Maryland's Eastern Shore after local officials voted Tuesday night to relocate it to a Virginia battleground.The ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Six people who recently traveled to the United States after fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan have been diagnosed with measles, officials said Tuesday. The cases in Virginia and ...

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) - The house of former drug kingpin Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn fled in 2014 when Mexican marines had him surrounded underwent some changes recently as the Mexican government prepared...

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - Apple unveiled its next iPhone line-up, including a model that offers twice the storage available in earlier versions and other modest upgrades to last year's editions that pr...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that people who decide not to get a COVID-19 vaccine might be making the wrong choice, but defended their right to make that ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - After a campaign that laid bare divisions in America's most populous state, Californians on Tuesday were to decide whether to keep Gov. Gavin Newsom in his job or to move the...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - A federal judge temporarily blocked the state of New York on Tuesday from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constituti...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the federal charges against them.A federal grand jury indict...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The share of Americans living in poverty rose slightly as the COVID-19 pandemic shook the economy last year, but massive relief payments pumped out by Congress eased hardship for man...

Maria LeafWMAL.comWASHINGTON– The Virginia Department of Health says five Afghans who recently arrived in Virginia from Afghanistan have now been confirmed to have the measles. Cases have been d...