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 CAIRO (AP) – The Islamic State group has released what it says is a new audio recording of its top leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, indicating he may still be alive.The recording was released...

  WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Scalise, the Republican whip in the House who was shot in June at a congressional baseball team practice, is returning to Capitol Hill Thursday for the first time ...

  WASHINGTON — The White House has authorized a waiver to loosen shipping rules regarding Puerto Rico that island officials say would be a significant help for recovery efforts from Hurrica...

LONDON — Airports around the world suffered major technical problems Thursday connected to a temporary failure of a system for checking in passengers and luggage. Paris, Zurich and Frankfurt air...

NEW YORK — People across the US mainland are stepping up to help Puerto Ricans, but getting the aid there is proving difficult.Volunteers are facing expensive shipping costs and long delivery ti...

LOS ANGELES — Hugh Hefner — the silk-robed Casanova whose Playboy men’s magazine popularized the term “centerfold,” glamorized an urbane bachelor lifestyle and helped spu...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comFALLS CHURCH – (WMAL) Fairfax Police confirm one person is dead following a shooting at an office building on Gatehouse Road, near Arlington Boulevard and Gallows Road. Police...

 BALTIMORE, Md (AP)–Southwest is apologizing to a woman who was physically removed from a plane by police officers in the latest airline video to go viral.A Southwest Airlines spokesman sai...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — (CNN) Here we go again: Sonic may be the latest company to face a cybersecurity breach. The drive-in restaurant chain — which has 3,500 locations across the United Stat...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A key House committee is set to consider a major border security bill, the committee’s chairman and bill author announced Wednesday, a development that comes as Congress...