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MIAMI — Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda early Wednesday, thrashing it with high winds as it marched on to other islands along its path on the Caribbean.The massive Category 5 storm packed winds of up...

Steve Burns WMAL.com WASHINGTON – (WMAL) In a renewal of the two teams’ bitter rivalry of years gone by, the New York Yankees have filed a formal complaint against the Boston Red Sox, accu...

By Eric Levenson and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — The Costco in Royal Palm Beach, Florida hadn’t even opened yet, but already the line to get inside stretched around the parking lot. “...

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN) — A descendant of Gen. Robert E. Lee has stepped down as pastor of his North Carolina church after facing blowback from parishioners and others for his comment...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Business leaders are reiterating their support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and asking Congress to step in after the Trump Administration formally said it is end...

Monique Robinson WMAL.com WASHINGTON– (WMAL) Across the D.C. metro-region, the public is reacting to the announcement Tuesday morning to end the DACA program. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe r...

FLORIDA — (CNN) Monroe County, which includes the Florida Keys, says it is issuing a mandatory evacuation for visitors as a precaution ahead of Hurricane Irma, and an evacuation order for reside...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Trump administration on Tuesday formally announced the end of DACA — a program that had protected nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as c...

XIAMEN, CHINA — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged North Korea to learn from the demise of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and warned it could face a similar fate unless it turns away from...

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY — A convicted drug kingpin in the Italian mafia has been arrested in Uruguay after being on the run for over 20 years, the Uruguayan Interior Ministry said in a statement. Ro...