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HOUSTON — Harvey is set to take an aim at the Louisiana-Texas border, dousing the region with rain as it makes landfall Wednesday.The rainfall that caused a deluge in Texas has ended for the mos...

NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge has thrown out a defamation lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times over an editorial.Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Tu...

HOUSTON (AP) – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed that police Sgt. Steve Perez has died after he became trapped in his patrol car as he was driving to work. The Houston Chronicle has repor...

Caroline Tucker WMAL.com   WASHINGTON – (WMAL) Students at the Green Acres School in North Bethesda won’t be showing team spirit this school year. That is if their favorite team is th...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Kim Kardashian West channeled Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for a cover shoot that’s on the receiving end of some harsh criticism on the internet. The reality star and her f...

HOUSTON — Pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch has rejected allegations that it isn’t opening its doors to residents displaced by flooding, saying that it will do so on Tuesday.La...

WASHINGTON — Federal prisons are now required to provide female inmates with a range of feminine hygiene products free of charge, according to the Bureau of Prisons.A memo, issued by the bureau ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans officials on Monday ordered city facilities and schools closed as the state braced for Harvey’s rains and wind. And the city’s mayor issued a warning. ̶...

TOKYO — A North Korean missile fired over Japan Tuesday was denounced by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a “most serious and grave” threat. The missile was fired just before 6 ...

DALLAS — Dallas is preparing to open a mega-shelter at its downtown convention center as the city has been asked to get ready for what could be tens of thousands of evacuees from Harvey. “...