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TAUNTON, MASS. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend a barrage of text messages encouraging him to kill himself has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. A juvenile court jud...

(CNN) — Amazon is making a big bet on physical stores and the business of food. The online retail giant announced Friday that is buying organic grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in cas...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) Holy Bright Knight!The late actor Adam West was honored by Los Angeles with a ceremonial lighting of the Bat-signal from City Hall.West died Friday of leukemia. He was 88.The...

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) – Officials at a Maryland beach resort can now legally ban topless women.Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh waded into the controversy that has rocked Ocean City for days...

Jennifer Schultz WMAL.com Washington — (WMAL) The United States Capitol Police have released a joint statement with the FBI to provide more information on the shooting in Alexandria that left Co...

By Heather Curtis WMAL.com. WASHINGTON – Former D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham has died at 71-years-old. He died from complications from C-Diff, a bacterial infection of the intestines according ...

Washington — (AP) Republican Congressman Steve Scalise has been undergoing a third surgery after he and others were shot at a baseball practice by a man hostile to the GOP. The Louisiana lawmake...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Police say they’ve issued arrest warrants for a dozen Turkish security agents and two others accused of taking part in a violent altercation May 16 as Turkey’s pres...

Minnehaha County, S. Dakota — (CNN) Bishop Lyle Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was arrested Wednesday night in South Dakota after almost a year ...

Virginia Beach, VA — (CNN) A former youth pastor charged with sexual penetration has been found guilty by a Virginia Beach judge. Jeffrey Bondi, 47, is charged with a crime that allegedly happen...