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PITTSBURGH –(AP/WMAL) .Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, one of the NFL’s most influential and popular executives, has died. He was 84. Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten said Rooney di...

ANNANDALE, Va. — Through a joint investigation with the Northern Virginia Community College Police, Dylan M. Mahone, 20, of Annandale, was arrested last night in connection with three hate-motiv...

Delray Beach, FL — (CNN) The teenager who rocketed to fame last fall with her “Cash me ousside, how bout dat?” catchphrase appeared in a Delray Beach courtroom Wednesday morning. Dan...

Washington — (CNN) North Korean monitoring service 38 North said Wednesday the country’s Punggye-ri nuclear site is “primed and ready” for a sixth nuclear test. “The acti...

Orlando, FL — (CNN) Gustavo Falcon, the brother of one of Miami’s most notorious 1980s drug traffickers, Augusto “Willie” Falcon, was arrested Wednesday night after evading aut...

New York City — (CNN) Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African-American woman appointed to the New York Court of Appeals, was found dead in the Hudson River. She was 65. Police responded to a 911 ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) The Department of Veterans Affairs is unveiling a first-of-its-kind website aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers.The agency says it will ...

TUCSON, ARIZ. — (AP) A conservation group and an Arizona congressman have filed what they say is the first federal lawsuit against the proposed border wall.The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Tuc...

.MOSCOW — (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says relations between Moscow and Washington are “at a low point” and marked by serious distrust.Tillerson says he aims to clear ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Charlie Murphy, older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comedy stand-up and performer in his own right, has died.Murphy died Wednesday in New York of leukemia, according to his repre...