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WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama plans to designate on Thursday an undersea range of canyons and peaks off the US Eastern seaboard as the country’s first Atlantic marine national ...

EAST LIVERPOOL, OH — (CNN) The woman in a graphic photo, who was seen passed out in a car after allegedly overdosing on heroin, will appear in court Thursday.The infamous photo, distributed by a...

FLINT, MICHIGAN — (CNN) The pastor who hosted Donald Trump at her church in Flint, Michigan, interrupted the Republican presidential nominee during his speech Wednesday to ask him to refrain fro...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Negotiations on Capitol Hill over bills to fund the government and eradicate Zika are inching along, but a series of thorny issues including abortion, pesticides and Internet ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Americans’ trust in the media has fallen to an all-time low, according to Gallup. In a climate of bitter political partisanship, anti-media rhetoric and diversified medi...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The nation’s most notable library has a new head librarian. Carla Hayden, the first African-American and first woman to hold the position, was sworn in as the Library of...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Hillary Clinton’s campaign released additional medical information Wednesday after questions about her health intensified in the wake of her pneumonia diagnosis late las...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON -Metro announces changes to its Safe Track maintenance schedule Wednesday. Surge 10, which was originally scheduled to start Oct. 10 and run through Nov. 1, now star...

DETROIT, MICHIGAN — (CNN) Within the next two years, Ford will no longer build any small cars in the United States, the automaker said Thursday. Production of the Ford Focus and C-Max, the only ...

By Tom Kludt WASHINGTON — (CNN) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell described the investigation into the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, as a “stupid witch hunt,” saying the fault...