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NEW YORK (AP) - A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019 -...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A top Army leader defended the Pentagon's response to the Jan. 6 unrest at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because they ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining so...

NEW YORK (AP) - Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21. The commis...

Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– Cracker Barrel is announcing a number of changes it hopes will help everyone feel welcome at their restaurants. The chain saying on its website it’s been on...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited a South Florida Jewish temple to denounce anti-Semitism and stand with Israel, as the Republican governor cloaked himself in religion Monday ...

DALLAS (AP) - On the cusp of summer, the electric power grid manager for most of Texas on Monday issued its second conservation alert since the deadly February blackout, calling on users to dial back ...

HOUSTON (AP) - Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse in Houston, is steadfast in her belief that it's wrong for her employer to force hospital workers like her to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or say...

The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies. The 109-year-old organization says the coronavirus - not thinner demand for Thin Mints - is the main culprit. As ...

LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England will be delayed by four weeks until July 19 as a result of the ...