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BALTIMORE — (CNN) Forty-two people were killed in Baltimore in May, making it the deadliest month there since 1972. When asked what’s behind that number, a Baltimore police officer gave an...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/06/heather-curtis-jesse-plea.mp3 John Matthews WMAL.com FAIRFAX, VA — (CNN) We’ll have to wait a little longer for a jury to weigh in...

KUALA LUMPUR — (CNN) Police in Malaysia have arrested four foreigners believed to have been part of a group of tourists who stripped naked at the summit of Mount Kinabalu, according to Bernama, ...

DANNEMORA, NY — (CNN) Investigators think that a woman who worked with two convicted murderers at an upstate New York prison planned to pick up those men after their escape — only to chang...

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — (CNN) Christian Evangelist Franklin Graham has sparked an angry Facebook debate about gay rights when he announced he is pulling all of his organization’s milli...

CENTENNIAL, COLORADO — (CNN) Three jurors were dismissed Tuesday afternoon by the judge presiding over the James Holmes murder trial after they reportedly discussed media stories about the case....

BALTIMORE — (CNN) Attorneys for six Baltimore police officers facing charges in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray filed a motion Tuesday for prosecutor Marilyn Mosby to drop the charges or at...

CHICAGO — (CNN) Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has pleaded not guilty to all charges related to lying to the FBI about $3.5 million he agreed to pay to an undisclosed subject to “cove...

BAGHDAD — (CNN) Iraq’s history is writ large among the ruins of Habbaniyah military base: wrecked aircraft, crumbling buildings and much-used military hardware all telling a part of the co...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama on Monday defended his administration’s decision not to present a “Plan B” in case the Supreme Court rules that federal tax credits ar...