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VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — Federal railroad investigators are on the scene of a deadly crash between a commuter train and a car in suburban New York. The Federal Railroad Administration said its inve...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers used a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital late Wednesday as they searched into the nigh...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The spokesman for the Jordanian armed forces has confirmed the death of a pilot captured by the Islamic State extremist group and vowed "punishment and revenge." &...

John Matthews WMAL.com  ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County School Superintendent Joshua Starr resigned Tuesday after reaching an agreement with the county Board of Education to sever his contrac...

Dan MericaCNN(WASHINGTON) — Hillary Clinton jumped into the political story of the day late on Monday night with a tweet that compared people who deny the power of vaccines to those who question...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — In Tunis, Ghaith stands furtively on a street corner, his face masked by a hoodie, his tense eyes scanning the crowd for any hint of Islamic State militants.He chain-smokes...

ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — Bobbi Kristina Houston wanted to sing, act and dance like her megastar parents, Whitney Houston and R&B artist Bobby Brown. Instead, she has mostly made tabloid headlines...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who gets what share of the federal budget pie has shifted over the decades, with the military taking less and entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid g...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has published the first photos of Fidel Castro in more than five months, showing the 88-year-old former leader engaged in what appears to be a lively conversation with a unive...

Just because Republicans haven't said yes in the past doesn't mean they won't in the future.That may partly explain why President Obama's 2016 budget includes a laundry list of pro...