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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) – A fire marshal has found that an explosion that hurt three people at a northern Virginia shopping center was accidental. A Falls Church spokeswoman says in an email that...

CINCINNATI (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner returned to the Capitol on Wednesday without commenting to reporters after disclosures that a bartender at a country club near his Ohio home is charg...

PENWELL, Texas (AP) — At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in West Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a ...

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's al-Qaida branch on Wednesday confirmed it carried out last week's deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper to avenge cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters are demanding information after an electrical malfunction filled a Washington subway tunnel with smoke, forcing hundreds to evacuate and sending dozens to the hospita...

John MatthewsWMAL.comWASHINGTON — Welcome to the region's third morning drive weather event of the year!Light snow arrived from the south of the DC area overnight into Wednesday morning, an...

PARIS (AP) — France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and glorifying terrorism, announcing Wednesday that 54 people had been arrested for those o...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015 The Federal Government is open, with an option for unscheduled leave or telework for employees.DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS – 2 hour delay PUBLIC SCHOOLS – MarylandAnne Ar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials are identifying a 61-year-old Virginia woman who died after Washington's subway system had an electrical malfunction that caused a train to fill with smoke. Chie...

In a show of defiance, the surviving staff of Charlie Hebdo has placed a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover of its first issue since the terrorist attack at its offices last week. Chosen by ...