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WASHINGTON - Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced b...

Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– Singer John Oates, half of the Hall of Fame duo Hall & Oates is getting ready to kick off this year’s tour tonight in Hershey, Pennsylvania following em...

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers from both parties told Pentagon leaders on Wednesday that the Defense Department is undermining its own efforts to get military money by diverting billions of dollars for the co...

NEW YORK - The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled...

BALTIMORE - Years before taking the office she'd resign from in disgrace, Catherine Pugh had a vision to see Baltimore "prosper and grow." In a 2005 self-published collection of poetry, the woman who ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. sales of new homes jumped 7.9% in January to the fastest pace in more than 12 years, a positive sign for economic growth. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new homes sold a...

OMAHA, Neb. - The first clinical trial in the U.S. of a possible coronavirus treatment is underway in Nebraska and is eventually expected to include 400 patients at 50 locations around the world, offi...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether to grant Trump ally Roger Stone a new trial based on his claims of juror bias in the trial that led to his conviction and sentencing on ...

Stocks slumped and bond prices soared for the second day in a row as fears spread that the widening virus outbreak will put the brakes on the global economy. The losses came a day after the market's b...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about ni...