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NEW YORK (AP) - Preparations for New Year's Eve in Times Square are taking shape, and some of those shapes are 192 new crystal triangles on the famous ball.The new Waterford crystal triangles will joi...

Photo Credit – APBOSTON - Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's convictions or death sentence should be tossed because it was impossible for him to get a fair trial in the same city where t...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the partial government shutdown (all times local): 3:32 p.m. House lawmakers don't plan to vote this week to end the government shutdown. That's according to the office of R...

Stocks are falling sharply Thursday, making the prior day's strong performance seem like an aberration, as Wall Street stumbles toward what could be its worst December since the Great Depression. The ...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) A teenager’s disturbing discovery at a Fairfax County Mall landed an Alexandria man in jail. While she was trying on clothes at a forever 21 in Fair Oak...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month as Americans began to worry that economic growth will moderate next year. But consumer spirits are still high by historic standards. The Confer...

BEIJING - China's government said Thursday it has made plans with Washington for talks in January aimed at ending a tariff battle that threatens to depress global trade. The two sides have "made speci...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers Thursday demanded U.S. forces leave the country in the wake of a surprise visit by President Donald Trump that politicians denounced as arrogant and a violation of Iraqi sove...

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli Knesset has voted to dissolve the current parliament and scheduled new elections for April 9. In what was largely a formality, the Knesset voted late Wednesday in favor of...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he'll do "whatever it takes" to get funding for border security, signaling no end in sight to the partial government shutdown.Trump declined to tell repor...