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WASHINGTON- A piece of mail delivered to the Pentagon mail facility has initially tested positive for ricin, according to two US defense officials. The mail facility is in a separate building on the g...

NEW YORK — Amazon says it is increasing its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all US employees effective November 1. The change applies to full-time, part-time and temporary workers. Amazon says t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Please, Mr. President, just wait. Donald Trump's advisers have been sounding that nervous refrain in the lead-up to the midterm elections, hoping the president will hold off on a ser...

John Matthews WMAL.com ROCKVILLE, MD — (WMAL) A man and a woman riding on a motorcycle were struck by a vehicle on eastbound Viers Mill Road in Rockville late Monday night, closing that stretch ...

PALU, INDONESIA — Desperation is growing in the stricken Indonesian city of Palu, as residents faced a fifth day without adequate supplies of food and clean drinking water, amid a sharp rise in ...

AUSTIN — Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke apologized Monday for once writing a critical review of a Broadway musical in his college newspaper that said the actresses’ “only...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A lawyer for Mark Judge, a high school friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, says Judge has been interviewed by the FBI but his "interview has not been completed."Attorney...

(CNN) — The Indonesian government has defended itself against accusations it issued inadequate safety warnings as a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed at least 844 people.The 7....

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The Republican National Convention will be held in North Carolina’s largest city in August 2020 and party leaders say they’ll gather with an eye on nominating ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has dropped plans to visit China amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, U.S. defense officials said Monday.Although the trip was never publ...