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WASHINGTON - Declaring that his red "MAGA" hat makes him "feel like Superman," rapper Kanye West made a free-styling appearance in the Oval Office Thursday. Ahead of a private lunch, President Donald ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla.- The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and search-and-rescue crews made their way into the str...

NEW YORK - Worried health officials say a small but growing proportion of the youngest children in the U.S. have not been vaccinated against any disease. They say an estimated 100,000 young children h...

WASHINGTON - Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 percent boost in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. It's the biggest increase most retired baby...

NEW YORK (AP) - An auction house says it will offer the original handwritten lyrics from the "crown jewel of the Elton John and Bernie Taupin songbook."Don't expect "Your Song" to sell for a song. Bon...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - The Latest on the failed space launch carrying two astronauts (all times local):5 p.m.A senior Cabinet official says that Russia is suspending manned space launches pending...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve "has gone crazy" after a major drop in stock prices Wednesday. Trump, who has been critical of the central bank's interest rate increa...

NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities have charged a New York man with building a 200-pound (90-kilogram) bomb that he planned to detonate on Election Day on the National Mall in Washington. Paul Rosenf...

PANAMA CITY, Florida (AP) - The National Hurricane Center says Michael's eye has crossed from the Florida Panhandle into southwestern Georgia as a dangerous Category 3 storm, the strongest to hit that...

Setota Hailemariam WMAL.com A man in a motorized wheelchair was fatally injured on October 10 around 1:30 p.m. at the Columbia Heights Metro station, after attempting to exit the station using the esc...