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By Susan ScuttiCNNNEW YORK — New York City’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene confirmed Thursday that a majority of the test results from passengers aboard Emirates Flight 203 who...

Mollie Markowitz WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Tyler Tessier, who was accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend last year, has been found dead in his Rockville, Maryland jail cell. Montgomery Co...

MIAMI — Hurricane Florence is still way out in the Atlantic, but the Category 3 storm could threaten the US East Coast by late next week. The first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season, F...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Facebook and Twitter executives assured Congress on Wednesday that they are aggressively working to root out foreign attempts to sow discord in America, and they pledged to better pr...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bill Cosby's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalized by someone who scrawled the words "serial rapist" with a marker pen. Los Angeles police found the marred sidewalk star...

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh repeatedly stressed the importance of judicial independence as he faced questioning at his confirmation hearing Wednesday from senators, including De...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he's "the exact opposite" of Bob Woodward's portrayal of him in a new book that has set off a firestorm in the White House with its descript...

NEW YORK - A plane has been quarantined at New York's Kennedy Airport when about 10 passengers became ill aboard a flight from Dubai. The Emirates flight landed around 9:10 a.m. Wednesday. The airline...

MIAMI - Florence has become the first major hurricane of the Atlantic season as it moves on a path that could take it toward Bermuda. The Category 3 hurricane's maximum sustained winds Wednesday morni...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit widened for the second straight month in July, reaching the highest level since February, as imports hit an all-time high. The deficit in goods with China and the E...