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(NEW YORK) — The United Nations Children's Fund called 2014 "a devastating year for millions of children" on Monday.Citing worsening conflicts around the world, UNICEF's Exec...

NEW YORK (AP) — While Britain's Prince William met with President Barack Obama at the Oval Office on Monday, his wife, Kate, toured a child development center with New York City's firs...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shaking up his Pentagon leadership, President Barack Obama tapped policy wonk Ashton Carter to oversee the sprawling Defense Department Friday, heralding his new nominee as one...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would block suspected Nazi war criminals from receiving Social Security benefits is heading to President Barack Obama for his signature.By voice vote late Thursday,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bull's-eye" Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic journey 3,604 miles beyond Earth. The achievement o...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers probing politically motivated traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge last year have found no evidence that Gov. Chris Christie was involved in t...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police body cameras have become a rallying cry in the wake of racially charged decisions by grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City, but experts caution that inc...

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A REPORT BY WMAL’S NICOLE RAZ Nicole RazWMAL.comGAITHERSBURG — Nearly 40 years after their disappearance from the Wheaton Plaza shopping center, Montgomery County P...

(AUSTIN, Texas) — The mystery of what happened to 100 missing brains from a Texas university was solved Wednesday when officials determined that the brains being sought had been destroyed over a...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — With temperature data showing 2014 currently tied for the hottest year on record, the U.N. weather agency on Wednesday rejected claims that global warming has paused.The World ...