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BOSTON — (CNN) The mother of Doug Flutie died of a heart attack less than a hour after her husband passed away following an illness, the former Heisman Trophy winner said Wednesday on Facebook. ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Chris Christie on Wednesday blamed President Barack Obama for the Syrian refugee crisis and called Obama “a joke” who “lives in a fantasy land.” Christ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Honduran police Wednesday said they detained five Syrian men who traveled with fake passports to the Central American country’s capital. “These citizens will be ta...

BALTIMORE — (CNN) Democratic mayors across the country are opening their cities to Syrian refugees, and for many that’s in direct opposition to the more than two dozen governors saying the...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The Federal Reserve is worried about finally raising rates — worried that if it doesn’t do so soon, it could spark “uncertainty” in financial markets. ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Ben Carson’s campaign moved to distance itself Tuesday from a report suggesting that two of his top advisers are frustrated with his approach to foreign policy. Accordin...

  Daniela Berson WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced today that he is dropping out of the 2016 Republican primary race. Jindal released the following stat...

NEW YORK — (CNN) The “nicer” version of Gawker will also apparently be more political. As part of a shakeup at Gawker Media on Tuesday, the company said that its flagship site, Gawke...

BALTIMORE — (CNN) The man accused of setting fire to a CVS pharmacy in Baltimore during riots in April was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $500,000 in restitution Tuesday, a...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) Five years ago, he was the highest-paid star on prime-time TV, playing a debauched character who was a wink-wink variation on his own bad-boy persona. Today, he is an out-of-...