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(NEW YORK) — Thanksgiving is every dieter's nightmare: turkey slathered in gravy, candied sweet potatoes with marshmallows, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and buttery, and calorie-la...

(WASHINGTON) — A team of U.S. special operations forces conducted a joint raid in a remote region of Yemen Tuesday to rescue eight hostages being held in a cave by al Qaeda in the Arabian Penins...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Several people protesting the Ferguson grand jury decision stormed into City Hall in St. Louis on Wednesday, leading police to lock down the building and to call in more tha...

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — The University of Virginia said Tuesday that it has adopted a zero-tolerance policy in dealing with sexual assaults on campus, after an explosive report about rapes that...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An FBI spokeswoman says two special agents have been shot in St. Louis County, but the incident is not related to the Ferguson protests. Rebecca Wu, a spokeswoman with the FBI S...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — One of the busiest, most stressful travel days of the year posed special challenges in the crowded Washington-to-Boston corridor as travelers on their way to Thanksgiving ce...

John Matthews WMAL.com ASHBURN, VA — Take a seat, RGIII.   As first reported late Tuesday night by ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Washington Redskins are planning to start Colt McCoy at qua...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — National Guard reinforcements helped contain the latest protests in Ferguson, preventing a second night of the chaos that led to arson and looting after a grand jury decided...

(FERGUSON, Mo.) — In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, police officer Darren Wilson breaks his silence about the shooting of Michael Brown.Wilson told ABC News th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers across most of America will see their health insurance premiums go up next year for popular plans under President Barack Obama’s health care law.But it will tak...