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(BEIRUT) — The wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has been arrested after crossing into Lebanon from Syria with fake documents, Lebanese security and military officials told ABC News.The w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Arnold's green New York Jets jacket that he always wore in "The Wonder Years" is becoming a piece of history along with other items from the popular TV sho...

(WASHINGTON) — Americans divide evenly on last week’s grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri – with vast racial, political, and generational gaps defining public attitudes on the ...

ARLINGTON — Repairs are underway on the sinkhole that closed the southbound George Washington Memorial Parkway between Route 123 and Spout Run during Tuesday morning's rush hour.  Doug...

(WASHINGTON) - It's not even 2015, and the 2016 presidential race already has its first dropout.Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican who was once considered a top contender to be Mitt Romney's vice pre...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday he wants to ensure the U.S. isn't building a "militarized culture" within police departments, while maintaining federal progra...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bono has some top notch understudies: Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin of Coldplay acted as the U2 frontman, who is recovering from a bike accident, at a concert Monday night h...

ATLANTA (AP) — Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that he will...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struggled Monday over where to draw the line between free speech and illegal threats in the digital age. The justices considered the case of a Pennsylvania ma...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Barack Obama planned to hold meetings Monday on the Ferguson situation, and a few members of the St. Louis Rams football team showed their support for protesters who h...