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  WASHINGTON — (CNN) Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday vetoed a bill that would criminalize abortion procedures in the state. The decision to veto the bill, which likely would have opened...

  WASHINGTON — (CNN) Reputed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s extradition to the United States has been approved, the Mexican ministry of foreign relations announced ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) There were smoke alerts aboard EgyptAir Flight 804 in the minutes before it crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, flight data filed through the Aircraft Communicati...

  Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON- Pink slips have gone out to 20 managers, including seven senior ones, with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. “Consistent with the Cus...

  UPDATE 4:06 PM: The lock down at the White House has been lifted. WASHINGTON — (CNN) Secret Service officers shot a male suspect near a security checkpoint near the White House after he a...

  WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump on Friday took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, just moments after the gun rights group officially endorsed Trump for pr...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The number of pregnant women in the United States reported to have the Zika virus has more than tripled, increasing from 48 to 157, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

  WASHINGTON — (CNN) John Berry, the founding member of the Beastie Boys and the person who came up with the groundbreaking hip hop group’s name, has died. He was 52. Berry died Thurs...

BAGDHAD — (CNN) Iraqi forces declared the town of Rutbah “secure” from ISIS, a conclusion the United States agrees with, according to spokesman Col. Steve Warren of the U.S.-led coal...

BALTIMORE — (CNN) A judge deciding the fate of one of six officers charged in the Freddie Gray case on Thursday challenged prosecutors’ claim that the takedown and subsequent arrest of Gra...