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The system could bring dangerous rip currents and heavy rains over the holiday weekend.

Still nice Saturday. Rain chances return early next week with near-normal heat.

A 21-year-old rising senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was hit by gunfire apparently intended for others near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, police said.

The 300th birthday party for the comte de Rochambeau celebrated his partnership with Washington, and the civil way they made decisions.

The U.S. naturalization ceremony at George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate included remarks by Arnold Schwarzenegger

In 2019, for example, the smoke got so bad in D.C. that many couldn’t actually see the fireworks.

The “Make America Beautiful Again” executive order represents a rare instance of the president elevating environmental priorities.

Water temperatures have surged above 85 degrees in the Mediterranean Sea, where records have been broken every day for weeks.

Everything you need to know about which tax credits Congress just voted to eliminate, when they expire and who qualifies.

Five consecutive Red Sox reach base as Boston breaks open a close game against weary Washington starter.

Blazes are burning in countries including Spain, Greece and Turkey in the wake of record-setting temperatures across much of the continent.

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan amid a chaotic U.S. withdrawal and toppled the Western-backed government in 2021.

The Pentagon is reviewing AUKUS, a strategic military deal between the United States, Britain and Australia. Australian officials remain confident it’s a good deal.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke Friday after an unprecedented wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv.

The director of Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital provided harrowing accounts of how the health care system collapsed over the course of the war.

Explosions continued more than 24 hours after the blast caused several spot fires and scattered large pieces of debris across a wide area, officials said.

In a rare account of conditions inside the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), Abrego’s attorneys say he and others deported there from the United States were beaten and forced to kneel for 9 hours.

The cases involve laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ school sports.

The catcher who was supposed to be part of Washington’s future is back from the injured list. He’s still not helping.

After his match was suspended Thursday when he was one game from winning, the 10th-seeded American made quick work of his remaining duties against Marton Fucsovics.

Much of the allocation will go to private prison contractors tasked with doubling the nation’s capacity to lock up migrants.

The music mogul will remain in jail as he awaits sentencing on prostitution-related charges.

You’re going to want to put this barbecue sauce butter on everything this summer.

At Midlina in Baltimore, chef-owner Karim Kiriakos delivers ceviche, kofta and Bolognese to a neighborhood better known for pizza and wings.

‘The chances of being poisoned are really low but they’re not zero,’ one expert said.

Spots in Italy, Germany and England are boosting their summer appeal thanks to new attractions, easier flights and better weather.

Multiple passengers aboard the Disney Dream filmed footage of crewmembers plucking a man and his daughter out of the water after the two went overboard.

In ‘The Place of Tides,’ acclaimed nature writer James Rebanks visits a memorable woman committed to helping ducks

John Cena and Idris Elba play a U.S. president and British prime minister in a rote but real-world-adjacent action comedy.