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Preservationists worry board may seize on incident 'to make the point that the whole thing needs to be shut down'

Two female beluga whales transferred from the defunct Marineland of Canada theme park to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have died shortly after their relocation.

Carbon monoxide leaked at an apartment complex Saturday in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with 51 people from three buildings needing evaluation and at least 11 requiring hospitalization, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

Andre Junior Seenaraine and Stephen Jordan Trejos are accused of committing battery against a Hispanic male detainee.

The first U.S. Labor Day celebration took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade.

President Trump's cash-rich political operation disclosed its first wave of general election spending Saturday with a huge ad buy in Texas' high-stakes Senate race.

Other big economies have a similar debt-to-GDP ratio, provoking the question: does the United States' $40 trillion debt crisis really matter?

Maine's Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Saturday fired back at Republican Sen. Susan Collins for mentioning that the mother of his children is his second cousin, grumbling that it's an attack on his family.

The Grosvenor-Strathmore, Medical Center and Bethesda Metrorail stations along the Red Line will reopen Monday following months of work that ended on time and within the budget.

The reported crackdown comes after multiple news outlets detailed how the conflict has strained U.S. critical munitions supplies.