1 marks a pivotal milestone in American history: 225 years ago ... presidential homes in New York and Philadelphia – ...

The Blue Jays came back from a 2-1 deficit to take a 3-2 World Series lead without him. Yet Springer’s playoff exploits – an ...

Halloween parties and costume contests fill this week’s agenda, but don’t overlook Adams Morgan PorchFest, D.C. Zinefest or ...

Curator Julie Miller provided a tour of the Library of Congress' "The Two Georges" exhibit, which examines the parallel lives of King George III and George Washington. In this clip, she provides an ...

Two hundred and thirty-six years ago, in 1789,the Town of Chelsea, (now Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop), had a total population of 472 residents, with a majority of the population living in the Revere ...

A hit-and-run driver slammed into an outdoor birthday party in suburban Washington, D.C., injuring nine kids and two adults ...

The Toronto Blue Jays earned the right to host Game 1 of the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners by winning the American League East and being the No. 1-seeded team in the AL. They advanced to the ALCS ...

The man who would come to be called Harry Washington was born near the Gambia River, in West Africa, around 1740. As a young man, he was sold into slavery and endured the horrors of the Middle Passage ...

An intruder broke into the Washington state Capitol on Sunday night before setting fire to a flag and knocking over busts of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr. The suspect, Gunnar McLean ...

George Clooney has been immersed in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for decades, but he didn’t want the same for his children – and for good reason. The two-time Oscar winner, who lives on a farm ...

The U.S. government shutdown is affecting thousands of federal workers across the Washington, D.C., area, and it’s also leading some popular museums and sites to close temporarily. Some of D.C.'s ...

The vandalism did not appear to have been politically motivated, according to the Washington State Patrol, which said that a suspect was in custody. By Neil Vigdor An intruder broke into Washington ...