National Symphony Orchestra Plans To Visit Oman
The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington is expanding its international tour next year with its first visit to the country of Oman.
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The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington is expanding its international tour next year with its first visit to the country of Oman.
A Maryland man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for fatally shooting a man outside a Dupont Circle restaurant over Thanksgiving weekend.
The Library of Congress is celebrating key decisions made 150 years ago that spread access to higher education and knowledge from the wealthy to the masses.
Documents and photographs attached to U.S. immigration forms have been culled from the National Archives for a new exhibit about immigrants who came to this country.
A major service adjustment for Metrorail is about to take effect.
An Afghan man linked to the Taliban who authorities say was one of the largest heroin traffickers in the world will be sentenced in a court in Washington.
Actor Matthew Broderick, country singer Josh Turner, composer John Williams and a dozen U.S. Olympic athletes will be among the headliners for this year's July Fourth celebration on the National Mall.
Metro is encouraging customers to switch from using paper farecards to plastic ones.
The driver of a stolen vehicle that crashed into a downtown Washington office building was trying to use a lighter when police arrived on the scene, according to a police report.
Authorities say the man accused of driving an SUV into an office building in the nation's capital has been charged with arson and other counts.
A Prince George's County judge has sentenced a former Metro employee to one year in jail for paying workers for hours they did not work.
The storm system swept through the counties to our south in the Washington, D.C. area Friday night, and it led to some dramatic rescues on flooded roads.
Federal safety investigators say inadequate safeguards and poor communication contributed to a Metro transit accident that killed two workers two years ago.
A first-time national geography bee contender from Texas has won the annual competition in Washington.
Officials at Joint Base Andrews near Washington say budget cuts are forcing them to turn a popular air show into a biennial instead of an annual event.
In a case that revealed underhanded tactics used to get Vincent Gray elected mayor of Washington, a former Gray campaign aide pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling campaign funds to another mayoral candidate and shredding records of the transactions.
Two cheetah cubs have been transported to the Smithsonian's National Zoo to be raised by hand after a risky birth three weeks ago at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in northern Virginia.
Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year.
Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.
The Metropolitan Police Department says a fatal shooting from last July in southeast has been ruled a homicide.
Friday is Bike To Work Day and more than 10,000 are expected to take part in the Washington area.
Betty White is headed to Washington and her agenda includes donkeys and elephants -- but not the kind roaming on Capitol Hill.
Last year, 163 police officers died in the line of duty nationwide.
Tourism officials in Washington say spending by visitors grew more than 6 percent last year to $6 billion, outpacing the growth in visitor numbers.
George Washington University students will be collecting used cell phones and other portable electronic devices at 15 Metro stations during the morning rush hour.
