Planners Meet Over 2nd Phase Of Dulles Rail Line
Planners say they are closer to an agreement on how to build and pay for the second phase of the Metrorail extension to Washington Dulles International Airport.
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Planners say they are closer to an agreement on how to build and pay for the second phase of the Metrorail extension to Washington Dulles International Airport.
Inspectors have now determined most of the federal buildings and landmarks in Washington D.C. are structurally sound, but few, including the Washington Monument have been deemed unsafe.
Earthquake damage at the landmark Washington National Cathedral is forcing officials to seek a new site to hold dedication services for the memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Office buildings, schools and iconic American landmarks were being inspected Wednesday for possible structural flaws caused by a rare East Coast earthquake.
Shaking ground and swaying buildings. For some in Washington and New York and elsewhere along the East Coast, their first thoughts turned to terrorism-- not nature.
Police closed off several entrance ramps to allow the riders to pass on by. The group will visit the Pentagon Saturday before heading to New York.
"Flash mob" robberies. It's a disturbing trend in Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and right here in Maryland. Large groups of young people swarm stores, take what they want and leave just as fast. Police are now trying to get the problem under control.
A Maryland psychiatrist who killed her son and then herself left behind a suicide note that talked about mounting debt and conflicts with her child's school district.
Marylanders concerned about their financial future are angry about the lack of compromise on Capitol Hill.
Residents of the nation's capital could be able to play government-sponsored Texas Hold `Em poker and other online games within three months, but some wonder if the stakes are too small for the games to generate much interest or revenue.
The 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is underway.
The owner of Superfresh grocery stores says it will shut down 13 stores in July because it can't find buyers.
Top honors at the White House for a Maryland educator. Michelle Shearer is the 2011 National Teacher of the Year.
Authorities have arrested a teenager who attacked a guard and escaped from a Maryland youth detention facility in April.
Frank Neuhauser, who in 1925 won the first national spelling bee with the word "gladiolus," has died. He was 97.
Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington are urging people to donate to the American Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts in Japan ahead of the festival that honors U.S.-Japanese relations.
The visitor center at the U.S. Capitol held a rare event this weekend: a reenactment of a presidential inauguration.
An actor is retracing President Lincoln's journey from Springfield, Ill., to Washington to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his inauguration.
Officially, the economic free-fall of the Great Recession ended about 18 months ago, but the picture in U.S. schools tells a very different story.
Vincent C. Gray was sworn in Sunday as the sixth elected mayor of the District of Columbia, promising to be an executive who would unite the diverse residents of the nation's capital.
Metro is getting a $150 million federal grant to replace old rail cars and make other safety improvements.
Amtrak says power problems between Baltimore and Philadelphia turned one train's trip between Washington, D.C., and New York City into an 11-hour journey.
