Folklife Festival Offers Evening Concerts On Mall
This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival is featuring a series of evening concerts on the National Mall, beginning with a group from West Virginia University.
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This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival is featuring a series of evening concerts on the National Mall, beginning with a group from West Virginia University.
The Supreme Court won't hear a complaint against Maryland's congressional redistricting map by voters unhappy with the state's new maps.
A 1996 sexual assault has been linked through DNA to the same man believed responsible for nine other attacks on women in the District of Columbia and Maryland, police and the FBI said Thursday.
The National Building Museum in Washington is giving visitors a place to tee off with a new indoor mini-golf course exhibit.
Amtrak says service has been restored between Washington and Philadelphia, but delays are expected for the next two hours.
The District of Columbia Public Library is working to build an archival collection honoring the "godfather" of go-go music, Chuck Brown.
Nearly 300 proficient spellers have gathered at a convention center outside Washington to take part in the preliminary rounds of the National Spelling Bee.
Tourism officials say Washington saw a record 17.9 million visitors last year, surpassing a previous record of 17.4 million set in 2000 before the 9/11 attacks.
The founding president of the Autry National Center of the American West, a group of museums in Los Angeles and Denver, has been named director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington.
A 36-year-old Asian elephant named Shanthi is developing her musical talents by playing harmonicas within the reach of her trunk.
Space shuttle Discovery is expected to fly over Washington's landmarks next week on the back of a Boeing 747 and will also be visible from points in Maryland and Virginia.
Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade are announcing a lineup of celebrities joining the festivities this week.
Duane M. Cummins has removed gum from the rooftop of the W Hotel, the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and from under the tables at Dave & Buster's.
Two new car-sharing companies are open for business in Washington, competing with Zipcar.
The pursuit of a stolen car comes to a deadly end. Two young boys are killed when the car explodes into flames.
Military officials at the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado say they scrambled a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter to intercept a biplane that entered restricted air space around Washington, D.C.
Washington-area residents have just a few more hours to vote on proposed Metro train station names for the new silver line.
George Clooney was arrested for protesting the Sudan crises in front of the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.
Seven months after an unexpected earthquake shook the East Coast, two national treasures are still in bad shape. The Washington Monument and the National Cathedral both have major structural damage.
This tells me NFL owners must really dislike Daniel Snyder because basically they banded together to stick it to him, and help themselves at the same time.
Law enforcement authorities say 13 people have been arrested after being indicted as part of a network that distributed cocaine in the Washington area.
Police are investigating a shooting near the border of Montgomery County and the District of Columbia in which a police officer was injured and a suspect wounded.
Two former District Department of the Environment employees have signaled they will plead guilty in a case involving taking bribes to overlook alleged environmental violations at a southwest Washington construction site.
NORAD is planning to fly three planes over the Washington area in the early morning hours in order to calibrate instruments.
Washington is getting ready to celebrate 100 years with its famous cherry blossom trees, and peak bloom season is just around the corner.
