District of Columbia

Not long ago, I found myself on the courtyard of Washington's Four Seasons hotel, enjoying the charming company of my wife, whose birthday we were celebrating. To be honest, it isn't the sort of place we seek out. Why? For starters, sitting outdoo...

School systems across the country, including in the D.C. area, are trying to fill vacancies weeks, even days before classes start....

California's governor concedes the need for energy reliability....

Yes, the president can declassify documents. But there is a process....

California's commitment to wind and solar energy has run into a mild problem: summer....

A new law requiring Texas schools to display donated "In God We Trust" posters is the latest move by Republican lawmakers to bring Christianity into taxpayer-funded institutions. Under the law, Senate Bill 797 , which passed during last year's...

An Oregon state representative spent the night in a county jail after he was arrested at the Clackamas County Fair on disorderly conduct charges, the county sheriff's office said Thursday....

He conspired to traffic millions of dollars' worth of horns and ivory from endangered rhinoceros and elephants...

NEW YORK (AP) — George Springer went 5-for-5, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run second......

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried outpitched Jacob deGrom, ever so slightly, in a matchup of aces and rookie Michael Harris......

The conventional wisdom that the Republican Party is likely to win control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm election was challenged by Susan Glasser in The New Yorker . "The results of this midterm season so far have shown how nearl...

A Maryland crime-fighting network that targets gang-related crime, illegal drugs and guns, and human trafficking is expanding its reach in the state....

White House bolsters hostage policy as longest-held journalist marks 10 years in captivity and 60-plus families push for relatives' release...

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jonquel Jones had 19 points and eight rebounds, Alyssa Thomas added 15 points, 10 rebounds and......

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced proposed legislation that would make giving puberty blockers and performing gender-changing surgery on minors a felony....

Thursday At Hillcrest Country Club Boise, Idaho Purse: $1 million Yardage: 6,880; Par: 71 First Round Philip Knowles 29-32_61 Min......

Thursday At Hillcrest Country Club Boise, Idaho Purse: $1 million Yardage: 6,880; Par: 71 First Round Philip Knowles 29-32_61-10 Min......

(CNN) — Las autoridades confirmaron que hubo "mltiples vctimas" despus de que dos aviones se estrellaran en el aire sobre......

Fairfax County School officials released a letter to staff Thursday notifying them that a counselor at a middle school in the county had previously been convicted of solicitation of prostitution from a minor....

DEA officials say they've been seizing rainbow colored fentanyl pills resembling candy in the D.C. region....

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds hit two home runs, JT Brubaker pitched seven shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped......

Bryan Reynolds hit two home runs, JT Brubaker pitched seven shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a six-game losing streak, beating the Boston Red Sox 8-2......

A safety crisis. That's what experts have to say about new numbers from the federal government showing a dramatic rise in traffic fatalities....

Sneaker Con -- the celebration of resale sneakers -- is a world that grew out of the generation of youths enamored with Michael Jordan and his Air Jordans in 1985. That was almost 40 years ago, and that generation and others will gather this weekend in Wa...

On Thursday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," election forecaster Harry Enten laid out why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to tamp down expectations for Republican performances in Senate contests this cycle — and why he...

A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after accidentally using a picture of a GOP elephant that contained Ku Klux Klan imagery....

Aug. 12-19, 2022 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers......

The city of Watsonville says multiple agencies responded to Watsonville Municipal Airport Thursday after two planes attempting to land collided. At least two people are dead after initial reports of multiple fatalities....

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Defending champion Brody Malone sprinted to the lead at the U.S. Championships on Thursday, posting an......

Defending champion Brody Malone sprinted to the lead at the U.S. Championships, posting an all-around score of 88.942 in the last major tuneup before this fall's world championships......

Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport and at least two of the three occupants were killed......

As parents get ready to send their kids back to school, a new state law in Virginia now requires principals to report misdemeanors involving people at the school....

Amid an outcry in Finland, Prime Minister Sanna Marin defended her right to spend free time with friends....

Israeli forces raided the offices of six Palestinian Authority human rights groups that the country previously labeled as...

The Republican Party as it continues in the Donald Trump era has gone to such a strange place that Mike Pence appears almost radical, according to a new editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . The newspaper noted the "buzz" over Pence telling r...

A 15-year-old male resident of Northeast D.C. was taken into custody Thursday by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and charged with first-degree murder while armed....

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man who opened fire on people at random in 2014, killing five people......

On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's "All In," anchor Chris Hayes marked the guilty plea of former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg with a list of all the major Trump allies who have similarly found themselves pleading to or being conv...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The school board in North Dakota's most populous city reversed course Thursday on its decision to......

The school board in North Dakota's most populous city has reversed course on its decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at its monthly meetings......

CEO Adam Aron announced that $1 of each...

MASON, Ohio (AP) — American Madison Keys upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Western......

The Cleveland Browns thought they had their franchise quarterback......

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Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport Thursday and at least two of the three occupants were killed, officials said....

PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won two matches Thursday as the No. 3 amateur in the......

NEW YORK (AP) — The newest meme stock on Wall Street, Bed Bath & Beyond, tumbled even further in after-hours......