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In Washington, crime is relatively high, but not the highest in the country, and it has been on a downward trend.

As of Sunday night, a Juvenile Curfew Zone, which implements stricter rules, is in place for the neighborhood Navy Yard from Sunday, August 10 to Wednesday, August 13. This is the fourth juvenile ...

Florería Atlántico imports its award-winning cocktails full of gin, sherry, and house-made vermouth, with each one telling a ...

When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an ...

A long list of things went wrong in January and contributed to the collision between an Army helicopter and an American ...

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday questioned the failure of an air traffic controller to issue a warning ...

Some of the major issues that have emerged so far include the Black Hawk helicopter flying above prescribed levels near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

New water fountains and refill stations are coming to the Mount Vernon Trail, the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial and other ...

Along his cross-country route, Brian Greeson makes an effort to educate the people he meets on the issue of veteran suicide.

Recreation in the natural waters of the Chesapeake Bay region should always be approached with caution after rainfall. And, ...

Exhumation of a mass grave has begun in Tuam, Ireland, at the site of a former mother and baby home. It's one of several that ...