Washington, D.C.

...medical building at Fort Hood and opened fire, killing at least 13 and wounding 30. The Texas army base is roughly 1,500 miles from Washington, but the reverberations were quickly felt in the nation's capital. Statements poured forth from...

In this article: Washington, Barack Obama, Fort Hood, Texas, White House, and Virginia

...first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi. There he is, more than 2,000 years dug up from the Chinese countryside in 1977 and now standing in downtown Washington. He is one of the famed Terra Cotta...

In this article: National Geographic, Terra Cotta Warriors, Washington, China, Qin Shihuangdi, Cleopatra, Anxiety, and Guardians

...will take about two years. Here's a map of the work zone. Traffic impact Pennsylvania Avenue is a major commuter route into downtown Washington as well as a neighborhood connector, and it has two commercial centers around Branch and...

In this article: Adrian M. Fenty, Anacostia River, and Alabama

...for John Allen Muhammad released a May 2008 letter on Wednesday in which the mastermind of the deadly 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area proclaims his innocence. The rambling, handwritten letter was made available because...

In this article: John Allen Muhammad, Lee Boyd Malvo, Virginia, E mail, U.S. Supreme Court, and Timothy M. Kaine

...in The Post, but I'd like to make two points here. One is that the broad impact of these projects will require transportation managers in DC, Maryland and Virginia to coordinate their traffic management efforts to a degree we may not have...

In this article: New York Avenue, Southern Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, Eastern Avenue, 11th Street Bridge, New York Avenue Bridge, and Maryland

Yvonne McKethan waits for a place to sleep at the John L. Young Catholic Charities Center in the District. (By Melina Mara -- The Washington Post) Already this week, Daylight Savings Time has vanished, nights have become longer and colder,...

In this article: National Weather Service

Washington Once a month, the principal of my daughter's D.C. public school - Ross Elementary in Northwest - hosts an informal coffee with parents. It's always held in the morning, right after the children are dropped off. This gathering...

In this article: IKEA

WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week's execution. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection next Tuesday at a...

In this article: John Allen Muhammad, Supreme Court, Washington, Lee Boyd Malvo, Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, Manassas, Va, Maryland, and Louisiana

WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities say they are investigating a suspicious package at the World Bank headquarters in Washington. D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says an unidentified substance was found in a letter or package in a...

In this article: Washington

TV Review of "Washington in the '60s" "Washington in the '60s," airing Monday night on WETA, conjures up a proud but haunted District that lost itself in rancorous smoke. At least, that's how it was if you're Pat Buchanan. He also fondly...

In this article: Washington, Maury Povich, Connie Chung, G. Gordon Liddy, and Pat Buchanan