The group of preteens uncapped their markers and began practicing how to capitalize two new letters: “B” and “Q.” The...

With distraught relatives still awaiting identification of the dead, Swiss investigators have begun examining the safety protocols and building conditions...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Explosions were heard and smoke could be seen rising in multiple locations across Caracas in the early...

ISTANBUL — Iran’s nearly week-long protests, sparked by economic despair but quickly widening into demands for broad change, have turned...

Progress of any kind might be hard to see at first, but perhaps Friday showed that Washington is making gains...

A D.C. police sergeant has been charged with brandishing a gun and a crowbar in what police described as a...

Though the Jan. 1 Sports article “Trump tears up lease for D.C. golf” rightfully expressed concern regarding the president’s interest...

Maryland officials found evidence that neglect played a role in the death of a 16-year-old in foster care who had...

Victoria Jones, the 34-year-old daughter of actor Tommy Lee Jones, was found dead in a luxury hotel in San Francisco...

January inevitably spawns a cottage industry of forecasts. Will the U.S. economy slip into recession? Will the stock market discover...

RICHMOND — In a cavernous gallery of the Valentine museum filled with marble busts and giant images of maps, Bill...

The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees in Washington almost...

Presidents learn quickly the wisdom of distinguishing between an authoritarian regime and the people who suffer under its rule. President...

Federal authorities said Friday they disrupted a plan by an 18-year-old, inspired by the Islamic State, to attack a grocery...

More than two decades ago, scientists digging in Central Africa unearthed the 7-million-year-old remains of what may be one of...