JOPPATOWNE, Maryland (AP) — The Kenyan college student suspected of killing and eating parts of a man staying at his home ranted months ago about "mass human sacrifices" on Facebook, one of s...
WASHINGTON -- With much of the D.C. region under the risk of severe weather, the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings Friday evening for parts of Maryland and Virginia. According to radar...
Every year since 1963, when President John F. Kennedy first made it official, the Small Business Administration has saluted the nation’s top business owners during National Small Business Week, usual...
June 1 is National Doughnut Day and I am in celebration mode. Im not alone in my love of a doughnut. According to one of my favorite little pamphlets, published in 1945 by the Doughnut Corp. of Ameri...
In a recent Op-Ed for the Washington Post, New America Foundations Maggie Severns urged states to rethink teacher preparation in light of our countrys ongoing shift to a minority-majority nation. As ...
It was about a year before Vanessa, a 29-year-old Chicagoan who works for a property management firm, first noticed the error: Her employer-sponsored health insurance plan had her boyfriend listed as...
Click at your own risk: You wont be able to resist the animals in this weeks slideshow of adoptable animals. Sophie is a lovable year-old purebred Saint Bernard who wants a life full of belly rubs. T...
Theres a conventional wisdom in Washington that theres nothing we can do politically to stop the U.S. government from killing innocent civilians with drone strikes. But it aint necessarily so. Speaki...
As other parts of the federal government begin to examine their own practices toward social media and publication review, the State Department stands alone in clinging to a 19th century model emphasi...
WASHINGTON -- Dulles International Airport, following the lead of London, Frankfurt and other airports, has added a virtual assistant greeting international travelers. Paige, a 3-D hologram, aids int...
The federal governments human resources (HR) community is like the proverbial shoemakers children -- theyre busy helping others in government address workforce needs while their own workforce languis...
Combine a too-optimistic administration with a Republican Party that is sabotaging the economy as a campaign strategy and what do you get? You get todays terrible jobs report. First, though, remember...
WASHINGTON -- Residents and tourists in the nations capital know how to take advantage of a museum. The surplus of ways to spend a free afternoon makes having hoards of visitors a nice respite rather...
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Oversight Committee is asking for further delay in approving the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial near the National Mall in Washington. California Rep. Da...
The panel charged with overseeing the development of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is pushing ahead on approving the project by the end of the day Friday even though the family still objects to t...
WASHINGTON -- Local indie dream pop band Frau Eva has created a one-of-a-kind digital world to showcase its music. The digital version of the D.C. acts fusion of multiple genres launched this week an...
Havent you heard? Its National Donut Day! Before we get to the good stuff (READ: the information on where you can score a free donut) we thought wed start out with a brief history lesson on why we ce...
For some reason, two weeks ago, instead of deleting an email from the Gap, I opened it and noticed they were proudly promoting their new line of toddler clothes featuring Superheroes. Feeling fortuit...
LOS ANGELES — Its a spectacle that wont repeat for another century – the sight of Venus slowly inching across the face of the sun. So unless scientists discover the fountain of youth, non...
WASHINGTON -- A mother driving an SUV in a Maryland suburb just outside the nations capital backed over five children Thursday night in what police have described as a tragic accident. One of the chi...
Education Secretary Arne Duncan asked teachers in New Haven, "how do we as a teaching profession create a climate in which everyone is clamoring to come into schools" being turned around unde...
WASHINGTON — Walk into any Sweetgreen restaurant and alongside your locally grown mesclun topped with organic dressing youre likely to get a helping of Hot Chips – the band, not the food....
By Bill Allison, editorial director for the Sunlight Foundation. The strange case of John Edwards -- who has been humiliatingly undressed as a scoundrel and the very opposite of what he pretended to ...
TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 1 1. Trombone World Record At Nationals Park This is the way to promote a show. "The Music Man" is currently being performed at Arena Stage. One of the most well-known ...
When it comes to dream casting his own biopic, Bill Clinton has his sights set on Hollywoods elite. On Thursday nights "Piers Morgan Tonight," the former president chatted with guest host and...
WASHINGTON -- Be on the lookout for severe storms heading through the nations capital Friday afternoon. An unstable weather scenario will be developing through the course of the day, which is likely ...
By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff Opposition to the proposed design for a memorial to President Dwight Eisenhower has reached a fever pitch, with high-level officials in the Obama administration and sen...
by Leonard Maltin This may be the first summer movie season where box-office results in China and Russia mean more to Hollywood than the domestic returns. Thats not good news for those of us who crav...
WASHINGTON -- Regular weekend Metro riders are all too familiar with the transit agencys massive ongoing rail system rehabilitation efforts. This weekend will be no different, with buses replacing tr...
Congratulations, graduates! All those early-morning classes and late-night cramming sessions and whats your reward? A lousy job market. Sure, weve seen a steady, albeit modest, drop in the unemployme...
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