The airspace above Reagan National Airport, where a commercial plane collided with an Army helicopter this week, has become increasingly congested with air traffic, including helicopters.
Seven of the 67 people killed when an American Airlines jet collided midair with an Army helicopter were members of the two flight crews. The American Airlines crew members were traveling on a daily route from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night.
Video footage of the incident shows the aircraft flying at a low altitude, before an explosion happened at the moment of impact. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
The civil rights icon, pastor and former Atlanta mayor served as Ambassador to the United Nations during Jimmy Carter/s presidency and remembered his friend of 50 years as a man of courage and integrity.
Two politically pointed statues have mysteriously appeared in the nation’s capital in the leadup to the election: a pile of poop on the former House speaker's desk and a hand holding a tiki torch.
For its 20th anniversary, the DC Jazz Festival featured performances throughout the Washington, D.C., area culminating in a weekend jam-packed with performances stretched across several venues at The Wharf in Southwest Washington.
The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump searched online about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the FBI director said.
The water boil advisory had been announced Wednesday night for safety reasons. It had posed a challenge as the nation's capital prepares to stage its annual Fourth of July celebrations.
This Juneteeth, retired U.S. Air Force Captain Marian Dee Elder and 25 of her fellow Black veterans will board a plane in Atlanta and fly to Washington D.C. There, this group will spend the day visiting various commemorative sites. They will share stories, shed tears and strengthen bonds forged by their unique experiences and challenges as Black servicemen and women.
A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.
Cepane Sarty, 38, of Marietta, and Seth Sarty, 45, of Rockmart, are charged with the felony offense of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers during the attack, which disrupted a joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.
From former President Donald Trump's historic mug shot to the House speaker drama, here are moments that captured the unprecedented political drama and other powerful moments that unfolded in 2023.
Mold, pests and rodents in the home can lead to life-threatening asthma attacks in kids. Increasingly, doctors see this as a medical issue that requires legal intervention.
Decades after the 1963 March on Washington, thousands again gathered in the nation's capital to declare that Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy was in jeopardy amid fresh civil rights struggles.
