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Singh's aircraft touched down Sunday afternoon at Andrews Air Force Base outside of the District of Columbia.

Delaware State University has named Harry Lee Williams as its new president. The university's board of trustees announced Friday that Williams will lead the historically black institution as its 10th president.

A A National spectacles Nearly 400 national parks can be found all across America, and feature breathtaking vistas, rock formations millions of years old, and more.

Question: When is government transparency not such a good thing? Answer: When the information provided is flat-out wrong.

Federal prosecutors in Washington announced Friday they will dismiss a manslaughter charge against one of the Blackwater contractors charged in a high-profile shooting incident in Baghdad, Iraq, two years ago.

A growing number of states reported rising jobless rates in October, and thirteen states reported unemployment rates above the national average of 10.2%, according to a government report released on Friday.

Fitch Ratings affirms its 'A-' rating on the District of Columbia's outstanding deed tax revenue bonds , series 2007A.

If not for his grandmother, Ryne Graham would quietly be attending his classes at the University of Mississippi and keeping his profile rather low.

Text Archive > American Libraries > Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, 1904 Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, 1904 This book has an editable web page on Open Library .

A Washington, D.C., police detective alleges that former police chief Charles Ramsey, despite past denials, ordered mass arrests of hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2002.

Opponents of gay marriage in the District of Columbia have suffered another setback in their ongoing effort to prevent a gay marriage law from being approved.

The Texas Lottery Commission took a step Tuesday toward expanding state gambling options to include Powerball.

A measure to let voters decide whether to ban same-sex marriages in D.C. cannot go on the ballot because it would violate a city human rights law, the Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday.

For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the healthy start they deserved.

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, District Department of Transportation Director Gabe Klein and Federal Highway announced work has begun on the District's largest American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 transportation project.

An eighth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files.

The new parking garage at the Minnesota Avenue Metrorail Station neatly fits 520 vehicles, so if you live in Ward 7's Deanwood neighborhood, you are a happy commuter about now.

The District of Columbia City Council has changed a proposed ordinance legalizing same-gender "marriage" to supposedly add protection for pastors.

Recent studies say childhood obesity has reached an all time high and the District of Columbia Public Schools has one of the highest childhood obesity rates in the country.

Ocean State Becomes 19th to Ban Texting While Driving Yesterday, Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri signed a law banning all drivers from text messaging while driving.