Washington D.C. Travel News

APRIL 07: U.S. President Barack Obama visits with students in a 10th grade Microbiology class at Bladensburg High School April 7, 2014 in Bladensburg, Maryland.

After $15 million in repairs and a shutdown of some 32 months, the Washington Monument is reopening in May - and you can start reserving your tickets now.

A group of Chicago Public School students is heading to Washington, DC Wednesday morning for a trip they'll remember for quite some time.

Two Wichita middle school students will deliver speeches at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., next month as part of a national oratory competition.

Chris Hamby, a University of Richmond graduate, was announced as the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting yesterday.

Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is traveling to Washington, D.C. to discuss health care reform issues with President Barack Obama.

Cash: At the Hot Stove restaurant on Cape Cod, which I visit every summer vacation for one of their tasty burgers served on English muffins, patrons must pay their tab in cash or by check.

Saturday April 12th marked a historic event for the Twin Tiers with it's first ever Honor Flight, paying tribute to many area veterans for their service with a trip to Washington, DC to visit their memorials.

11:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry hosts the swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin, at the Department of State.

Hundreds of people gathered in more than 100 cities around the world this month to celebrate International Pillow Fight Day.

At times, discovering an internship opportunity can be a daunting task. Finding the right place to get experience students desire doesn't always come easy.

Award-winning broadcast journalist, executive producer, advocate and philanthropist Soledad O'Brien will be awarded the Dorothy I. Height Award at the YWCA USA Annual Conference on Thursday, June 12, 2014 in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt Washington.

Bus leaves at 6:30 a.m. from Fitness Connection and will return by 9:30 p.m. 358-8822.

Today's Washington Post has a piece on the matter discussed in the past few entries, " Rival bureaucracies are not the way to manage traffic congestion in Washington, D.C. ," and it quotes me--more succinctly than the three blog entries.

What started as a degree in accounting at the University of Louisville eventually led Kentucky School for the Deaf graduate Max Williamson back to Danville as an educator.

Melissa Crawford, 23, never used to think that world issues were important to a city like Flint.

A screening of the film "Murph the Protector" will take place in the Kaneland High School auditorium on Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m. to help raise funds for a June service trip to famous World War I and II sites.

King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman is a great true story.

First Potomac Realty Trust, of Bethesda, a real estate investment trust that owns office and business park properties in the Greater Washington, D.C., area, announced its acquisition of 1401 K St. N.W., a 12-story, 117,093-square-foot office building in the heart of downtown.

Cherry Blossoms will be in full bloom this weekend, and so will the traffic to the Tidal Basin in D.C. The best way to get to WASHINGTON -- Cherry Blossoms will be in full bloom this weekend, and so will the traffic to the Tidal Basin in D.C. The best way to get to the trees is to take Metro.