Washington D.C. Travel News

July 29, Washington, DC: Although Sri Lanka's Constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom, there was an overall decrease in societal respect for religious freedom, as Buddhist nationalist groups led campaigns targeting Muslims and Christians, International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 released by the United States ... (more)

Carl LeVan thanks American University for an International Faculty Travel Award, and discloses that he made financial donations to one of the HTAs mentioned here.

Red light cameras are pulling in big dollars for local governments in the Washington, D.C., area, according to new data from AAA Mid-Atlantic.

RESTON, Va.-Monday morning offered a smooth first commute for Silver Line riders following the rail line's kickoff on Saturday, with nearly 10,000 entries or exits at Northern Virginia's five new stations as of 10 a.m. Commuters widely praised the new rail line, the first for the D.C. region in 23 years.

The nation's oldest living female World War II veteran has finally made it to Washington to see the monuments and memorials.

Here are Ingar Grev 's favorite smartphone apps. Grev is the founder of The Strategy Tank, a think tank for CEOs, and owner of the Washington, D.C.-area franchise of The Growth Coach.

Boston is one of the more walkable major cities in the United States and is on its way to becoming the most-walkable, according to a new report from a Washington D.C.-based research group and George Washington University.

This is not a political diary, so my apologies for that, but many are familiar with the DC area, so that's why I wrote this diary.

Ryan Russell never thought he would come back to Pittsburgh. He wanted to pursue a career in international affairs, something he felt wasn't possible to do here.

Leave it to the National Bureau of Economic Research to throw a thick, wet blanket on Pittsburgh's positive rankings parade.

You'd think that in the 21st Century, we could do things better than we did in the 1930's.

Speaking of Washington D.C. today, we happened to stumble across these special amenities for women offered at the Four Seasons Washington, D.C. .

Even with a big walk-in closet all to himself, one of Suzette Smith's clients, whom she calls "The Bachelor," needs a lot of help.

Bars at the top hotels used to be the place to grab a cocktail. After falling out of style, they're back and ready to compete with speakeasies from New Orleans to NYC.

On July 23, 2014 a section of Ghanaians living in the east coast of the United States of America gathered at the embassy of Ghana in Washington DC to demonstrate against what they say is bad governance that has brought economic woes to the people of Ghana.

Saturday is a historic day for mass transit in the United States: it marks the opening of a $3 billion, 11.7 mile-stretch of rail called the Silver Line which will serve the nation's capital and its suburbs, the first new stations in the 106-mile Metro system since 2004.

Warrenton, Va.-The Virginia News Group today appointed Steve Campbell executive editor of its Piedmont Division which includes the flagship publication Fauquier Times , as well as Gainesville Times and Prince William Times .

A new exhibition on the history and evolution of air travel to the Hawaiian Islands opens today at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. " Hawaii by Air " features Hawaiian travel posters, photographs and ephemera from the museum's collections that show how air travel to Hawaii developed, how the travel experience ... (more)

Redskins Training Camp - July 24-August 11, 2014. Redskins Park, Richmond, Virginia.

Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien will receive the National Medal of Arts, the U.S. government's highest award given to artists and art patrons.