Washington D.C. Travel News

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013 SECRETARY JOHN KERRY 3:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry hosts the Holiday Reception for the Diplomatic Corps and their spouses, at the Department of State.

Vice President Biden paid his respects to Nelson Mandela on Monday, praising him as "the most remarkable man I met in my whole career."

When visiting Washington DC, there are the traditional tourist spots like the monuments and museums, but there are also plenty of sustainability features that will excite any green fan.

Ryland Rice , 8, Charlotte Maher, 8, and Abby Pierce, 9, get a push from Gracie Maher, 11, sliding down the hill as the first snow of the season rolls into Hockessin, Del., on Sunday.

A swath of heavy snow and ice that hit the eastern USA on Sunday - from West Virginia to Philadelphia - dumping snow on NFL fields and causing highway pileups threatened to disrupt commuters on Monday morning.

T he 12th annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival came to a hugely successful close in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last month.

The storm warning for the region is set to end Monday morning, but there's still plenty of lousy weather to go for Northern Virginia and Washington, DC.

Our nation's capital had the honor of feting the nine American Nobel Laureates before they headed to Oslo for the official celebration.

Several inches of snow fell across the Baltimore area, with as much as 5-7 inches in some spots, and ice was still ahead as a winter storm that has traveled across the country packed more of a punch in Maryland than forecasters expected.

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Travel will remain slippery around Washington, D.C., through Sunday night as snow and an icy mix persists with the heaviest snow impacting the far northern suburbs.

It was a little intimidating to meet internationally known Cleveland event designer Don Vanderbrook - decorator for inaugural balls, British Embassy parties and state dinners in Washington, D.C. - for the first time.

Rain was falling when mourners converged on the South African Embassy in Northwest Washington on the evening of Dec. 6, but the mood wasn't solemn as they paid tribute to the man whose political activism took him from prison to the presidency of South Africa and earned him a world-wide reputation for spearheading the movement that led to the ... (more)

Scouts from BSA Troop 8 in Chatham traveled to Washington, D.C. from Nov. 17-19 to tour the Capital, the Library of Congress, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the Arlington National Cemetery, the American History Museum, the Air and Space Museum, and the International Spy Museum.

Roanoke historian Scott Crawford likes to find the hidden messages in old paintings.

The trip to Washington DC just got a little bit easier. Saturday, the Maryland Transit Administration launched the start of weekend MARC train service between Washington and Baltimore.

JBG Rosenfeld Retail is buying 20 acres next to the Wegman's in King of Prussia, Pa., and will construct a 200,000-square-foot life-style center.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the entire Washington, D.C. metro area, Sunday morning through Monday morning.

A winter storm watch has been issued for the region, meaning the area could see its first major winter weather event of the season.

Gov. Nikki Haley, state leaders, and ethics reform advocates held a news conference to talk about ethics reform, an issue that figures to be major in the 2014 campaign for governor.