How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life
Heavy rain is falling across Southern California, creating deluges of water and mud on roads at the bottom of hillsides left barren by recent wildfires
Heavy snow and freezing rain from Kentucky to the nation's capital caused hundreds of crashes and left tens of thousands of residents in the dark
A snowstorm has blown into the U.S. mid-Atlantic states, causing dozens of accidents on icy roads, prompting school closures and stoking worries about possible power outages
The so-called “black box” is one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash
The training of U.S. military helicopter pilots is getting heightened attention following the midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet
The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic said it has cancelled plans to retrieve artifacts from the shipwreck
A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher
A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit
A European company has cancelled plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines in coastal Virginia
The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for using marijuana while owning a gun
Authorities say the suspect who fired rounds from a duplex in an Arlington, Virginia, neighborhood before the home exploded is presumed dead
Police say the suspect in a deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, had a list of targets at the school and at East Carolina University in North Carolina, where he once worked
A former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden is at the center of a much different fight over plans to open a military-themed brewery in Norfolk, Virginia
A military-themed brewery will open in Virginia despite some community opposition
The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom has been sentenced to two years in prison for felony child neglect
A woman who bought a vase for $3.99 at a Virginia thrift store recently sold it for $107,000
There's new interest in one of the past century's most alluring mysteries and a grainy sonar image is at the heart of both excitement and skepticism
The owners of a Haitian food truck are suing a small town in Virginia over allegations that a town councilman cut the food truck's water line and screamed, ‘Go back to your own country
Country music fans are celebrating Toby Keith's rich collection of songs in the wake of his death from stomach cancer
The pastor who leads the Houston megachurch where a woman opened fire on Sunday is one of the most familiar faces in American religion
A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life
The U.S. Department of Education says Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the large Christian school in Virginia failed to disclose information about crimes on campus
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