District of Columbia

The local hero is back supporting the District, one meal at a time....

Will he ever play again?...

Uganda's election commission Saturday declared incumbent Yoweri Museveni the winner of the presidential election, extending his 35-year rule as his main rival alleged fraud and urged citizens to reject the result.Museveni won 5.85 million votes, or 58...

Elvis Presley's Graceland is now offering live online tours for fans around the world, including those who can't travel to the Tennessee tourist attraction during the coronavirus pandemic.Graceland said the two-hour guided tours will take virtual ...

It was a great game...

The government early Saturday carried out the 13th and final execution of a federal inmate under the Trump administration....

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden takes the oath of office Wednesday outside a wounded U.S. Capitol, he will begin......

Following some morning sunshine, clouds will begin pushing through the D.C. area, according to Storm Team4 meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts....

Using obscure laws to prevent people from helping each other is obscene....

The vote puts Armin Laschet in pole position ahead of September elections as Merkel steps away from power....

Britain's BBC's Urdu Service Friday ended its contract for its half-hour, five-day-a-week television news show on a Pakistan's AAJ News channel, due to what the BBC said was continued interference in its programs. "We have experienced inte...

Dr. Jake Kohut is a music teacher at Canterbury Woods Elementary in Annandale, Virginia....

The Maryland Senate moved quickly Friday to override 16 of the vetoes that Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) handed down following the 2020 General Assembly session....

The Proud Boys are encouraging their members to stay home, but other heavily armed and politically motivated extremists could gather in state capitals, leading to violent clashes....

New York prosecutors on Thursday reportedly interviewed President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen for hours regarding the president's finances....

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - After scattering like wildfire in a gust of wind, 49 bighorn sheep have settled in to their new home in the Little Belt Mountains. "One ewe went 24 miles north on the day of the release, turned around and came back," said Ja...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Like many Brazilian public health experts, Dr. Regina Flauzino spent most of 2020 watching with horror as COVID-19 devastated Brazil. When the opportunity to join the government's vaccination effort came, she was thrilled: She wo...

Brazil hasn't approved a single vaccine yet, and independent health experts who participated in its immunization program say the plan is still incomplete......

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Like many Brazilian public health experts, Dr. Regina Flauzino spent most of 2020 watching with......

President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his State Department team with a group of former career diplomats and veterans of the Obama administration......

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his State Department team with a group of former career diplomats......

As lawmakers float ambitious election reforms including permanently expanding mail-in voting, Maryland State Board of Election officials said they want to increase the number of ballot drop-off boxes in future elections....

Nearly 80 prosecutors and attorneys general have launched such units, leading to more than 460 exonerations of wrongly convicted defendants....

Smugglers are the ones who profit from states' cigarette prohibitions and high excise tax rates....

OGDEN, Utah (AP) - Antonio and Armand Berry are bonded by more than having grown together in the womb. The brothers, both students at Weber State University, are high achievers academically and involved as volunteers in the community, the Standard-Examine...

With rising demand and interest in concierge medicine, Barron's Retirement spoke with a number of practitioners and experts to get a better understanding of the offerings and considerations....

Zookeepers to introduce 5-month-old Xiao Qi Ji to audience in free virtual event....

Clement Nol led the first run of a rare men's World Cup slalom held in Flachau......

Captain Joe Root's fourth double test century gave England a lead of 286 runs against Sri Lanka in the first test......

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Lahiru Thirimanne led Sri Lanka's gallant fightback to cut England's lead to 130 after captain......

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda's electoral commission says longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and officials struggle to explain how polling results were compiled amid an int...

Uganda's electoral commission says longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and officials struggle to explain how polling......

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's electoral commission says longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term while top opposition......

CAIRO (AP) - Sudanese authorities on Saturday imposed a round-the-clock curfew in the entire West Darfur province after tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs killed at least six people and wounded at least 28 others. Gov. Mohammed Abdalla al-Douma sa...

Sudanese authorities have imposed a round-the-clock curfew across the entire West Darfur province......

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities on Saturday imposed a round-the-clock curfew in the entire West Darfur province after tribal clashes......

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda says President Yoweri Museveni wins a 6th term, as top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging....

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda says President Yoweri Museveni wins a 6th term, as top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges......

A group of elite tennis players are set to be confined to their hotel rooms for the next 14 days without the ability to practice after local health authorities said there were two positive coronavirus......

Three coronavirus cases have been detected among charter flights carrying tennis players, coaches and officials to Melbourne ahead of the......

Germany, France and Britain are pressing Iran to back off the latest planned violation of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers......

BERLIN (AP) — Germany, France and Britain pressed Iran on Saturday to back off the latest planned violation of its......

Some other companies said they would keep their payouts at current levels, including Starbucks, Target, and Procter & Gamble....

Just days before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Facebook announced on Friday that it is no longer allowing people to create new events near the White House, U.S. Capitol or any state capitol buildings until after Inauguration Day....

MILAN (AP) - Five elderly residents of a nursing home near Rome have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and another five residents and two workers have been hospitalized in serious condition, Italian media reported Saturday. Firefighters confirme...

MILAN (AP) — Five elderly residents of a nursing home near Rome have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and......

Employment fraud in the country is neither new nor small, but its prospects have never looked brighter....

My father was a psychiatrist. Some also used to refer to him as a "Renaissance man" since he taught philosophy and was a trained pianist. He was also a wonderful family man. Today he has advanced Alzheimer's, so he hasn't experienced the l...

As the political right struggles to regroup after the horrible events at the U.S. Capitol, it should learn from the masters. The left has a consistent pattern when responding to terrible behavior by activists associated with their cause - from the widespr...

The New Deal. The Interstate Highway System. The Great Society. When our nation's leaders aim high the names of their accomplishments are enduring, etched in our history books. We continue to enjoy the astounding benefits of many of these federal prog...