1+ day ago   (348+ words) With Lonnie Bunch set to retire at the end of the year, the Smithsonian Institution’s next secretary will face difficult challenges, according to a Georgetown University historian. Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian since 2019, announced this week that he will…...

23+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1065+ words) All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department known for its ability to win at trial. The last three felony assault…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1372+ words) Roughly four minutes after American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, a ladder truck from Arlington, Virginia’s Fire Station 5 was the first unit on the scene. Twenty-five years later, hundreds gathered at the same firehouse to mark the anniversary…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (250+ words) Inside the D.C. Convention Center on Friday, thousands of volunteers packed red lentil jambalaya to provide 700,000 meals for local families. “Sept. 11 was a tragedy. But we really try to focus on what happened after that. Americans coming together, looking to see…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (702+ words) Watch a livestream of the ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Friday. More than 10,000 people pass through the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on its busiest days, but the vast majority likely have no idea the 9/11 attacks had a…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (22+ words) NEW YORK (AP) — New York ceremony begins marking 25 years since 9/11, with a tolling bell and a moment of silence....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (111+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) — An ally of President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has resigned from his post leading a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president. “I did in fact resign,…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (652+ words) The Southeast Public Library, part of the D.C. Public Library system, has just undergone a $41 million makeover. And this week, officials there are celebrating the reopening. The building, constructed in 1922 and one of several libraries built with funds from the Carnegie…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (39+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — US Supreme Court again rejects push to use Trump-backed congressional maps in midterms, clearing the way for old maps. - National Grains higher, livestock mixed 1 hour ago - National Tsakos: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 1 hour ago...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (583+ words) Dan Shea, the former principal at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, had a hard and fast rule about his teacher observations: He was not to be interrupted. But on the morning of 9/11, there was a knock on the…...