1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (405+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III said he will step down as head of the Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside…...

2+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 14+ 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…...

3+ day, 55+ min 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....

3+ day, 16+ 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,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (382+ words) L & C: Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; R: Getty Images Seat belts and a flight attendant call button from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93. A purse filled with keys and a wallet recovered from the World Trade Center site. The…...

3+ day, 20+ 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...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (123+ words) The 30-minute hearing before Maryland's highest court unfolded on an unusually compressed timeline because ballots must be finalized soon for printing. The approaching deadline required election officials to move quickly. With the Supreme Court of Maryland confirming she won't appear…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (407+ words) Viviana with her daughter Denise, 3, in her home in Arlington, VA on January 25, 2025. She ended up undocumented when the diplomat family she worked for laid her off during the pandemic and she lost her visa. Viviana has three children in…...