The first Black woman elected to the Senate, Democratic Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois in 1992, served a single term.

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town are struggling to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a ...

Year 1 of the Clark & Reese Show has been unlike anything the WNBA has ever seen. Sure, this season’s final chapter is still ...

Yooree Kim marched into a police station in Paris and told an officer she wanted to report a crime. Forty years ago, she said ...

The WNBA saw some unprecedented numbers on and off the court during the regular season. Let's look at some of the records ...

A 15-year-old boy was arrested and charged for posting a threat toward D.C. schools on Instagram, police say. The teen from ...

Since last November, drivers have been getting $100 fines for blocking the lanes when they’re caught by cameras installed on about 140 Metrobuses. The fines double if they’re not paid on time.

A man was shot to death near a shopping center in Largo, Maryland, Friday afternoon, police say. Shots rang out in the area ...

A new tourist stop in Washington is offering visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office. It's a life-sized ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets convened for training camp this week weighed down by the grief of losing star forward Johnny ...

Less than a week after a gunman was arrested on former President Donald Trump's golf course, the House on Friday ...

A woman was seriously hurt Friday morning in an apparent natural gas explosion at an apartment building in the Columbia ...