Fossil leaves may reveal climate in last era of dinosaurs
WASHINGTON — Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils that are nearly 100 million years...
Historic headstones of DC African Americans relocated
KING GEORGE, Va. — Dozens of headstones from a historic African American cemetery in the nation's capital that were used as erosion control along...
Internal probe clears officer in Capitol riot shooting
WASHINGTON — An officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as she began to climb...
Park Police officers seek immunity from manslaughter charge
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Lawyers for two U.S. Park Police officers are hoping to persuade a federal judge their clients have immunity from local prosecutors'...
Man who claimed to have bomb near US Capitol held in jail
WASHINGTON — A man who claimed he had a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol, prompting evacuations and an hourslong standoff...
Iowa man charged in Capitol riot may be returned to jail
DES MOINES, Iowa — A prosecutor says an Iowa man seen in a videotaped confrontation with a police officer during the Capitol insurrection should...
At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus
DEDZA, Malawi — More than a year after COVID-19 began sweeping the world, abruptly cutting short her Peace Corps stint, Cameron Beach is once...
Baltimore police release video showing 2 shootings, 1 fatal
BALTIMORE — Baltimore police released body camera footage Thursday showing scenes from a deadly standoff at an armed man's home as well as images...
Movement for Black Lives: Feds targeted BLM protesters
The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that...
Treasury Department to release impounded religious tiles
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department is releasing a shipment of tiles that were intended for a northern Virginia mosque but were confiscated at...