9+ hour, 20+ min ago  (491+ words) Against the backdrop of the Washington Monument, worship music blared from a stage that made clear the event's Christian focus. Arched stained-glass windows, set underneath grand columns resembling a federal building, depicted the nation's founders alongside a white cross. President…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (975+ words) A shooting at a Washington dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday sparked a last-minute security review of the four-day state visit, intended to celebrate the United States" 250th anniversary, and the U. S. -U. K. "special relationship." Buckingham Palace said the king "is…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1175+ words) Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and its altitude readings were inaccurate. The details came out…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (292+ words) After a week of games against high-caliber opponents, the Celtics get a bit of a reprieve Saturday when they host the Wizards at TD Garden. The Celtics defeated the Cavaliers, who are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, on…...

5+ mon, 20+ hour ago  (225+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) " A U. S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the National Guard deployment in Washington, D. C. is allowed to continue for now, staying a lower court ruling that had ordered an end to it. Federal appeals court allows National Guard deployment…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (187+ words) The order temporarily waives and suspends state regulations limiting the number of hours commercial vehicle operators can drive when transporting jet fuel, Gov. Bob Ferguson's office said in a news release. The proclamation ensures safe-driving measures are in place, the…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (119+ words) Staff at Mount Washington Observatory said Wednesday that New Hampshire's highest peak might experience its snowiest November on record. In the records, which have been kept since 1932, the snowiest November occurred in 1968, when nearly 87 inches of snow fell on the…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (707+ words) The U. S. -Saudi relationship had been sent into a tailspin by the operation targeting Khashoggi, a fierce critic of the kingdom, that U. S. intelligence agencies later determined Prince Mohammed likely directed the agents to carry out. But seven years later, the dark…...

6+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (493+ words) The announcement came on the eve of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's highly anticipated Washington visit, his first to the United States in more than seven years. "I will say that that we will be doing that," Trump said…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (713+ words) PROVIDENCE " Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti testified Thursday it was not the job of state officials to "second-guess" companies that inspected the Washington Bridge over the past decade, some of whom apparently failed to catch critical problems…...