Gillian Brockell

• D.C., Md. & Va.

The explosive boom that shook the region's residents Sunday was a sonic boom from a military plane, officials said.

• Retropolis

The moment when Tina Turner would finally escape her abusive husband, the musician and band leader Ike Turner, had been building for years before July 1, 1976.

• Retropolis
• Analysis

Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has attacked history lessons in Florida, dismisses slavery in his 2011 book as a “personal flaw” of the Founding Fathers.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

Three students at Wise High School in Upper Marlboro have died — two of them in fatal shootings and one in a car crash — in less than three months.

• Retropolis

Before questions about his Playboy interview with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Haley faced charges of plagiarism and inaccuracy in "Roots."

• Retropolis

Alex Haley’s transcript of his famous Playboy interview with Martin Luther King Jr. does not match what was published, author Jonathan Eig says.

• Retropolis

South Africans have demanded the return of the Cullinan diamonds, which will feature heavily during King Charles III’s coronation Saturday.

• Retropolis

Some Republican lawmakers are trying to relax child labor regulations, which are rooted in the public outcry over Lewis Hine's photographs.

• Retropolis

When Benjamin Franklin leaked important letters to American colonists, he asked to keep them private. They ended up in the Boston Gazette.