An $8.2 million project is underway to restore — and reclaim — the famous monument from the ravages of nature.
A 6-foot-6 security fence will be replaced with one twice as high.
An earthquake in 2011 started a cascade of problems that have now been addressed, officials say.
For almost 30 years, the remains of the Connecticut "vampire," rearranged in the shape of a skull and cross bones, were known only as JB-55. Now Defense Department DNA experts have used the latest technology to come up with his probable name.
Gov. Ralph Northam (D) told the crowd Virginia welcomes immigrants and refugees: “There is nothing — nothing — more American than that.”
Lt. j.g. David L. Mandt was still aboard his Grumman Bearcat when it went down in the bay. Rescue crews found an oil slick and one of his gloves.
A power shutdown and a fiberglass barrier helped the building that houses the Bill of Rights avoid the damage it sustained during the flood of 2006.
The Beltway’s inner loop at the American Legion Bridge is closed. Amtrak has suspended service south of Washington because of "severe weather."
Two-hundred-foot-long girders, lowered by crane at night, are key parts of the hallowed bridge’s repair project.
