Large columns of concrete rising from the ground surrounded by cranes, bright orange construction signs, and temporary road ...

Hundreds of people exercised their right to the pursuit of happiness, as they gathered undeterred by the nearly ...

There was plenty of holiday spirit in Washington as the season officially commenced with the First Family lighting ...

On the eve of the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, a few hundred people gathered ...

Last week, on Oct. 6, the newly renovated St. Dennis Apartment Complex reopened in the historic Mount Pleasant ...

Even though Hurricane Irene derailed this week's formal dedication of the memorial to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther ...

The Shouters chanted songs in a tradition brought to America by enslaved Africans.

In a show of discontent Senate Republicans boycotted a meeting on Capitol Hill last week on the pending ...

The melting of the sea ice cover in the Arctic region has opened the area to more commercial ...

The government has influenced the food Americans eat since the 1800s. An exhibit at the National Archives documents ...

The Vietnam Wall was a center for remembrance yesterday. War veterans and civilians gathered at the Vietnam War ...

Large photos and video from Southern Sudan were projected on two exterior walls of Holocaust Memorial Museum in ...

Republican Mark Kirk, won Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois, over Democrat Alexi Giannoulias with a Republican turnover ...

Republican John Boozman won the race for a US Arkansas Senate seat.

Actor George Clooney called for peace in Darfur at a Council on Foreign Relations event in Washington, DC ...

President Obama addressed female leaders of government and business in Washington at Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Woman Summit.

What do you do if you're an unsuspecting victim of online consumer fraud?

Government Accountability Office found for-profit colleges engaged in fraudulent and aggressive tactics.

Doctors can provide preliminary diagnoses to patients in other countries via mobile technology.

President Obama responded this weekend to the House Republican's recently issued “Pledge to America."

The Senate evoked cloture last week, voting not to proceed to debate on the National Defense and Authorization ...

U.S. poverty rate in 2009 was the highest it has been since 1994 according to the U.S. Census ...

Many cities have launched anti-panhandling campaigns and installed “giving meters” or “donation meters.”

Teachers are now being 'graded' based on their students' performance in an effort to tie teacher performance to ...

On the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., thousands of people gathered before the steps of ...

90 percent of general surgeons aged 55 and over have been sued, according to the American Medical Association.

Federal U.S. District Court recently overturned decision to delist the gray wolves from the Endangered Species list.