WASHINGTON — District of Columbia fire department officials say two people suffered minor injuries when a large branch snapped off a tree on the National Mall. Fire officials tell WRC-TV that the branch fell Sunday afternoon near the intersection of ...

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WASHINGTON — A woman charged with defacing the Washington National Cathedral had a soda can of green paint with her when she was arrested, and she has been linked to at least four other incidents of vandalism, including at the ...

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WASHINGTON — A year after the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened to visitors on the National Mall, the group behind the monument is still working with the National Park Service to change an inscription quoting the civil rights leader ...

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MOUNT VERNON, Va. — George Washington never had air conditioning, but he knew how to keep cool: a mansion with lots of windows elevated on the banks of a wide, rolling river and lots of ice cream, maybe with a ...

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee is asking for further delay on any approvals for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial being planned for the a site near the National Mall. California Rep. Darrell Issa sent a letter ...

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WASHINGTON — Architect Frank Gehry and his design team proposed changes Tuesday to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall after hearing complaints from Ike’s family for months. The family had complained the design ...

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WASHINGTON — An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinosaur hall on the National Mall. The Smithsonian is announcing the gift Thursday from David H. Koch, ...

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WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Discovery is expected to fly over Washington’s landmarks next week on the back of a Boeing 747 and will also be visible from points in Maryland and Virginia. On Tuesday morning, Discovery will be flown from ...

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WASHINGTON — Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design competition to overhaul neglected sites on the National Mall. Designers and ...

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WASHINGTON — Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design competition to overhaul neglected sites on the National Mall. Designers and ...

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