NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 ...
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Welcome to Washington: On the Eve of the Inauguration, Monumental Advice
I love watching the brides pose for photos by the Lincoln Memorial and the teenagers wriggle through TikTok choreography near ...
From Violent Riot to Peaceful Transfer of Power, AP Photographers Retrace Their Steps on Jan. 6
Monday’s certification by Congress of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election was the first ...
Washington braced for Trump inauguration with fortress-like fencing, extra police
WASHINGTON - With 48km of tall black temporary fencing, 25,000 law enforcement officers and security checkpoints set up to ...
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Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
It wasn’t until the early 1830s that serious planning commenced for the Washington Monument, Washington’s first major memorial, which owed its origins to L’Enfant’s drawings. After the ...
Major winter storm slams mid-Atlantic, closing schools and canceling flights: Latest
A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now slamming the mid-Atlantic and causing the cancellation ...
DC sues federal government over Anacostia River pollution, expanding legal battle
On Friday, the D.C. Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit accusing federally owned agencies and facilities of having ...
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Can Washington handle two weeks of high-security pomp along with a heavy burst of snow?
The Washington DC metropolitan area has been walloped by a snowstorm as ... (AP Video: Rick Gentilo, Mike Pesoli, Nathan Ellgren) A person walks near the Washington Monument during a winter snow storm ...
Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington, D.C., drawing millions of visitors every year, only narrowly survived being scrapped altogether. In 1791, Pierre L’Enfant drew up designs for ...