The recruits were off duty at the time of the accident and had been attending the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center there, according to police.

Members of Congress, staff and family were targeted in a contentious election year, as the Threat Assessment Section ...

Between the volume of air traffic and the variety of aircraft, the airspace in the Washington area remains among the most complicated and restricted in the country.

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In most of the world (except for the United States, Jamaica, and a few other countries), the degree Celsius scale is used for most temperature measuring purposes. The entire scientific world (the ...

Flu activity is still spiking across the United States as the country faces a winter wave of respiratory illness. The post-holiday surge in influenza cases and hospitalizations is straining ...

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