The gunman who shot two Pentagon police officers was heavily armed and spent weeks driving to the Capital area from the West Coast, authorities said Friday

A spokesman says two Pentagon police officers have been shot at the subway entrance to the military complex.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s decision not to seek re-election will leave Washington without a Kennedy in political office for the first time in more than 60 years.

The Supreme Court has reinstated for a second time the death sentence of a neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio more than a quarter century ago.

A power outage at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has canceled several flights as electric crews investigate what caused the early morning failure.

A project helping people grow their own food in an Ohio community stung hard by the recession has won a $20,000 prize.

The economy may be rebounding, but it probably won’t seem that way when the government releases its monthly employment report this morning.

A news report says North Korea is in the final stage of restoring its nuclear facilities.

A group of Parkersburg residents has persuaded a federal judge to let it press DuPont to fund a medical monitoring program.

Despite predictions the Great Recession is running out of steam, the House is taking up emergency legislation this week to help the millions of Americans who see no immediate end to their economic miseries.

Some cattle bolted from a parade route and made their way into a Washington mini mart.

A growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept “free” laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.

Government safety officials warn parents about Simplicity bassinets after two more infants were killed when they became trapped.

President Barack Obama will appear in a back-to-school television special with singer Kelly Clarkson and basketball star LeBron James next month.

There’s a new world record for the most items of clothing collected for recycling as more than 30,000 pairs of jeans have been gathered at Washington’s Union Station.