NEW ORLEANS — Officials set off thundering explosions Sunday to topple two cranes looming precariously over a partially collapsed hotel in New Orleans, but most of one crane appeared to be left dangling atop the ruined building while the other crashed down.

The explosions set off massive clouds of dust. ...

A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver customers' Walgreens purchases in a test being run in a Virginia town.

Wing, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, received federal approval earlier this year to make commercial deliveries by drone. It was the first drone company to receive the approval ...

Bei Bei, a giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, will be moving from Washington, D.C., to China in November, zoo officials confirmed Friday.

As part of the National Zoo's agreement with China, Bei Bei has turned 4 years old and must move to China to prepare him for the ...

The suicide of a police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, this week is part of a surge in law enforcers across the country taking their lives, prompting police departments to address concerns about the mental health of their members.

Psychologists and police officials say a number of factors — such ...

Elijah E. Cummings, the longtime congressman from Baltimore who was a key Democratic figure in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump, died Thursday. He was 68.

Mr. Cummings died as a result of "complications concerning long-standing health challenges," his office said.

Mr. Trump offered his condolences to Mr. Cummings' family.

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The Maryland Film Office is celebrating the millions of dollars that movie and television productions have spent in the state and anticipates more positive economic activity when a new Showtime series begins filming in the Free State.

"When a production comes into town, it has a huge economic impact where ...

Supporters say a bill being considered by the District of Columbia Council would protect prostitutes in the nation?s capital. Critics say it would be a boon to sex traffickers.

The justices weighed whether Mr. Malvo, who was 17 when he and his partner killed 10 people in the Washington area, is entitled to a new sentencing.

An 1836 house in New Orleans, a condo in a converted Gothic Revival church in Washington and a clapboard farmhouse on six acres in the Hudson Valley.

An 1836 house in New Orleans; a condo in a converted Gothic Revival church in Washington; and a clapboard farmhouse on six acres in upstate New York.

The Capitals and the Mystics won championships, and now the World Series is coming to town.

At the White House, the parents of Harry Dunn were told that the woman they want to hold accountable for his death in a car crash was in an adjoining room.

The two rain events will help us further eat away at the drought.

Free State residents support statehood, but oppose making the District a new county in Maryland.

The 32nd annual Virginia Film Festival is set to open in Charlottesville this week with more than 150 films and an array of guests, including actor and director Ethan Hawke and bestselling author John Grisham

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and first lady Pam Northam are serving as honorary co-chairs of an annual essay contest that awards scholarships to female high school students studying science, technology, math and engineering

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