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On this date in 1912 the Girl Scouts were founded. And in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his popular "fireside chats".

On this date in 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill to welcome Hawaii as the 50th state. And in 1965, Rolling Stones members were caught...

Soaring energy prices are expected to top the agenda as global finance leaders meet in Washington, D.C., Saturday. President Bush is pressing for increased energy production at home, as well as renewed efforts at conservation and improvements in research.

Dr. Anthony Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., examines efforts to sideline militias and bring Iraq under the control of the government in Baghdad.

A year ago, doctors told the Grammy winner he had less than a year to live. The new The Gospel According to Water, his most poignant album ever, is another second chance in a career full of them.

This week on Senior Voices, Rosemary Kenny recalls working at Sunshine Biscuits down on Cincinnati Street, not far from UD Arena. The plant closed back...

The first lady spoke to 200-plus girls gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Girl Up Leadership Summit. Was she inspirational? Need we even ask?

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and the IRS how many deceased people received coronavirus relief checks from the government — and what the solution is.

The D.C. rapper brought quite the crew to his Tiny Desk performance.

The duo returns from a three-year hiatus with a plan to reclaim its spot among R&B's avant-garde. POMP, as its title implies, is intended to be a big deal, and it accomplishes that goal.