WASHINGTON — A man clad in black who was obsessed with President Barack Obama pulled his car within view of the White House at night and fired shots from an assault rifle, cracking a window of the first family's living quarters while the president (...)
WASHINGTON — Thousands of people gathered Sunday to give the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial a proper dedication on the National Mall after its opening in August.
Aretha Franklin, poet Nikki Giovanni and President Barack Obama will be among (...)
Andy Warhol is known for soup cans and celebrity images, not so much for painting headlines and abstract works.
The late pop artist has left much to be discovered in two shows that opened Sunday on the National Mall.
The National Gallery of (...)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Artists from remote sections of Colombia, Peace Corps volunteers and performers sharing the history of rhythm and blues music opened the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall on Thursday.
The free festival, which (...)
A Washington art gallery pledged a round-the-clock protest Thursday against what it calls censorship by the Smithsonian Institution for removing a video that shows ants crawling on a crucifix after the Catholic League and members of Congress (...)
A common refrain from those who study the Holocaust is never again. The words appear over and over in comments left by visitors at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The past 15 years, however, have forced people to face the grim reality of (...)