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Thousands of families have been ordered to flee their homes as a fast-moving wildfire grows in Spokane County, Washington, filling the skies with thick smoke and backing up traffic on some roads while state officials warn of an incredibly dangerous situation on the ground.

In Philadelphia, the Park Service now downplays the importance of slavery to understanding the first president.

A sculpture of George Washington will be installed in front of the West Washington Street courthouse in downtown Hagerstown.

Washington voters will cast ballots in races for president, governor, US Senate and the state’s 10 US House seats. In the open gubernatorial race, Democrat Bob Ferguson, the state attorney general, is running against Republican Dave Reichert, a former US ...

Spend some time staring at the famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware," and you can't miss the ice. It's everywhere. Cold weather became part of Washington's military strategy, says Alex Robb, an educator at Washington Crossing Historic Park ...

The draft on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was produced a few hours before King took to the podium Briana A. Thomas | Reporter In 1963, standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King ...

One of the great aspects of American golf is the diversity of topography that our golf courses play on, as shown by the variety of layouts ranked on our Best in State lists, which we’ve been publishing since 1977. The Pacific Northwest is one of those ...

A source says Post leadership was "blindsided" by Adam O'Neal's exit after he reshaped the opinion section to champion free markets and liberties.