A driver is dead after a tree fell and hit the vehicle they were in on George Washington Memorial Parkway.

A similar tragedy happened last May, when another driver was killed by a falling tree on the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

Museums and historic sites will mark the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with exhibits, live music, immersive events and massive bison.

Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual birth date, “Presidents’ Day” is officially still Washington’s birthday. And that’s entirely right and proper, as our first chief ...

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the ...

A juvenile was found dead with a gunshot wound in the Warner Valley area of Washington County on Wednesday. Deputies received the report at approximately 6:40 p.m. and declared the juvenile dead at ...

Saint Louis and VCU have strong at-large resumes. Can a third emerge?

Police in Chesapeake are investigating a fatal crash where a vehicle struck a pedestrian early Monday morning; the driver is ...

To open a series of essays about U.S. presidents, George W. Bush pays tribute to George Washington, who “ensured America wouldn’t become a monarchy, or worse.” By Jennifer Schuessler For American ...

On this day 250 years ago, Washington would have been nearing the end of an almost yearlong siege that bottled up as many as 11,000 British troops and hundreds more loyalists. The British were ...

New York City area waterways gave British forces a strong position in key Westchester faceoffs against American troops in the Revolutionary War.

She became an object of fascination to generations of Americans after her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was ...