Heather Penney says she and Marc Sasseville were ready to crash their F-16s into Flight 93 to save the Capitol — but passengers beat them to it.

A Manta fishing empire allegedly moved tons of cocaine monthly toward Mexico using subsidized fuel and covert refueling at sea.

Public Citizen says the National Park Service sat on its records request for months while Freedom 250 LLC courted corporate cash.

Natty the team dog turns six months old as Nationals Park fills with pups, obedience contests, and a postgame parade against Colorado.

A 2013 sniper attack near San Jose exposed a grid flaw so severe that one former federal regulator says nine substations hold the keys to a nationwide collapse.

Two-month-old Khamyah Honesty died of blunt force trauma in a Navy Yard apartment. Police say the case has domestic overtones but no suspect has been named.

Overton once called mifepristone an “abortion-on-demand” drug, a stance likely to spark sparks at her Senate hearing.

A woman fled on foot after pepper-spraying a crowd that included five boys and two girls on M Street NE, police say.

Washington moves to calm a bond rout after 30-year yields hit 5.34%, their highest since 2007. Mortgage rates and household budgets hang in the balance.

Reservations are open for D.C.'s Pay What You Can Day, when two of the city's top-rated kitchens will serve full menus for whatever guests choose to pay.

David Stuart would have turned 32 this month. His sister says the not-knowing has never gotten easier.

A watchdog group says Central Romana workers still live in overcrowded housing without power or clean water, even after the U.S. lifted its import ban.

A Tennessee widow who waited 18 months for benefits after her husband's 2002 death says Congress can do more, even as a new bill doubles the payout.