Circuit City is out of business after 60 years. The chain once had more than 500 stores around the country and employed 34,000 people. Now, only a small staff remains at headquarters to finish the ...

Children of military service members experience more emotional and behavioral challenges than kids whose parents are not soldiers, according to a recent study commissioned by the National Military ...

With less than a week to go before presidential elections in Haiti, aid agencies are struggling to contain a growing cholera epidemic on the island. At least 1,250 Haitians have now died of cholera ...

This weekend's massive snowstorm stopped traffic on the highways, on the rails, and in the air. NPR's Allison Keyes stopped in at Washington's Reagan National Airport just a few minutes after it ...

Guest host Allison Keyes and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer important news updates to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, hear ...

ALLISON KEYES: A steady stream of mourners continues to come to stand in front of the broken apartment where Nixzmary Brown lived. Some kneel in front of a large makeshift memorial of candles, teddy ...

Federal and local law enforcement officials and politicians want a forensic crime laboratory in the nation's capital. The district's DNA testing is currently conducted by an FBI lab in Virginia.

Washington, D.C., residents both white and black are expressing concern about perceptions of racism in some of the anti-Obama fervor at recent public events. A former president calls it racism, the ...

Washington D.C. isn't accustomed to a lot of snow. For some, the blizzard presented a new way to make money. Men and Women could be seen walking around the nation's capital with shovels, trying to ...

Washington, D.C., was among the cities smacked Wednesday by a major snowstorm that hit the mid-Atlantic region. Blizzard-like conditions persisted for much of the day. There was little traffic, and ...