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DNA confirms Harding had out-of-wedlock child

WASHINGTON – First, DNA testing all but confirmed Thomas Jefferson bedded his slave Sally Hemings. Now it’s rewriting another chapter in presidential history, this one from the Roaring ‘20s....

DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jamestown remains reveal past

Bodies ID’d as leaders of English colony

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Showing their age

National Park Service aims to repair decay, build new generation of visitors

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

D.C. monument taken down a notch

Memorial not as tall as always thought, new survey shows

DATE: Feb 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rosa Parks’ archive opening to public at Library of Congress

WASHINGTON – Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, reflected later on how it felt to be treated less than equal and once feistily wrote of how tired she was of bei...

DATE: Feb 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Newlywed man, 95, dies after wife taken away

‘He lived for her, and she lived for him. ’

DATE: Jan 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Hanks, Sting, Green among Kennedy Center honorees

WASHINGTON – Tom Hanks and Sting joined Lily Tomlin, singer Al Green and ballerina Patricia McBride in being awarded this year’s Kennedy Center Honors for influencing American culture throug...

DATE: Dec 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Relics from ‘Wonder Years’ given to Smithsonian

WASHINGTON – Kevin Arnold’s green New York Jets jacket that he wore in “The Wonder Years” became a piece of history Tuesday along with other items from the popular TV show that were donated ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Montpelier to get update

Slave quarters to be rebuilt

DATE: Nov 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Little Dancer’ musical readies for opening in DC

WASHINGTON – “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” a famous sculpture by Edgar Degas that can be seen in museums around the world, is coming to life in a new musical exploring the story of a myster...

DATE: Oct 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Museum traces fragments of ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

WASHINGTON – If you happen to find some remnants of woven wool in your attic – in red, white or blue and marked Fort McHenry – the Smithsonian Institution would like to know. Two ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Smithsonian adds LGBT history to museum collection

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects documenting the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are being added to the Smithsonian Institution’s ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts